Rawls

OkieHawk · Sep 6, 2016

May be limited for the first few games...I don't like it when Pete does this type of stuff.

http://www.rotoworld.com/player/nfl/10420/thomas-rawls

FlyingGreg · Sep 6, 2016

Pete is incredibly conservative when it comes to injuries.

C Mike is ready.

OkieHawk · Sep 6, 2016

FlyingGreg":1mo0k9u6 said:
Pete is incredibly conservative when it comes to injuries.

C Mike is ready.

It's worrisome because everything else leading up to this today was that he was full go for week one. But yes, I'm not as worried since C-Mike seems to have finally clicked.

Basis4day · Sep 6, 2016

Rotoworld is site for fantasy football which links to quotes in articles to assist people with their fantasy teams. The quote they use us a warning so people don't assume Rawls with get the majority of carries.

The full post they quote from, from Sheil Kapadia, makes clear that they're giving Rawls time to acclimate to getting hit again.

http://www.espn.com/blog/nfcwest/post/_ ... omas-rawls

Sgt. Largent · Sep 6, 2016

OkieHawk":qogc7pev said:
FlyingGreg":qogc7pev said:

Pete is incredibly conservative when it comes to injuries.

C Mike is ready.

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It's worrisome because everything else leading up to this today was that he was full go for week one. But yes, I'm not as worried since C-Mike seems to have finally clicked.

Just because Pete said Rawls is ready to go doesn't mean he's going to give him 25 carriers the first game as if he's been practicing and taking hits the entire preseason and OTA's.

My guess is Rawls and Michael are going to share carries for a good 3-4 weeks until Rawls is in 100% game shape. Michael probably will even have more carries the first couple weeks.

Smellyman · Sep 6, 2016

It's ludicrous to think he was going to just go out there like he never missed time.

OkieHawk · Sep 6, 2016

Smellyman":3541afk2 said:
It's ludicrous to think he was going to just go out there like he never missed time.

Is it ludicrous? Glad to know that nobody has ever missed preseason and gone full tilt out of the gate, even after injuries. Like...ever... :roll:

OkieHawk · Sep 6, 2016

Basis4day":2qlbn3hd said:
Rotoworld is site for fantasy football which links to quotes in articles to assist people with their fantasy teams. The quote they use us a warning so people don't assume Rawls with get the majority of carries.

The full post they quote from, from Sheil Kapadia, makes clear that they're giving Rawls time to acclimate to getting hit again.

http://www.espn.com/blog/nfcwest/post/_ ... omas-rawls

See, this bothers me. They want acclimation to getting hit (which I completely agree with) but have limited the amount of TC full pad practices a team can do. How many starters get hit during preseason to get "acclimated"?

Tical21 · Sep 6, 2016

If the game is close, Rawls will be in.

Sgt. Largent · Sep 6, 2016

OkieHawk":1azn0cnu said:
Smellyman":1azn0cnu said:

It's ludicrous to think he was going to just go out there like he never missed time.

Click to expand...

Is it ludicrous? Glad to know that nobody has ever missed preseason and gone full tilt out of the gate, even after injuries. Like...ever... :roll:

Yes, they used to do that back in the day. That's why we used to get all excited about injured players and holdouts coming back and playing 100% of snaps after missing entire training camps............then bummed out cause they'd pull a hamstring in the 2nd quarter of games and be out 6-8 weeks. How often did we see that?

Remember those days? Cause Pete does, that's why he's smart and doesn't rush players back. Rawls had a major injury, and he's a RB, no reason to risk a setback or worse in game #1 when we need him for 16-20 games.

OkieHawk · Sep 6, 2016

Sgt. Largent":e08xynju said:
OkieHawk":e08xynju said:

Smellyman":e08xynju said:

It's ludicrous to think he was going to just go out there like he never missed time.

Click to expand...

Is it ludicrous? Glad to know that nobody has ever missed preseason and gone full tilt out of the gate, even after injuries. Like...ever... :roll:

Click to expand...

Yes, they used to do that back in the day. That's why we used to get all excited about injured players and holdouts coming back and playing 100% of snaps after missing entire training camps............then bummed out cause they'd pull a hamstring in the 2nd quarter of games and be out 6-8 weeks. How often did we see that?

Remember those days? Cause Pete does, that's why he's smart and doesn't rush players back. Rawls had a major injury, and he's a RB, no reason to risk a setback or worse in game #1 when we need him for 16-20 games.

They still do that, today. Watt is full go for this weekend. AP did something similar just a couple of years ago after blowing out his knee, which IMO is worse than a broken ankle.

Maybe I'm just pulling a Blitzer, but something just seems...off by this.

Smellyman · Sep 6, 2016

OkieHawk":19bf2doh said:
Sgt. Largent":19bf2doh said:

OkieHawk":19bf2doh said:

Smellyman":19bf2doh said:

It's ludicrous to think he was going to just go out there like he never missed time.

Click to expand...

Is it ludicrous? Glad to know that nobody has ever missed preseason and gone full tilt out of the gate, even after injuries. Like...ever... :roll:

Click to expand...

Yes, they used to do that back in the day. That's why we used to get all excited about injured players and holdouts coming back and playing 100% of snaps after missing entire training camps............then bummed out cause they'd pull a hamstring in the 2nd quarter of games and be out 6-8 weeks. How often did we see that?

Remember those days? Cause Pete does, that's why he's smart and doesn't rush players back. Rawls had a major injury, and he's a RB, no reason to risk a setback or worse in game #1 when we need him for 16-20 games.

Click to expand...

They still do that, today. Watt is full go for this weekend. AP did something similar just a couple of years ago after blowing out his knee, which IMO is worse than a broken ankle.

Maybe I'm just pulling a Blitzer, but something just seems...off by this.

so Watt is a full go? think he will play his normal amount of snaps?

When asked if Watt will play Sunday, head coach Bill O'Brien said, "I would say that he will play. Beyond that, I’m not going to answer too much more about that. But I’ll say that he’ll play in the game.”

OkieHawk · Sep 6, 2016

Smellyman":2mmo5jhi said:
so Watt is a full go? think he will play his normal amount of snaps?

When asked if Watt will play Sunday, head coach Bill O'Brien said, "I would say that he will play. Beyond that, I’m not going to answer too much more about that. But I’ll say that he’ll play in the game.”

Knowing Houston, yes, he will play full on Sunday. You didn't comment about my remark on AP though.

Sgt. Largent · Sep 6, 2016

OkieHawk":1dhjlydy said:
Sgt. Largent":1dhjlydy said:

OkieHawk":1dhjlydy said:

Smellyman":1dhjlydy said:

It's ludicrous to think he was going to just go out there like he never missed time.

Click to expand...

Is it ludicrous? Glad to know that nobody has ever missed preseason and gone full tilt out of the gate, even after injuries. Like...ever... :roll:

Click to expand...

Yes, they used to do that back in the day. That's why we used to get all excited about injured players and holdouts coming back and playing 100% of snaps after missing entire training camps............then bummed out cause they'd pull a hamstring in the 2nd quarter of games and be out 6-8 weeks. How often did we see that?

Remember those days? Cause Pete does, that's why he's smart and doesn't rush players back. Rawls had a major injury, and he's a RB, no reason to risk a setback or worse in game #1 when we need him for 16-20 games.

Click to expand...

They still do that, today. Watt is full go for this weekend. AP did something similar just a couple of years ago after blowing out his knee, which IMO is worse than a broken ankle.

Maybe I'm just pulling a Blitzer, but something just seems...off by this.

No he's not............and AP is a freak of nature, and is the exception not the rule to follow.

If we didn't have Michael who has shown in the preseason that he's hungry and kicking ass? Then yeah I'd be worried like you.

But we need Rawls the entire season, I don't see any upside to overloading him the first game, or even the first 2-3 weeks for that matter.

I trust Pete, he's about as smart as it comes with this sort of thing.

OkieHawk · Sep 6, 2016

Sgt. Largent":lb4bdtt5 said:
OkieHawk":lb4bdtt5 said:

They still do that, today. Watt is full go for this weekend. AP did something similar just a couple of years ago after blowing out his knee, which IMO is worse than a broken ankle.

Maybe I'm just pulling a Blitzer, but something just seems...off by this.

Click to expand...

No he's not............and AP is a freak of nature, and is the exception not the rule to follow.

If we didn't have Michael who has shown in the preseason that he's hungry and kicking ass? Then yeah I'd be worried like you.

But we need Rawls the entire season, I don't see any upside to overloading him the first game, or even the first 2-3 weeks for that matter.

I trust Pete, he's about as smart as it comes with this sort of thing.

Watt will be a full go this weekend, I'd bet money on it.

TwistedHusky · Sep 6, 2016

So who is backing up C-Mike?

Sgt. Largent · Sep 6, 2016

OkieHawk":69h5xp6l said:
Watt will be a full go this weekend, I'd bet money on it.

Even if he is, and I don't think he will, it's apples and oranges. DE is a much easier position to jump right back into, RB is arguably the hardest.

If I had to guess, Watt will take 75% of his usual snaps, if that. Rawls, maybe 12-15 carries.

Uncle Si · Sep 6, 2016

Still can't see what the fuss is here Okie...

10.5 point favorite at home. Safer to just ease Rawls in this week don't you think?

scutterhawk · Sep 6, 2016

Sgt. Largent":215ji3hn said:
OkieHawk":215ji3hn said:

Smellyman":215ji3hn said:

It's ludicrous to think he was going to just go out there like he never missed time.

Click to expand...

Is it ludicrous? Glad to know that nobody has ever missed preseason and gone full tilt out of the gate, even after injuries. Like...ever... :roll:

Click to expand...

Yes, they used to do that back in the day. That's why we used to get all excited about injured players and holdouts coming back and playing 100% of snaps after missing entire training camps............then bummed out cause they'd pull a hamstring in the 2nd quarter of games and be out 6-8 weeks. How often did we see that?

Remember those days? Cause Pete does, that's why he's smart and doesn't rush players back. Rawls had a major injury, and he's a RB, no reason to risk a setback or worse in game #1 when we need him for 16-20 games.

We only have to go back to the beginning of last Season when Marshawn Lynch was sidelined in favor of Rawls taking the brunt of punishment snaps....It's how Pete rolls.

scutterhawk · Sep 6, 2016

TwistedHusky":362hd5u5 said:
So who is backing up C-Mike?

Pope?.....Oh wait!....Never mind.
Collins is healthy ain't he?

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