C J Prosise makes the final cut

[rcaido]

Next Grant Hill

 

[RiverDog]

The Hawks obviously like him a lot or else we wouldn't have kept him around this long. Once he started performing up to expectations in the 3rd preseason game, at least in retrospect it should be obvious that he'd be on our roster when the final 53 came out.

We can debate the wisdom of this move, but it really shouldn't surprise anyone that's followed Prosise and his time with us.

 

[Cyrus12]

Guess we will see if he can stay healthy and can run like he did the last two games when the games mean something and not against 4th string scrubs. I'm hoping he succeeds but he just does not have a proven track record.

 

[Seymour]

This move was an easy call. They have stuck it out with CJ up until this point and he is finally showing flashes again and seems to be healthy at the moment. They weren't going to pull the plug on him now when he finally has a real shot to contribute.

 

[jammerhawk]

I sure hope he hasn’t found his way to get paid for visits to the trainer’s rooms for the season. I did expect the team to keep him.

You can have all the talent in the world physically but if you can’t be depended upon to show and be healthy or play w/o constant limitation, you aren’t worth the roster spot.

I have my fingers crossed the team will be able to keep him healthy and he will finally show his immense talent.

 

[xray]

For a player in his 4th year he still is basically unproven . Carrolls love affair with him has been unrequited to date . He is staying around because he comes cheap ; but if he gets the slightest injury he will be gone . IMO

 

[onanygivensunday]

I can't help but think that part of the reason that Jaron Brown was cut unrelated to salary cap concerns after the Clowney trade is related to CJ's versatility to line up outside as a WR.

CJ's a potential weapon that can't wait to get free of its holster.

 

[Jville]

[tweet]https://twitter.com/AdamSchefter/status/1168202210389450759[/tweet]

 

[AgentDib]

That's not a bad place for him. They needed a third down back and Bevell had success with McKissic a couple of years ago.

 

[olyfan63]

Unofficial, unappointed co-leader of the CJ Prosise fan club here on .NET; all you have to do to achieve that elite rank is to have and wear your *signed* Prosise jersey. OK, now back on topic...

I am disappointed at all the meritless attacks on Prosise's character and toughness. You freakin try playing with a broken scapula! This NFL shit is serious, car-accident level contact on many plays a season. The guy gets an injury in 2016 that doesn't heal right, possibly multiple injuries beyond those listed, and trying to come back keeps re-aggravating the injury and/or resulting in compensatory injuries. The Seahawks doctors and trainers didn't guess right in their recovery program, his body didn't respond quickly, and finally it looks like they did figure it out, he had some unspecified "abdominal surgery" in the offseason, and comes back into the picture looking like a top-flight NFL RB.

So many people here have been dogging him, while knowing next to nothing about the reality of his situation. Assuming that his reinjuries/being unavailable are him not being "tough" enough, that all he needs to do is play through.

Remember Pete's annoyance with Percy Harvin and his injury malingering? I've never heard or felt any of that from Pete towards Prosise. It's pretty clear Pete believes in Prosise's character and work habits.

Prosise did look electric in preseason. Assuming he is physically capable of playing at the level he did when healthy and active in 2016, we will be getting an even *better* version of Prosise than we saw that year. Yes, he hasn't been playing in the games, but he's been taking the mental reps, learning Schotty's offense, where to expect the holes to be, how to read defenses, and pass blocking, and simply continuing to develop as an NFL pro, no longer a wide-eyed rookie.

Prosise could give us that 3-headed monster at running back, lighten Carson's load a little, maybe keep Carson healthier, and create some matchups that cause real problems for opposing defenses. Can't wait to see!

 

[West TX Hawk]

[tweet]https://twitter.com/AdamSchefter/status/1168202210389450759[/tweet]

Very glad to see JD land a job. He's versatile, does whatever is asked of him and should get a fair opportunity in Detroit.

Back to Prosise-- against long odds he got healthy just in time and flashed enough to earn yet another chance. I just hope he's healthy for at least 12 games. Pete's thinking may have been if he goes down early, Penny is still the 3rd down option and Homer is competent enough in a reserve role.

 

[RiverDog]

Unofficial, unappointed co-leader of the CJ Prosise fan club here on .NET; all you have to do to achieve that elite rank is to have and wear your *signed* Prosise jersey. OK, now back on topic...

I am disappointed at all the meritless attacks on Prosise's character and toughness. You freakin try playing with a broken scapula! This NFL shit is serious, car-accident level contact on many plays a season. The guy gets an injury in 2016 that doesn't heal right, possibly multiple injuries beyond those listed, and trying to come back keeps re-aggravating the injury and/or resulting in compensatory injuries. The Seahawks doctors and trainers didn't guess right in their recovery program, his body didn't respond quickly, and finally it looks like they did figure it out, he had some unspecified "abdominal surgery" in the offseason, and comes back into the picture looking like a top-flight NFL RB.

So many people here have been dogging him, while knowing next to nothing about the reality of his situation. Assuming that his reinjuries/being unavailable are him not being "tough" enough, that all he needs to do is play through.

Remember Pete's annoyance with Percy Harvin and his injury malingering? I've never heard or felt any of that from Pete towards Prosise. It's pretty clear Pete believes in Prosise's character and work habits.

Prosise did look electric in preseason. Assuming he is physically capable of playing at the level he did when healthy and active in 2016, we will be getting an even *better* version of Prosise than we saw that year. Yes, he hasn't been playing in the games, but he's been taking the mental reps, learning Schotty's offense, where to expect the holes to be, how to read defenses, and pass blocking, and simply continuing to develop as an NFL pro, no longer a wide-eyed rookie.

Prosise could give us that 3-headed monster at running back, lighten Carson's load a little, maybe keep Carson healthier, and create some matchups that cause real problems for opposing defenses. Can't wait to see!

I agree. We don't have any idea as to the severity of Prosise's injuries or the speed of his recovery. Some injuries are controllable by style of play or being in shape while others happen completely at random. Some players are just plain injury prone and some don't heal as fast as others. Many of the comments in here are akin to making fun of someone in a motorized shopping cart in a supermarket, not knowing what their disability is or how it affects their mobility.

These injuries to Prosise are not necessarily a negative reflection on his character. To the contrary, one could argue the exact opposite. Let's just say that he's is injury prone and leave it at that.

 

[Hockey Guy]

I'll trust the judgement of JS & PC before any posters on a message board. People just want him to get injured/fail so they can say they were right.

We have posters who do this when it comes to Russell Wilson too so you need to take everything with a grain of salt.

 

[chris98251]

Unofficial, unappointed co-leader of the CJ Prosise fan club here on .NET; all you have to do to achieve that elite rank is to have and wear your *signed* Prosise jersey. OK, now back on topic...

I am disappointed at all the meritless attacks on Prosise's character and toughness. You freakin try playing with a broken scapula! This NFL shit is serious, car-accident level contact on many plays a season. The guy gets an injury in 2016 that doesn't heal right, possibly multiple injuries beyond those listed, and trying to come back keeps re-aggravating the injury and/or resulting in compensatory injuries. The Seahawks doctors and trainers didn't guess right in their recovery program, his body didn't respond quickly, and finally it looks like they did figure it out, he had some unspecified "abdominal surgery" in the offseason, and comes back into the picture looking like a top-flight NFL RB.

So many people here have been dogging him, while knowing next to nothing about the reality of his situation. Assuming that his reinjuries/being unavailable are him not being "tough" enough, that all he needs to do is play through.

Remember Pete's annoyance with Percy Harvin and his injury malingering? I've never heard or felt any of that from Pete towards Prosise. It's pretty clear Pete believes in Prosise's character and work habits.

Prosise did look electric in preseason. Assuming he is physically capable of playing at the level he did when healthy and active in 2016, we will be getting an even *better* version of Prosise than we saw that year. Yes, he hasn't been playing in the games, but he's been taking the mental reps, learning Schotty's offense, where to expect the holes to be, how to read defenses, and pass blocking, and simply continuing to develop as an NFL pro, no longer a wide-eyed rookie.

Prosise could give us that 3-headed monster at running back, lighten Carson's load a little, maybe keep Carson healthier, and create some matchups that cause real problems for opposing defenses. Can't wait to see!

Lets just say I really saw nobody attacking his character, people attacked his cost and non performance over a long period of time costing a spot to someone that could contribute and probably cost less then a guy in a whirlpool tub all season.

Hopefully he turns in to Garrison Hearst or Thurman Thomas, two other guys that had injury issues for like three years and then played well for their teams for a along time.




Nobody even said he couldn't play when healthy, they just said when is he ever really healthy ?

 

[RiverDog]

Lets just say I really saw nobody attacking his character, people attacked his cost and non performance over a long period of time costing a spot to someone that could contribute and probably cost less then a guy in a whirlpool tub all season.

I guess it depends on your definition of an attack, but when armed with no other information other than a player's availability causes some to question their heart and toughness while others make cheap jokes regarding his injury history, it's not a testimonial to his character.

 

[sutz]

Lets just say I really saw nobody attacking his character, people attacked his cost and non performance over a long period of time costing a spot to someone that could contribute and probably cost less then a guy in a whirlpool tub all season.

I guess it depends on your definition of an attack, but when armed with no other information other than a player's availability causes some to question their heart and toughness while others make cheap jokes regarding his injury history, it's not a testimonial to his character.

Perhaps it's more of a testimonial to the poster's character.

 

[MO Hawk]

I would not want to question the character of a player I have never met. I have also not heard anything bad about Prosise other than he appears to be injury prone.

Over the past 3 years, some of the injuries I seem to remember was the scapula, which I do understand takes a long time to hear. Most recently it was a hip related issue. Perhaps someone more knowledgeable than me would have the list of all the injuries, but if my memory serves me right, it seems they were different and unrelated injuries.

I would remember Shawn Alexander whose character was outstanding and as an individual it would be hard to find someone better. None the less, he was soft his final year, seeming to go to the ground early to keep from getting hit. Regardless of how much he had done for us in the past, he took a big pay check, but went soft, almost appearing to be afraid of taking a hit. That being said, most of us on this board would be afraid to take an NFL hit, however for Prosise and Alexander it's part of the deal and what you get paid for to do.

I would hope Prosise would be equally hard on himself, if not harder on himself than fans. Perhaps he was.

The point of my post is it seems strange he made the roster, he appears injury prone, and I would love to eat crow over this post and have him prove us naysayers wrong. None the less, from a performance and durability standpoint, C J has a LOT to prove over the next 5 weeks.

 

[jammerhawk]

This was the correct roster move.

 

[McGruff]

I would not want to question the character of a player I have never met. I have also not heard anything bad about Prosise other than he appears to be injury prone.

Over the past 3 years, some of the injuries I seem to remember was the scapula, which I do understand takes a long time to hear. Most recently it was a hip related issue. Perhaps someone more knowledgeable than me would have the list of all the injuries, but if my memory serves me right, it seems they were different and unrelated injuries.

I would remember Shawn Alexander whose character was outstanding and as an individual it would be hard to find someone better. None the less, he was soft his final year, seeming to go to the ground early to keep from getting hit. Regardless of how much he had done for us in the past, he took a big pay check, but went soft, almost appearing to be afraid of taking a hit. That being said, most of us on this board would be afraid to take an NFL hit, however for Prosise and Alexander it's part of the deal and what you get paid for to do.

I would hope Prosise would be equally hard on himself, if not harder on himself than fans. Perhaps he was.

The point of my post is it seems strange he made the roster, he appears injury prone, and I would love to eat crow over this post and have him prove us naysayers wrong. None the less, from a performance and durability standpoint, C J has a LOT to prove over the next 5 weeks.

Shaun was always soft until he got near the endzone. He more than made up for it with elite, nearly historic 2nd level vision and a quick shift gear box that allowed him to throttle up and down effortlessly.

But he was a pansy.

The problem his last year was injuries and age had deteriorated his skills to such an extent that he could still see where to go, but he couldnt get there anymore. His frustration was evident.

 

[jammerhawk]

Shaun was always soft until he got near the endzone. He more than made up for it with elite, nearly historic 2nd level vision and a quick shift gear box that allowed him to throttle up and down effortlessly.

But he was a pansy.

Which is exactly why we loved Lynch so much.