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Is Rankins available to return this year or is he on season ending IR.
Available to return. Just watched a vid from a SP conference and it confirmed what I saw in the Pre-season.
Sometimes with Rookies especially when they miss this kind of time you don't know what you are getting. However there were flashes that Rankins would be a premier player. Deke had already noticed that Rankins was emerging as a Leader on D as a rookie and there were some plays in the pre-season that made you say...OK...i think we have something. (The Chase down of the screen play, and what would have been a sack on a move to beat a G)
Payton basically said we are excited to get him back and we know what we are getting as a player and we can't wait to get him healthy and he's on schedule.
He's going to contribute when he returns.