Brandon Meriweather, You Big Tease (Injury News)

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Originally Posted by Coff

Yeah, exactly. It's not about how many players you lost, but who those players are.

To an extent. If a team loses one top flight wr and another team loses 7 non-starters that do see playing time during a game than i would have to disagree with this statement.

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Originally Posted by SmootSmack

FYI, we've added Jerome Murphy to take Meriweather's spot on the roster.

Who?...Jerome Murphy - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Superbowl!

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Injuries have held this Redskins team back. Helu Jr., Meriweather, Garcon, Orakpo, Carriker, F. Davis! That six players right there that are capable of having a huge impact. And I might as well mention Tanard Jackson, who is suspended for the season. This team has been unfortunate when it comes to not having great players healthy and available.

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Im just not into excuses. Would it help to have your team 100 % healthy all year - uh yeah. Does it ever happen - no. I love Garcon - not sure if he is "great". Same can be said for that whole list. Rak and Carriker are huge but they arent "great". Merriweather was cut and was far from great last year. He had three really good quarters against a rookie qb and a horrible offense. Helu would be a nice change of pace back but im pretty happy with Almo. Jackson is a dope whose off the field problems greatly outweigh his talent. Paulsen has stepped in very nicely although i love Davis. You should go back and read the excerpt from football outsiders i posted - amazing how the last several superbowl teams - winners and losers were decimated with injuries. Whether for a matter of weeks or for the season. I agree with Matty we are not cursed injury wise, far from it. It just seems that way because we are redskins fans. Look around the league rite now at some other teams with major injuries. The Steelers will be playing back to back weeks with Byron Leftwich and friggin Charlie Batch at QB. The grass is always greener on the other side.
Edit : what im getting at is we can still win the nfc east even with those guys out. Now if our o-line and or RG-3 /almo goes down ill say we are cursed by the injury bug.

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Originally Posted by punch it in

Im just not into excuses. Would it help to have your team 100 % healthy all year - uh yeah. Does it ever happen - no. I love Garcon - not sure if he is "great". Same can be said for that whole list. Rak and Carriker are huge but they arent "great". Merriweather was cut and was far from great last year. He had three really good quarters against a rookie qb and a horrible offense. Helu would be a nice change of pace back but im pretty happy with Almo. Jackson is a dope whose off the field problems greatly outweigh his talent. Paulsen has stepped in very nicely although i love Davis. You should go back and read the excerpt from football outsiders i posted - amazing how the last several superbowl teams - winners and losers were decimated with injuries. Whether for a matter of weeks or for the season. I agree with Matty we are not cursed injury wise, far from it. It just seems that way because we are redskins fans. Look around the league rite now at some other teams with major injuries. The Steelers will be playing back to back weeks with Byron Leftwich and friggin Charlie Batch at QB. The grass is always greener on the other side.

We saw how the Steelers did without Ben... It's not the quantity of the injuries.. It's the quality. It has nothing to do with excuses.. It's facts! That's why there is an injury report. If it didn't have a impact on your team then we wouldn't even need one. Let's just sign the next mug to play the position. You are right in one aspect.. Every team in the NFL gets injuries, but when you get injuries to key positions then it becomes a great influence on your teams performance.

Kerrigan is missing Orakpo right now, and even worse.. He's missing Carriker. The guy who lined up right beside him all year last year and had 6 sacks is gone.

This topic should be dead though.. People are going to argue till their faces turn purple but only the ones who understand the impact certain injuries have will be right.

Everyone saw the impact Merriweather had on our team with him being on the field, and that was just one small piece to the puzzle. If you think not having a 100% Garcon on the field after his first and only performace against the Saints wouldn't make a difference.. You're crazy..

Not to mention Paulsen is filling in nice, but he's not leading our team in receiving yards or reception like Davis was. Take out the pieces of our team in comparison to other teams, and NO TEAM has ever won many games misses the same pieces.. Missing a T, OLB, or a few others? Sure, but..

RT
Pro Bowl LB
DE
Pro Bowl Safety
TE
3RD down back
#1 WR


I mean, we are missing KEY parts.. It's not like we are missing a few players or even key players.. We are basically missing our BEST players! The select few that would be starter quality on other teams.

Injuries are not excuses.. Playing hurt, and then blaming it on the injury is an excuse, but if you can't even be on the field.. That's not an excuse. That's a pure and simple FACT.

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Rak, Garçon, etc don't have to be "great". I kinda get tired of hearing that.

Bottom line is we are better with them on the field.

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Wow what a rant. I think i could call you the greatest guy in the world and you would pick it apart and put it back together again in your own words. We are not missing our best players bucket. RG-3 / Almo / and TW are all very healthy.
Edit: are our injuries detrimental to the team - yes. Are they historically or abnormally bad? - no. Have teams had success with injuries paramount to the ones we have rite now - absolutely. Do i think we can finish strong with these injuries - hell yes I do.

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Originally Posted by punch it in

Wow what a rant. I think i could call you the greatest guy in the world and you would pick it apart and put it back together again in your own words. We are not missing our best players bucket. RG-3 / Almo / and TW are all very healthy.
Edit: are our injuries detrimental to the team - yes. Are they historically or abnormally bad? - no. Have teams had success with injuries paramount to the ones we have rite now - absolutely. Do i think we can finish strong with these injuries - hell yes I do.

Name a team... I might believe you then.. You can say "it works" but proving it is two different things. Name a team that was missing there leading Sack Artist, Best DLman, Best WR, Best TE, and Best RB before Almo started doing so well, which isn't a surprise because who doesn't look good in Shanny's system? Seriously.. We all loved Helu last year and what he did. To deny it would be false.

Edit : Might as well add Best DB too, because in one half, Merriweather looked better then any DB we've had on the field this year.

Edit 2 : I'm sorry you think that was a rant. That is what a legit post looks like. I know you are not use to seeing one as you've never actually posted one yourself. Keep to the 10 character posts you're use too.. Keep quoting yourself too. You can get that post count higher.

Just saying.

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First of all I didnt love Helu last year love is a strong word - one i will reserve for players like RG-3 and Almo and 21 and 44 among others that do not include the great Roy Helu.
Second of all are u asking me to point out teams missing the exact position players we are - lmao.
Third of all the word legit and your posts dont belong in the same forum let alone the same sentence.
And last but certainly not least if my post count bothers you as much as it appears to - sleep easy tonite because this is the last time I will respond to one of your crazy rants.
Peace.

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Originally Posted by punch it in

First of all I didnt love Helu last year love is a strong word - one i will reserve for players like RG-3 and Almo and 21 and 44 among others that do not include the great Roy Helu.
Second of all are u asking me to point out teams missing the exact position players we are - lmao.
Third of all the word legit and your posts dont belong in the same forum let alone the same sentence.
And last but certainly not least if my post count bothers you as much as it appears to - sleep easy tonite because this is the last time I will respond to one of your crazy rants.
Peace.

You're throwing Almo in the same field as 44 and 21?

Interesting..

Helu had the same amount of total yards in the same amount of games played as Almo at this point..

Just saying.

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Since you seem to actually want to talk about football - i love what Almo is doing this year. I love what 21 and 44 did over their careers - am I putting them in the same class - absolutely not. I love what I see so far though. Just like RG-3 has a very small career sample rite now - but how can I not say "i love this guy" when i watch him play. Say the same thing when I watch Almo. No - I never watched Helu and said - wow - i love this guy.
Almo is a more durable back than Helu - ive mentioned Helu's durability issues several times. Also - Helu was a fourth rounder out of Nebraska - Almo was a sixth rounder out of FAU. How can you not love the guy? I hope Helu comes back strong and contributes next year.