Injury Update

[Geowhizzer]

Well, it'd be 1/32 of $200, I suppose.  The same amount they get from me. 

[shorebird]

Back on topic, was my imagination, or did the pressure get to be a lot less when the Phreak went down?

[Diomedes]

Back on topic, was my imagination, or did the pressure get to be a lot less when the Phreak went down?

Boooooorrriiing!

[shorebird]

I know, I need to go to bed.

[Geowhizzer]

Back on topic, was my imagination, or did the pressure get to be a lot less when the Phreak went down?

There definitely wasn't much on that last Giants drive.  It's probably too small of a sample to prove a causal factor to Kearse's injury.

Sunday will be a much better indicator as to how much missing Kearse will affect the pass rush.

[rjs246]

I'm certainly not reading through 35+ pages of the game day thread but what in the hell happened to Stallworth and is he expected to play next week?

Chad Johns... er, Reggie Brown had a nice game and should have a nice one again against Green Bay if he has to step in as the #1 but seriously Hank Baskett is awful and Green Bay is capable of putting up points in spurts. They need their offense to take full advantage of that horrendous Green Bay defense.

[General_Failure]

He got shot in an attempted carjacking. He'll be alright for next week.

[rjs246]

"Fatal cranial aneurysm, listed as probable"?

[PhillyPhreak54]

Cheggie Brownson did have a nice game. Although those back to back drops in the 4th were inexcusable.

Stallworth will play on Monday. They said that they kept him out because they couldn't get the hammy to loosen up. I am glad they kept him out. No need to risk it.

[rjs246]

I am glad they kept him out. No need to risk it.

Do I have to say it? Really? Do I?

OK, I will. The team decides not to play its best receiver the week after a crushing defeat in a game where a victory, though not a terribly difficult accomplishment in theory, is absolutely necessary. But like clockwork Phreak thinks it was a good idea and is happy that they did it.

If he's injured and can't play, fine. But just holding him out as a precaution in a game that absolutely positively HAD to be won is awful.

[PhillyPhreak54]

I'll gladly explain why I think that. And then you can, as you like to say, get off the nuts...

On Friday it didn't seem to be an issue. Just a spasm, right? So you have a guy who historically has a troublesome hamstring and when he gets out to warm-up he cannot get it loosened up.

Before I go on let's think back to how badly a lingering hamstring can affect a player who relies on speed and explosiveness...Terrell Owens and Steve Smith to name a couple.

So you have a guy who has had hammy issues in the past who doesn't feel right. Let's say they put him in there and he really strains it or even tears it ala David Akers in 2005. Then what?

Then Andy Reid is going to be crucified. And rightfully so.

The bottom line is this - if they couldn't have beaten the 49ers without Stallworth then there's trouble for the rest of the season. The NIners are improved but they had more than enough weapons to beat that team. And they did. So risking Stallworth's health for this game would've been stupid.

And if he can't go against the Packers I say the same thing - sit him.

[rjs246]

In hind sight its easy to say that they didn't risk much by sitting him against the Niners, and if he's hurt, he's hurt, but if that's the case commenting on whether or not you are 'glad' they kept him out becomes ridiculous.

That's all.

Oh, and yeah, if they can't beat the Packers without Stallworth they deserve to be dragged into the street and beaten to death.

[PhillyPhreak54]

The only thing that worries me about the GB game is that Donald Driver is good and so is Greg Jennings. I wonder if eric Allen can still play...

But they should kill Favre. His OL is terrible.

As for Stallworth - I was glad they sat him. LIke I said - after seeing how nagging those things can become its better to not risk it so early in the year.

[ice grillin you]

Green Bay is capable of putting up points in spurts

against detroit

[rjs246]

Green Bay is capable of putting up points in spurts

against detroit

True, Detroit isn't exactly a defensive juggernaut, but Favre can still chuck the ball down the field and although there is a vitriolic hatred of him on this board he is still capable of getting the ball down field and into the endzone. He's also capable of turning it over 4 times but no matter how you slice it he can't just be over-looked.