Puka Injury Thread (merged)

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You know, I'll say this, the injuries have completely flipped expectations for this team.
If we somehow make the playoffs after all this, it would feel like a great accomplishment.
With everyone buying in and selling out for this team with an emphasis on playing smart, hard-nosed and fundamentally sharp football with a little creative coaching and a little of that luck we haven't seen yet, this season could still be salvaged.
 
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badnews said:
You know, I'll say this, the injuries have completely flipped expectations for this team.
If we somehow make the playoffs after all this, it would feel like a great accomplishment.
With everyone buying in and selling out for this team with an emphasis on playing smart, hard-nosed and fundamentally sharp football with a little creative coaching and a little of that luck we haven't seen yet, this season could still be salvaged.
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I agree that we could get healthy and make a run - but I think there is much more to our record than the injury bug.

We had no business losing to Denver or Arizona at all - and Buffalo we certainly should have won. I can't put any of those on injuries - I know we were missing some people but still.

Sea has been without their QB, so has Chicago. SF lost like 4 wide receivers. GB has been decimated. Detroit has as well -

A lot of the teams we are looking up at in the standings have been ravaged as hard as we have - they have found ways to win and we have found ways to lose.

I still think we are the most dangerous team in the league once the offense heals - even missing 2 key defensive players for the year. I just hope we can limp through and end the year in the playoffs - knowing we will be road warriors.
 
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AppeasFBlGods said:
They will get to full strength just in time to miss the playoffs..
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A bone headed move that I'm still questioning, why TF do we burn a temp IR on Rivers? We are now down to 1 and in serious trouble in that department. Might not be able to use one on Avila, which will waste a valuable roster spot.

Is he even better then Waters? Or another guy we could grab off a PS? Really puzzling move that could cost us dearly IMO.
 
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A bone headed move that I'm still questioning, why TF do we burn a temp IR on Rivers? We are now down to 1 and in serious trouble in that department. Might not be able to use one on Avila, which will waste a valuable roster spot.

Is he even better then Waters? Or another guy we could grab off a PS? Really puzzling move that could cost us dearly IMO.
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You know how McVay is with RBs. If you can't pass protect you don't get to play.

They don't plug and play at the skill positions in this offense - familiarity is everything. So yeah, to that extent, Rivers is important. Hopefully not needed this year - because that would mean KW or Corum is likely out - but an important RB3 to have on the team.

Plus, its just a roster spot - its not like we are running with 2 kickers out there.
 
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FrantikRam said:
Puka is and always has been the easiest franchise tag decision in league history. His salary would be more, he's had injuries and off the field issues. So I'm not worried about the contract. This just makes that an easier decision.

As for recovery, what I can find online is that an MCL and PCL sprain usually takes 4-6 weeks. IR will make him miss 5 (including the bye), and I wonder if that's why it wasn't a guarantee that we would place him on IR (Sean said "likely to")....if it ends up being the lower end, he could in theory be ready against the Niners, whereas placing him on IR means he would have to miss that game.
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Franchise him? That just blows up your salary cap... and could easily be portrayed as bad-faith by him and his reps.

By all accounts.. he's taken the off-field issues head on.. and took on the extra work load and increased hits as a result of the shallower targets.. without a complaint.

I'm not a doctor, so I'm not gonna guess how long he'll be out.. but, obviously, they expect him back this season.
 
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