Puka left practice early with calf injury

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Calf Injuries heal pretty fast, maybe out this week, but maybe will be able to play.
 
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Based on the physical load Puka carries and his bruising style, I can always see him being at risk for injuries. But the sheer volume of injuries we are facing, especially with our philosophy of completely resting starters in the preseason has me completely puzzled. Puka having a strained calf right now feels like a check engine light coming on for an Achilles rupture right around the corner, especially given this team's horrific luck this year. The trade scenarios and roster needs we have right now are just outrageous. I’m completely speechless.
Or he could just have been kicked in his calf area and be a little sore. But you go ahead with the Sky is falling if it suits you. Maybe we could wait for an official report before we jump to conclusions
 
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They have to be careful with a calf injury. There were no details about the injury so we have to wait for the details.

They didn't say he left on crutches.

They didn't say he was limping.

He will have the best treatment available.
 
Or he could just have been kicked in his calf area and be a little sore. But you go ahead with the Sky is falling if it suits you. Maybe we could wait for an official report before we jump to conclusions

Or he could just have been kicked in his calf area and be a little sore. But you go ahead with the Sky is falling if it suits you. Maybe we could wait for an official report before we jump to conclusions
It's easy to preach patience until you look at the actual medical tent. We aren’t talking about one or two guys getting nicked up. We're actively missing Garrett, Adams, Turner, McDuffie, Landman, Ferguson, Ford, Thomas, and Grupe.

Half of those guys including Thomas, Ford, and Grupe are already buried on IR for the long haul or out for the season. Sure, we're all waiting on McVay’s update tomorrow to see how severe Puka’s calf injury actually is, but to have him exit a Thursday practice right before a game, immediately after Adams went down, with the offense out of sync is potentially disastrous.

At 2-4, we’re in a must-win game and literally can't afford a loss. We’re currently sitting 14th out of 16 teams in the NFC conference playoff standings, and dead last in the NFC West.

Maybe the sky isn't falling where you are, but to the rest of the sports world and this forum, it sure is leaning that way. So yes, being pessimistic absolutely suits me right now, it's called looking at the reality of our record and this injury report.
 
Now they get hurt in practice.

Hopefully it is just a precaution but the way this year is going, I won't count on anything.

How many games have they had Puka this year? Two? Three? Can't remember.

The Rams just are not deep enough at receiver to handle this. They will have to lean on the run game and try to win with that and defense. Control the clock.

If they can't do that I can't see how they win.

Again, hopefully Puka is okay but it us late in the week. We will see.