NFL: Offseason Discussion Thread

[No More Sorrow]

God damn. ANOTHER season ending injury. Fred Jackson Buffalo's Running back, broken leg.

 

[PHX]

Guy was having a great season too. That Bills team started off so good but knew that's all it was gonna be a hot start. Didn't know losing their best player would factor in.

 

[No More Sorrow]

Yeah, it sucks for them. I assume that CJ Spiller would get the start now.

 

[PHX]

CJ supposed to have been a future star for that team but hasn't made much noise though. Maybe he will now.

 

[No More Sorrow]

Yeah he kind of did last year in his first year, but has pretty much been non-existent this year. He's fast just never had the chance to prove himself as Fed Jackson has had two good years, now that he's out Spiller can show what he's got.

 

[No More Sorrow]

The New England Patriots are well known for their organization-wide reticence when it comes to discussing injuries.

So it should come to no surprise the team has been hush-hush about Tom Brady's status the past couple of weeks as the Hall of Fame-bound quarterback has looked a little off relative to his normally pinpoint self. The Boston Globe reported in Monday's edition, citing two league sources, that Brady has suffered from a bone bruise to his right elbow since the Patriots' Oct. 16 win over the Dallas Cowboys.

The Globe spoke to Mike Ludwikowski, a renowned athletic trainer at Susquehanna Health in Williamsport, Pa., who said Brady's injury is not serious and could heal completely before the end of the season.

"It could very well get better before the end of the season," he said. "It's definitely manageable. I'm sure the trainers are doing stretching and icing."

The Globe reported that Brady iced his elbow during the Cowboys' win and has worn a black band underneath the elbow since that game.

"If he's wearing the band, it could be he has a little inflammation or tendinitis," Ludwikowski said. "For a quarterback, it's usually more extensor tendinitis because that's how you deliver the football.

"It could affect his release because the triceps tendon attaches right there, you have all your forearm muscles there, your extensors and flexors to hold a football. If you get a bone bruise, he'd accommodate his release a little bit to accommodate the bone bruise.

"Sometimes you wear the band because it feels good, and if it feels good, you're going to play better."

Brady already has thrown 10 interceptions this season and is on pace to set a new career high in picks.

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Really don't think this injury effects him that much, as he's still playing incredible football regardless of how many interceptions he's thrown.

 

[PHX]

Guess it explains how he's not playing as amazing as he was but yet still playing great regardless.

 

[Reid]

Just beat the Ravens as the 49ers in madden, hopefully a predicter of the future.

 

[No More Sorrow]

Guess it explains how he's not playing as amazing as he was but yet still playing great regardless.

Yeah and after the game with Dallas The Patriots had that two game loosing streak.

 

[PHX]

Just beat the Ravens as the 49ers in madden, hopefully a predicter of the future.

: what was the score?

 

[Reid]

19-15

 

[PHX]

Seems like the kinda score that would happen between these two teams but think it's gonna be the other way around Should be a good defensive/running game.

 

[Reid]

Don't the Ravens have the 2nd best run defense?

 

[PHX]

Yeah which is why I didn't say it was gonna exactly work for the niners, lol.

 

[We Are Legion]

My god the Ravens are a bitch on Madden. I was playing them as Dallas on expert difficulty in franchise mode, was down 20-3 at halftime. Managed to come back and win 32-29. On Thanksgiving. Needed 22 points in the 4th quarter alone. What even more fucked up is that Ray Lewis was already retired and not even playing. Some bullshit rookie MLB with a 73ovr was who I had to pick on to get yards up the middle. Best offline game I've ever played lmfao

But whatever, I don't see why the fuck Orton got picked up by Kansas City. I guess the only logical explanation is to have a somewhat veteran backup in case Cassel goes down, which should really be the least of their worries right now considering they're done and have been for a while. Kinda late to be stocking up on FA's. That or they simply signed him as a double agent-type deal, so he can share the Broncos' offensive playbook with them and get an edge against them, which again, would make perfect sense if KC stood a chance in hell at the offseason.