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I'd say pull White off the field but we don't have anyone worth a damn underneath him either.

Gotta keep them out of the end zone here. Even holding them to a field goal and keeping it a one score game while we've had double digit penalties and are losing the turnover battle 3-1 would be impressive.

Tre is just bad this season.

That was incredibly bad pass defense by Tre White. There's not turning your head around and then there's... whatever that was.

I feel like Josh is waiting an instant too long to take off running tonight.

This game is drunk.

What kind of play was that? A handoff to a Tight End or a Fake handoff to a Tight End? Either way - wtf?

The 54th pick in the Draft is a Late 2nd Round Pick, closer to a 3rd. Google 2nd Round Pick Defensive End's currently in the NFL and a take a look at the list. I think you'll find AJ Epenesa is better than most. If you're a DE prospect that is considered to be even an average starter, you're going by the end of the 1st Round. Edge Rusher is a premium position. If you're a prospect that's considered someone who's going to get "Pro Bowl consideration", you're going Top 2 or 3 picks. A player that's "serviceable", "adequate", "makes some plays" is good return on investment for a late 2nd Round DE.

Good point. Codrington is another major possibility. Especially if they healthy scratch him again this week. Although I don't like the idea of Shakir returning Punts as we had last week. He's too important to our Offense to risk back there. But it just goes to show that as I said before the year, the odds that we were going to be 100% healthy on the 53 and we'd have to make really difficult decisions to fit those guys on was somewhere between slim and none. Unfortunately for us, it's going to be really easy to fit those 3 guys on.

Sam Franklin Jr. Special Teams player we signed to the roster to take DeWayne Carter's spot on the 53 when he was IR'ed.

It cracked me up watching people racking their brains before the season started on players to release or trade to make room for Hairston, Hoecht, and Ogunjobi. As if we were going to stay 100% healthy until Week 8. As it is, we've had to sign 2 Practice Squad players for players IR'ed from the 53 at the start of the season. Even if (God willing) we don't have any more IR'ed players over the next two weeks, it's already pretty simple to just move Franklin, Ciarlo, and Ingram off for Hairston, Hoecht, and Ogunjobi.

I have a sinking feeling this is the breakout game for RB TreyVeon Henderson that people have been expecting for some time now. With our difficulties in the run game to begin with and the possibility (if not likely possibility) that we're in rough shape along DT and LB - I'd expect a run heavy game plan from the Patsies. And Henderson's twitchiness and gaining speed could be a problem. I envision this being a game where we'll have to rely on Josh and the passing game more than we've had to in recent weeks.

Dorian Strong is at worst our 3rd Boundary CB. An argument can be made that he's performed better than White and White was even pulled for him last week for a while. If this was just a move to fit someone on to the roster, they'd have done it Week 8 when they actually have the players available to put on the roster. Short changing us at CB for Week 5 and Week 6 before we can elevate those players, especially with Strong instead of someone like Ingram, makes absolutely no sense. I firmly disagree with the idea of Strong being fully healthy on Wednesday to being IR'ed for a Neck injury is "nothing to see here" and was something done to make room for players we won't have for weeks.

It's not your imagination. Every team deals with injuries. But the frequency and magnitude of the injuries we've dealt with over the past few years seems a little high. And it doesn't seem to matter who's running Strength & Conditioning, as the issue remains even after having multiple different guys running that department. One thought i've had is that maybe McDermott pushes them too hard in Practice during the week. Ironically, that thought popped in my head listening to Ed Oliver's press conference, the day he got hurt in practice: The other side of that though, if he pushes the team harder in practice than other league coaches is, if that's the case - perhaps it's part of the reason we've been so successful the past few years. So it might be a double edged sword. Again, if that is the case. I have no way of knowing if he does or not. It's just a thought I had, given what Ed said, the amount of injuries we have every year, and the amount of mid week injuries that seem to pop up out of nowhere.

Then they could have signed Zion Logue, who we're also using our last elevation on this week, and elevated Ciarlo - with all three elevations at our disposal. This isn't a shot on Ciarlo. Just a head scratching roster management decision to sign a guy who they haven't elevated once over guys like Jenkins who only has 1 elevation left or Logue who has 0 after this week. Especially with how unlucky we've been with injuries to this point.

Said this in another post, but Ciarlo over Jenkins was surprising to me. We've called up Jenkins twice already to fill in for injuries at LB. We only have 1 more call up for him and had all 3 call ups for Ciarlo. So from just a roster management standpoint, it would have made more sense to elevate Jenkins to the 53. Hopefully though, we get both Milano and Williams back soon and we don't take any more injuries to the LB position to where something like that would matter.

I made a post about Strong on Thursday, hoping that it was just some stiffness in the neck but noting it was worrisome to see a Full Practice on Wednesday and then a DNP on Thursday with a Neck designation. I'm really curious to know what happened as IR for Neck doesn't sound good. This is the second time we've moved a player to IR from one position and signed someone to the 53 from another position. All the injuries at DT and LB seem to have facilitated this. Kind of surprised to see Ciarlo brought up over Jenkins. We've called Jenkins up twice already due to LB injuries and haven't called Ciarlo up once. So just from the stand point of having only 1 more call up for Jenkins and having all 3 for Ciarlo, I'd have figured it made more sense to do it the other way around. But as for Boundary CB's, they must feel that both Ja'Marcus Ingram and Cam Lewis (who can play anywhere in the Secondary) is above Dane Jackson and they're going to roll with Benford, White, Ingram, and Lewis. Or we're dealing with so many injuries that they felt it more important to bring up 2 DT's and a LB this week than it would to have Jackson in over Lewis. Either way, here's hoping that we're healthier next week and can call up Dane then if necessary. And that we open Hairston's practice window after this week and can have him in Week 8 or Week 9.

This is in large part why I made this post. I was hoping it was just some soreness in the Neck. But healthy on Wednesday to DNP on Thursday with a Neck injury was worrisome. Neck injuries aren't anything to play with They'll have to get by this week on Benford, White, Ingram, and Lewis on the Outside bc of all the injuries to LB and DT. Hopefully they get some guys back next week and we're in a position to call up Dane until Hairston is ready if Ingram/Lewis can't adequately fill the hole left by Strong.

Talk about unfortunate bragging rights!

If you have a player that isn't putting in a Full Practice, it has to be explained why on the Injury Report - even if the player isn't hurt.

Strong officially Out. Wonder what the issue there is bc a Neck injury that has him shut down is concerning. Could be just some soreness or he could be seriously injured. Confirmation on Sanders, it isn't pain management. It's a new injury that popped up. On one hand, it's good to hear he got a Limited practice on when the expectation was apparently he would be DNP. But the fact that the expectation was he'd be DNP after a Limited is worrisome. We're potentially in a position where we're forced to play one of Oliver or Sanders when neither is 100% or go without either.

Hopefully this is just some soreness. A little worrisome to see a DNP with a Neck designation. Strong has been solid in his first 4 games. T.J. Sanders also pops up with a Limited practice with a Knee. Fingers crossed that this is pain management and not a new injury. As Oliver looks Questionable at best. Sanders being dinged too would be really rough. Two important Rookies who were healthy now aren't. Not great.

They aren't opening his window this week. Seems he's not there yet still. My take was always that we wouldn't see him until after the Bye. They aren't going to just throw him on the field after not practicing with the team in months. Still a chance that he's brought back to practice next week. That would give him practice for Week 6, the work they do during the Bye, and practices leading up to Week 8. But not a great sign that they decided not to this week.

I never said Knox would be here next season. In fact, if you go down 3 posts, you'll see that I said it's likely he won't be unless he pretty much rips up his contract by taking an insane pay cut on par with what we'd save for him being gone. What I'm saying is that Hawes will not be switching his role from an incredibly integral part of our Offense as a Blocker to becoming someone who's running routes all the time, like Knox. As I also said, he out snapped Knox in the last game. So in that sense he's already TE2. But their roles are vastly different. If you think they're going to start using him significantly less as a Blocker (where his skills are Elite and it's the role they Drafted him for) to be a route running pass catcher to replace Knox, based on the 1 time he catches a ball per game in all of the snaps he takes - i've got a bridge to sell you. Hawes was brought in to replace and upgrade from Quintin Morris as the Blocking TE (and significantly so) on this team. When the time comes and Knox is moved on, they'll bring in his replacement in the passing game then.

Yes, I'm aware of that. But that's still what some posters were expecting. Calling him "Maxx Crosby esque" in threads like these: He was always considered a Raw prospect that would need some development. That's why he was available in the 3rd, at a position where if you're thought of as even potentially a low grade starter or difference making 3rd DE out of the gate, you're off the board by the time Day 2 starts. Is it slightly disappointing that he looks so "not ready for primetime" that he hasn't dressed yet? Yes. But this reality was always a lot more likely than he was going to be making an impact from Day 1. Especially on a team like ours.