So, Hurts is out for Sunday. Should be an interesting weekend.

Broncos were converting easy as hell on that drive. Why is it so hard for us?

9 minutes ago, Iggles_Phan said:

So, Hurts is out for Sunday. Should be an interesting weekend.

Always BeardMeatsFood episodes to fall back on

2 minutes ago, Mike030270 said:

Broncos were converting easy as hell on that drive. Why is it so hard for us?

2 minutes ago, Mike030270 said:

Broncos were converting easy as hell on that drive. Why is it so hard for us?

Would have been funnier if you both posted the same image

11 minutes ago, HazletonEagle said:

Question is- when a player has a contusion, how often does a team really investigate it further to see if there is any intravascular clotting? I think even for NFL teams, its a stretch to believe they are ultrasounding each bruise they see.

The proof would be important here.

Lets say Hurts got cleated in the London game. If we KNOW its not safe to fly because the flight can exacerbate, then teams are going to have to get used to leaving players behind for...who knows how long?

Which seems ridiculous.

Also brings me back to the world cup question. Im sure tons of those players got cleated and flew halfway around the world to get home from the tournament. If it was known to exacerbate... then that shouldnt/wouldnt be happening, would it?

Thanks for the timelines. I had no idea.

I would guess the laymen terms would be different for propagation where theyd say it grew instead of, it moved. But you never know how the reporters are going to translate the medical terms they hear.

It’s so rare for garden variety calf contusions in athletes to progress to this.

Now…a typical contusion will have tiny superficial intravascular clots. It gets called thrombophlebitis when it’s visible on ultrasound and progresses to the observable clinical syndrome with pain, redness, swelling. It’s not unheard of with athletes, but you really dont hear about it often.

So ultrasounding everyone that gets cleated isn’t reasonable…plus, it usually develops in a delayed fashion after the injury as clots propagate due to bleeding and inflammation. So someone really needs to have the clinical suspicion first…it’s not really a reflexive text for an on-field injury like an x-ray. An injury and a flight 2 days later…he probably didn’t even have it at the time.

Alternate scenario: he had the injury in the LAR game, developed progressive swelling and soreness…managed as a calf contusion and they were a little late on the draw to get the ultrasound and figure it out. Probably unlikely. More likely than not it’s something that might have even gone undiagnosed in a regular person and they caught a minor case because he’s under a microscope.

8 hours ago, devpool said:

The guy is completely broken, have you watched any game the last year and a half? He's going to be in a wheelchair in 3 years if he keeps playing. If he wants to be an idiot and ruin the rest of his life, so be it. The guy is already trying experimental treatments for a degenerative issue, he's done. Jurgens is in the same boat, his back is F'ed, at least he's wasting a roster spot on another team now

Spare me the dramatics. The world is already supposed to be over because of global warming. Our season was supposedly over when Wentz got hurt in 2017. If LD decides to continue his football career for 3 more seasons, he won't be in a wheelchair.

I have no way of knowing today whether he will be able to play at his previously high level again. But if a team wants him on their roster as a starter or as a backup, the choice to keep playing is his. Let me know when a doctor is telling him to, "get out or else." Until then, you are just being pretentious and making absurd claims.

His coming back is perfectly fine. If a younger guy outplays him, that guy should get the starting role. Let the team sort that out through competition in practice and on the field. Dickerson is a grown man and he can make his own career decisions.

2 minutes ago, brkmsn said:

I have no way of knowing today whether he will be able to play at his previously high level again.

We do. He won’t.

Can he play again at all? That can be debated. Can he play again at an acceptable level? Also can be debated. Smart money is on no simply because of what’s happened the last year and change.

Can he play at his previous high level? Absolutely not.

1 minute ago, brkmsn said:

Spare me the dramatics. The world is already supposed to be over because of global warming. Our season was supposedly over when Wentz got hurt in 2017. If LD decides to continue his football career for 3 more seasons, he won't be in a wheelchair.

I have no way of knowing today whether he will be able to play at his previously high level again. But if a team wants him on their roster as a starter or as a backup, the choice to keep playing is his. Let me know when a doctor is telling him to, "get out or else." Until then, you are just being pretentious and making absurd claims.

His coming back is perfectly fine. If a younger guy outplays him, that guy should get the starting role. Let the team sort that out through competition in practice and on the field. Dickerson is a grown man and he can make his own career decisions.

He's already outplayed by both Kendall and lampkin, if he doesn't want to retire he can F off somewhere else and waste someone else's roster spot.

His coming back just F's everything up because he's going come in, suck and inevitably get hurt again, and then we're back to inconsistency on the line. Keep what we have now, put him on IR and let spme other team deal with it next year if he's too prideful to retire

The Hurts hating in here is ignorant and insensitive to a guy who has a blood clot that has worsened and shelved him. It's classless, but I shouldn't expect anything differently.

Okay, regarding this weekend. Will take an early stab at it...

Eagles need this game and are in desperation mode. Think the defense has been slowly, but surely coming back. Expect the next stage in comeuppance here, with a healthier JC and more Trotter snaps this week. Greenard should come back and cover the Hunt injury and actually be a noticeable contributor. Moore should be a stabilizer back there at safety in regards to filling in for the M.Carter injury.

On offense, I expect we get that backup boost from McKee and he does a solid job, but nothing spectacular. Another week of Goedert and Devanta back (and actually together at same time) will do wonders here. The O-line hopefully gets Kendall back. And who knows, maybe Dickerson gets involved here and buttresses the running game and having the Tush Push back in the play book. Feel McKee and Cooper will be a go to tandem here in this game with their prior rapport. At RB, I see Steele getting his 1st snaps and providing a spark when he's in there.

So with all of that said. The line is talking to me. Eagles cover and actually win this one in a season saver to keep all of our hopes alive. FOR NOW. 1 week at a time....

Panthers-17

Eagles-24

Cooper 1 TD

Smith 1 TD

Hollywood Brown with a bomb.

*Hope Matt's okay....

2 minutes ago, eagle45 said:

We do. He won’t.

Can he play again at all? That can be debated. Can he play again at an acceptable level? Also can be debated. Smart money is on no simply because of what’s happened the last year and change.

Can he play at his previous high level? Absolutely not.

What makes you say that?

Just now, jojodancer said:

The Hurts hating in here is ignorant and insensitive to a guy who has a blood clot that has worsened and shelved him. It's classless, but I shouldn't expect any differently.

Okay, regarding this weekend. Will take an early stab at it.

Eagles need this game and are in desperation mode. Think the defense has been slowly but surely coming back. Expect the next stage here with a healthier JC and more Trotter this week. Greenard should come back and cover the Hunt injury and actually contributor. Moore should be a stabilizer back there at safety in regards to filling in for the M.Carter injury.

On offense, I expect we get that backup boost from McKee and he does a solid job, but nothing spectacular. Another week of Goedert and Devanta back (and actually together at same time) will do wonders here. The O-line hopefully gets Kendall back. And who knows, maybe Dickerson gets involved here and buttresses the running game and having the Tush Push back in the play book. Feel McKee and Cooper will be a go to tandem here in this game with their prior rapport. At RB, I see Steele getting his 1st snaps and providing a spark when he's in there.

So with all of that said. The line is talking to me. Eagles cover and actually win this one in a season saver to keep all of our hopes alive. FOR NOW. 1 week at a time....

Panthers-17

Eagles-24

Cooper 1 TD

Smith 1 TD

Hollywood Brown with a bomb.

*Hope Matt's okay....

Name names. I've only seen people saying they hope he recovers

The wrinkle is…the Eagles last 4 games are very difficult. Seattle, Houston, SF, at Giants (and probably not a cupcake with how things are going).

They are going to have to start banking wins now. It impacts how conservative they can be with all these week-to-week injuries. If they had a soft schedule down the stretch and powerhouses now, it would be tempting to just schedule some losses and get guys healthy.

59 minutes ago, Mike030270 said:

Doesn't Hurts need to say yes since he has a no trade clause? There's no way in hell Hurts says yes to the Chargers

NFL is different than other sports with guaranteed contracts. If it ever came out he’s not the guy anymore and they aren’t giving him a new contract, it’s more than likely he’ll go to a team that shows they want him.

1 minute ago, Mike030270 said:

Name names. I've only seen people saying they hope he recovers

Are you kidding me?! Digs left and right everywhere since the news came out. But honestly I don't really GAF. All good. We move on with McKee and wish the best for our Eagles.

Just now, jojodancer said:

Are you kidding me?! Digs left and right everywhere since the news came out. But honestly I don't really GAF. All good. We move on with McKee and hope for out Eagles.

I'm not. I've only seen people say they hope Jalen the person is alright on here

Or are you referring to outside the board and generalizing to everywhere?

Plenty of time left but Broncos making the Hawks look beatable

6 minutes ago, jojodancer said:

The Hurts hating in here is ignorant and insensitive to a guy who has a blood clot that has worsened and shelved him. It's classless, but I shouldn't expect anything differently.

He shouldn’t be criticized because he has a blood clot?

28 minutes ago, HazletonEagle said:

I have to give it to you. When you hate a dude you are true to it 🤣

1 minute ago, Mike030270 said:

Plenty of time left but Broncos making the Hawks look beatable

Feel bad for their fans. They lived the Bryce Paup experience last year but worse. They have a good team and would have probably won it last year.

Just now, eagle45 said:

He shouldn’t be criticized because he has a blood clot?

I'm okay with criticism. It's ridiculously over the top and obsessive in here. Including yourself. I would call it HDS. He broke you guys and you can't think of anything else.

Just now, jojodancer said:

I'm okay with criticism. It's ridiculously over the top and obsessive in here. Including yourself. I would call it HDS. He broke you guys and you can't think of anything else.

You didn’t answer my question. Draw the connection between what was said and classless because of the blood clot.