Andy Reid's Press Conference

[PhillyPhreak54]

Starting soon....I'll update it as Big Red speaks...

[PhillyPhreak54]

Injuries:

Akers had MRI this morning -- complaining of sorenes is another area of the hamstring. David has a TORN HAMSTRING and it was lower than the original area. David will not kick this weekend. They will have to make a roster move soon. Didn't say he was out for the year yet.

McNabb - has a shin contusion. His chest started hurting after Sapp hit him in the back. He is still sore today. His lower abdomen is sore...no worse than what it was though.

Owens - still feeling soreness in his lower ab area..no worse than what it was a little better than last week.

Juqua Thomas - knee strain...thought it was a cartiledge tear but is was not

Walker has a "sustantial" thigh contusion. It is bleeding a lot internally. He took a knee to the thigh on Friday. They'll have to see how it goes the rest of this week.

Rod Hood - slight hamstring spasm yesterday, OK today

[SunMo]

Akers - soreness in different area of hamstring. MRI today = torn hamstring, most likely out for this Sunday..


DMac - shin contusion, chest hurts again after Sapp hit, abdomin is still sore, no worse than yesterday


TO - still soreness in abdomin, no worse than yesterday

Juqua Thomas - knee strain, no tear

Darwin Walker - substantial thigh contusion

Rod Hood - hamstring spasm, not a big problem

[SunMo]

damn, Phreak beat me

[PhillyPhreak54]

Rest of the stuff:

Credits the fans for making so much noise that contributed to Raider motion penaalties.

Need to knock off the penalties. Cannot have that. Must be a good football team and eliminate them.

Gives the Raiders credit as he always does..says they have a good team and once they get going they'll be a nice team.

They will see how Donovan does tomorrow and Wednesday. He should be fine for Sunday...

he was asked if Akers could be out 3-6 weeks and Reid said that they do not know if it'll be that long yet but he will miss this week.

Todd France will be the kicker in hsi absence.

Reid is worried about Donny's chest because it keeps reoccuring. They have to get it settled down. The shin will be fine, but they have to get the ab and chest feeling right this week.

[PhillyPhreak54]

Akers' tear is not extreme, but it is enough to be concerned.

It happened on the opening kickoff

They were going to activate France but David was doing so well in pre-game and the medical opinions were supportive to allow him to kick.

It is is a different spot from the original injury he suffered against the 49ers

Suposedly the new injury was not related to the old injury

[SunMo]

Akers' tear is not extreme, but it is enough to be concerned.

It happened on the opening kickoff

They were going to activate France but David was doing so well in pre-game and the medical opinions were supportive to allow him to kick.

It is is a different spot from the original injury he suffered against the 49ers

Suposedly the new injury was not related to the old injury

i find that hard to believe, but that's neither here nor there

[PhillyPhreak54]

Right now they will not seek any other opinions on Donovan's abdominal injury. They believe they have it right but a 2nd opinion could come later.

This will not affect him all year necessarily

As of today they are not considering shutting him down.

Reid is not worried about the 4-man pass rush

And that's all folks...

[PhillyPhreak54]

Akers' tear is not extreme, but it is enough to be concerned.

It happened on the opening kickoff

They were going to activate France but David was doing so well in pre-game and the medical opinions were supportive to allow him to kick.

It is is a different spot from the original injury he suffered against the 49ers

Suposedly the new injury was not related to the old injury

i find that hard to believe, but that's neither here nor there

So do I, but that's what Reid said. So who knows...

the good thing here is that he will not be out for the year.

Let's say he's out 6 weeks...I can deal with that in order to have him in crunch time

[ice grillin you]

why does he even hold pressers...just issue a mass fax on injuries and start preparing for the next week

[Susquehanna Birder]

i find that hard to believe, but that's neither here nor there

It depends on how you relate it. I suspect that Akers was trying to "protect" the area that was already sore, and that, in turn, put undue pressure on another part of the hammy. So while this new issue isn't directly connected to the old injury, it came about as a result of it.

[PhillyGirl]

Overcompensating for an injured part of your body will usually cause injury to another part.

[Susquehanna Birder]

Exactly. So while they're not related, they are related.

[PhillyGirl]

Exactly. So while they're not related, they are related.

I agree...but I think Reid meant it wasn't the same thing he was hampered with all week.

[MURP]

thanks for the recap, Phreak.