blacklabel Posted November 21, 2018 Posted November 21, 2018 I searched around online and combed through the pre-game thread for the Bills/Jags game but haven't seen any info on Murphy. Just saw that Lawson and Clay weren't practicing today. Lawson has played pretty well in the DL rotation and he provides versatility in that he can switch up between DT and DE so even if Murphy is back, I'd still make sure Lawson gets some reps. Yeah, anyway, anyone know what's up with Murphy?
Misterbluesky Posted November 21, 2018 Posted November 21, 2018 4 minutes ago, blacklabel said: I searched around online and combed through the pre-game thread for the Bills/Jags game but haven't seen any info on Murphy. Just saw that Lawson and Clay weren't practicing today. Lawson has played pretty well in the DL rotation and he provides versatility in that he can switch up between DT and DE so even if Murphy is back, I'd still make sure Lawson gets some reps. Yeah, anyway, anyone know what's up with Murphy? limited on Monday at practice...listed as questionable. His knee is glass.
without a drought Posted November 21, 2018 Posted November 21, 2018 Still on the team. Actually, he had a good practice yesterday and was expected to practice today
LSHMEAB Posted November 21, 2018 Posted November 21, 2018 Yeah. He's doing some good work for the community with some kind of animal donation. Football wise, no news. He's hurt. It would be newsworthy if he wasn't on the injury report.
Johnny Hammersticks Posted November 21, 2018 Posted November 21, 2018 12 minutes ago, wppete said: Still Hurt......... More money wasted. Especially the way Shaq Lawson has emerged this season. 1
Mr. WEO Posted November 21, 2018 Posted November 21, 2018 Last we heard , he's still not injury prone.
wppete Posted November 21, 2018 Posted November 21, 2018 Just now, Johnny Hammersticks said: Especially the way Shaq Lawson has emerged this season. Yup. Shaq has been playing great. Murphy seems like a good likeable dude but worthless if never on the field. We could be using that money on a receiver or OL.
freddyjj Posted November 21, 2018 Posted November 21, 2018 Practiced today in non-contact uni per WGR Shaq Lawson sat out today as hurt elbow TUE afternoon in practice Need him or Murph ready by SUN 1
Misterbluesky Posted November 21, 2018 Posted November 21, 2018 18 minutes ago, NewEra said: He is brittle But the Beane Counter knew that before he signed him to a 23 million dollar contract.
Over 29 years of fanhood Posted November 21, 2018 Posted November 21, 2018 He’s not in the concusion protocol ?
ColoradoBills Posted November 21, 2018 Posted November 21, 2018 6 minutes ago, Misterbluesky said: But the Beane Counter knew that before he signed him to a 23 million dollar contract. Looking like a swing and a miss on Beane. Only good news is he only has a 3.5 million Dead hit if released next year. 1 2
Misterbluesky Posted November 21, 2018 Posted November 21, 2018 5 minutes ago, ColoradoBills said: Looking like a swing and a miss on Beane. Only good news is he only has a 3.5 million Dead hit if released next year. Dang..I didn't know that.That is very,very good news.
plenzmd1 Posted November 21, 2018 Posted November 21, 2018 Yep... he got hurt in garbage time as the Bills were getting destroyed in the 4 th quarter Hate dumb oro football ball coaches and their insistence of playing starters in garbage time.
billsfan89 Posted November 21, 2018 Posted November 21, 2018 The only positive about Murphy is that his contract is fairly easy to get out of. But they could have easily spent that money on some offensive line help instead of having a injured pass rusher. 3
drf1835 Posted November 21, 2018 Posted November 21, 2018 1 hour ago, Misterbluesky said: limited on Monday at practice...listed as questionable. His knee is glass. So, there you have it op. I guess that is the breaking news 1
blacklabel Posted November 21, 2018 Author Posted November 21, 2018 Thanks to everyone who responded, appreciate it. Murphy is kind of puzzling to me... he went 47th overall in 2014 out of Stanford and for all the "injury prone" labels he gets, he actually only missed two games over his first three seasons. Racks up 9 sacks in 2016, was a top ten pass rusher in terms of QB pressures, looked like he was poised to break out and then he wrecks his knee and misses all of 2017. Missed OTAs, camp and pre-season, plays in 7 games before getting hurt again, has been on the sidelines for four weeks but only missed three games. I know he had the PED thing as well, makes you wonder if he was taking something to strengthen himself against injury or whatever. Obviously players are signed/given deals based on their on-field production but there are off-field things that factor in. With Murphy, you can tell they brought him in here because he embodies the work ethic McDermott wants out of his players. I'm sure he sets a good example on the practice field when he's on it but yeah, hopefully they didn't end up buying a lemon here because a DL of Murphy, Hughes, Williams, Lotulelei ain't bad especially when the rotational guys are Lawson, H. Phillips, J. Phillips, and Yarbrough. Jordan Phillips is a guy I'd like to see them hang onto after the season, I think he's been a nice surprise and he's been energized for a fresh start here. However, this lineup wouldn't stop me from drafting one of these premier DL players coming up if the board falls that way. Adding more strength to an already strong group is never a bad idea. And Carolina did that when Beane was still there. They had a pretty stellar DL in 2015 (their Super Bowl run) and still drafted a DL in the first round in 2016. The draft is just so packed with really defensive players this year that it's difficult to see them NOT going defense early, simply because the value for offensive skill players won't be there until late into the first. Feels like we could see something similar to what they did in 2017 when they dropped all the way to 27th overall and still came away with a great #1 CB in Tre' White.
C.Biscuit97 Posted November 21, 2018 Posted November 21, 2018 He’s hunting whitetail, which is all that really matters.
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