John Lynch on Jordan Reed: Risk vs. reward

The San Francisco 49ers signed tight end Jordan Reed on Monday, raising some questions because the guy is injured more often than not (sorry, but it's true). General Manager John Lynch was asked about this, as one does, and gave your typical answer:

"Theres some risk-reward. We got to a point where we felt the risk we're taking on was worth it with the potential reward."

John Lynch on Jordan Reed

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I mean, obviously. Or else you wouldn't have signed him.

The problem with Reed, is he can be good when healthy -- but the dude is never healthy. He also has a history of concussions, and let's face it, in football that is not the type of injury history you want to have. I'm all for giving guys a chance to become "not hurt all the time," as I like to call it, but I also cringe every time they get tackled.