Injuries

Started by Blueforlife, August 01, 2026, 07:12:37 PM

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Blueforlife

Brown, not sure what he hurt
Kelly came out briefly
Who am I missing?

Blue In BC

Brown hurt his lower left back after taking a shot. In theory he should be ok after the bye. Whether Collaros is ready to return I'm doubtful mostly because I can't believe anything O'Shea says about injuries.

I do believe Broxton will return but what that does to the look of the OL is the current debate.

No new injuries besides Brown that I saw or heard about.
One game at a time

Throw Long Bannatyne

Quote from: Blue In BC on August 01, 2026, 10:16:57 PMBrown hurt his lower left back after taking a shot. In theory he should be ok after the bye. Whether Collaros is ready to return I'm doubtful mostly because I can't believe anything O'Shea says about injuries.

I do believe Broxton will return but what that does to the look of the OL is the current debate.

No new injuries besides Brown that I saw or heard about.

Time to switch Stan with Broxton and send Stan to the 6 game in place of Vanterpool till later in the season so he can refresh and refocus, give him one last chance to take his job back. Don't sweat the 6 game rules, everybody is sore.

Blue In BC

Quote from: Throw Long Bannatyne on August 01, 2026, 10:47:15 PMTime to switch Stan with Broxton and send Stan to the 6 game in place of Vanterpool till later in the season so he can refresh and refocus, give him one last chance to take his job back. Don't sweat the 6 game rules, everybody is sore.

It depends on the health of Broxton but yes I would make that change. Since he wouldn't be able to practice it would seem unlikely he'd win back his job barring injury at OT. Poncious is an OT isn't he.
One game at a time

Tecno

Quote from: Throw Long Bannatyne on August 01, 2026, 10:47:15 PMTime to switch Stan with Broxton and send Stan to the 6 game in place of Vanterpool till later in the season so he can refresh and refocus, give him one last chance to take his job back. Don't sweat the 6 game rules, everybody is sore.

I'm not done my rewatch yet, but I'm not sure Vant will be serviceable at RT.  However, the question isn't is Vant better than Broxton at RT... the question is is Brox+Vant better than Stan+Brox.  Since Broxton clearly isn't nearly as good at RT as LT, we can afford Vant to be worse than Brox at RT and the gestalt will still be superior.

There's a possibility Vant is a bit worse at RT pass pro but far inferior at run block.  Broxton has been working basically nonstop to learn the swing-around and seal-block RT role.  That will kinda all be wasted if he shifts to LT, which is more a sealing role in the run.

It will take a ton of evidence, and nads of steel for Mafia to bench Stan.  I'm not sure they have it in them.  You'd probably have to take the "influencers" in the team aside first, too, and show them the film on how Stan is costing the team.  You don't want a Zach/Brady/Neuf revolt.

I'll finish my grading of the last game and then do a summary of all recent games regarding Stan's performance.  I want some solid proof he's total butt before agreeing with what is rapidly becoming the consensus around here.
Never go full Johnston!

Tecno

Quote from: Blue In BC on August 01, 2026, 10:16:57 PMBrown hurt his lower left back after taking a shot. In theory he should be ok after the bye. Whether Collaros is ready to return I'm doubtful mostly because I can't believe anything O'Shea says about injuries.

That's messed up as that should be padded and protected.  Holding his hip makes more sense -- hip isn't protected and seems to be an issue for many players.

I guess we'll see what the IR report in 1 week says.  Clearly you need either Zach or Dru back.  Preferably both.  Who's the next-most glass QB?  Maybe we can hire him and make it a trifecta of tub-bound QBs!!
Never go full Johnston!