Steelers first-round draft pick Rashard Mendenhall has injured his hamstring and missed minicamp practice, leading coach Mike Tomlin to question whether high draft picks have a scheduled that leaves them ill-prepared to start working. “It’s becoming somewhat commonplace for some of these high-round draft picks for this type of situation to happen to them during minicamp link http://www.profootballtalk.com/2008/05/04/mendenhall-out-with-hamstring-injury/
Interesting comments by Tomlin. There has been concern with Mendenhall as soon as he got drafted. It has been stated that Mendenhall will not have a good work ethic if he is not starting, which he is not. I guess we will have to see . . .
