Life now looking up for Gott and Coker
Bit by bit, Jon Gott is making progress.
Sunday’s practice featured the offensive lineman in shoulder pads and helmet, which was better than watching practice with no gear, which was better than sitting in a dark room trying to monitor his concussion symptoms.
“Everyday it’s getting better,” sighed the 26-year-old Lethbridge product, after sweating his way through a morning on-field workout. “Right now, I’m feeling good so we’ll see what they say. At some point, they’ll start putting me into contact and we’ll go from there.”
Gott is hoping to do so at today’s practice, depending on his response to Sunday’s activities.
The headaches started for the fourth-year Stampeder during the first day of training camp and missed the team’s first pre-season game of the season against Edmonton.
This year, he’s making a bid to be the Stampeders’ starting centre but with the injury, offseason acquisition Mark Dewit moved up to No. 1 on the depth chart.
So, needless to say, the process has been frustrating.
“Aw yeah,” he said. “Especially two years in a row.
“I haven’t had any symptoms in a few days so that’s good . . . I want to go hit someone right now but I can’t, so we’ll see. In the next few days, we’ll see what happens.”
Things are also looking up for running back LaMarcus Coker, who underwent an MRI to examine his knee after Friday’s game.
The result came back negative which was a big sigh of relief.
“Initially, it was hurting pretty bad,” Coker said. “And then it just kind of dulled down. Initially, I thought it was going to be something severe. The fact they sent me to get an MRI so fast had questions in my head like maybe they know something I don’t know.”
Slotback Jabari Arthur (hamstring), defensive end Justin Phillips (knee), receiver Anthony Parker (head), and left tackle Edwin Harrison (hamstring) also sat out of Sunday’s practice.