TheShredder

Team should take Wentz out and loosen him up. Team Building Wentz can take Command

Hamstring injuries are adding up with several players dealing with this training camp menace. Healing time is minimum 2 weeks (10 days to be exact) for the most superficial tear. Even slightly more than superficial adds a week or more. Grade 2 hammy is 6-8 weeks. That's the kind of tear when you see bruising (blood) at the affected site. With a month left until the games count, all the current hamstring guys can be ready.

I saw him working out and read about his rehab. He's had no setbacks and is squatting heavy weight since June. He's not wearing a brace or sleeve which points towards a focus on strengthening. He's a freak athlete. I've trained some freaks and would never believe what I saw them do. If I had to guess, I'd say he starts on the PUP and plays week 5 or 6 at the latest. There's a athletic freak asterisk that could have him come off the PUP and start practicing and be inactive for the first couple of games but I think they'll hold him back.

Not really. Since everyone who was hurt last year is still hurt, plus plenty more, you're still hoping to get healthy. Team has major injury issues from last year that are unresolved. Fact is they don't have a LT yet for their new QB. They don't have the starting C. The replacement for the All-Pro has a split down the middle of his quad. Lose 1 of your 3 mediocre at best LB'ers and then what? They're facing drastically improved pass rushes Weeks 1 and 2. Then division rivals Weeks 3 and 4. They have the WORST bye week 14. In Weeks 10, 13, 16 and 18, Washington's opponent will have a three-day rest/prep advantage because they'll be in the Thursday night tilt for the previous set of games while RR's side will have suited up on the ensuing Sunday. Not reaching 8 wins is the Under. Line at 7.5 is correct. That's fair. He could get on a roll and gain some confidence. Winning the opener is huge.

Since this is a QB thread, I'd say the odds makers are being conservative and there's more momentum on the Over due to Wentz creating a wider variation in the upside. The O/U line is likely meant to entice fans into over optimistic opinions before any games are played. Additionally there's a false perception of an easy schedule with WSH playing multiple short week games vs teams with long weeks. There's a good chance another RR slow start is incoming with starters all over the roster injured, a new QB, and failure to address 3rd down defense. Looks like a correct betting line.

OL use the shoulder pads to hold on at the center and gain leverage. Pads even things out for DL vs OL. Edge/Speed rushers don't have the same issues.

I want a forfeit. It's dumb to play guys you can't afford to loose after a couple of days in pads.

RR walks into the trainers office and asks Al how everything is going... Trainer says well, we're out of TE's, you shipped out an All-Pro RG for a guy with 1-leg, and now you want everyone to go 100% hot in a game after 2 weeks of drills. I'm going to need more duct tape!

Since April 1, 2022 when the Commanders drafted Jahan Dotson.

Pre-Season Game 1 and everyone is going to play! Not sure how smart that is. Quiet a risk.

That's a valid tweet. Offense might have a few issues adjusting the OL while the QB learns the correct reads. How long does that take!? Wentz really needs a fast start and JAX & DET are not easy W's.

Wentz was the best option available and I think everyone would agree. I view him as a gunslinger. These guys win and lose games. Wentz seems to care most about winning. I don't think 1-2% accuracy rate differences tell the whole story. Wentz makes a lot of 20+ yd completions. If accuracy rate was the tell all stat then QBs wouldn't be hard to find.

This team is in shambles and the crowd narrative is double digit wins! 🤣🤣 It's calling it as I see it. Fan hope and athletic potential is not how you win on Sundays. No longer a RR & Co. supporter. Watched them make too many mistakes in drafting and roster moves, to depth chart and scheme, all the way to coaching deficiencies (particularly on defense). Ron Rivera is a nice guy. He's not a winning Head Coach (3 winning seasons out of 11).

Mayo has been starting over Davis 50% of the time since midway last year. Shouldn't be surprising for anyone unless they're still in denial about wasting a 1st round pick.

Weak LB'ers and not many left in the roster or wire, brilliant work on display in DC. TE's are dropping like flies for a new QB who's #1 favorite option is _____ (fill in the blank). Muscle strains are tears. It's just a less threatening way to say the same thing. The strain/tear is graded on severity however, certain muscle groups require different treatment before an athlete can safely play. All take weeks to heal and weeks to safely rehab. Commanders are in trouble from roster neglect and lack of depth.

Fun Fact 1: Jamin Davis only ever started one football season at LB'er before last year. Fun Fact 2: Jamin Davis was last defending the pass in 2021. Fun Camp Note: Jamin Davis is behind David Mayo in rushing package, but starting in pass package (see Fun Fact 2).

Talent gets you fired in the NFL because you're judged on performance. Jamin is physically talented, mentally challenged, and lacks the experience to handle the difference. They are literally 1 injury away from not being able to stop any offense in the NFL (which was about the same as 2021 on 3rd down).. They've put all there eggs in one basket with Holcomb. Jamin Davis is a wild swing and a miss. Not smart enough to process the NFL speed and concepts. Defense will be the reason the team wins or looses unless the team can avg +30 pts per game. JDR has no NEW revolutionary defense 🤣🤣🤣

Been discussing this since the draft. Jamin Davis is a draft bust if there's ever been one. How do two ex-NFL LB'ers become a HC & DC for the same franchise and reach up to #19 to draft the worst LB'er in the NFL (yes, Davis was last)? Then neglect to address being the worst 3rd down defense in NFL history! JDR should have been fired after the last game for incompetent performance. It's like they're trying to sabotage their own defense.

It was an agreed confusion with that RWJ comment...which is confusing in itself, so apologies I was agreeing with you & have to assume dudes a Pukes fan unless there's a correction.

The difference between soreness in a training high priority guy and non-priority guys is where the confusion starts. With Curtis ANY soreness/tightness has to be resolved to take the field, then limitations are applied until he stacks non-symptomatic practice sessions. These are things other guys wouldn't have restrictions with. Curtis will stack 3 sessions in about 2 weeks. #Note - If he completes a half session, then the next session is a full day, then he returns (no missed session) he'll be over the hump.

Dallas signed Barr, that makes you a Pukes Fan! LB'ers are dropping like flies...better sign someone now if they're even thinking about it.

It got jacked up when the head trainer got fired and the staff & coaches rushed him back. His cardio is probably fine. The muscle chain from core up to core down have one common axis, lumbar muscles. When there's supporting muscle weakness, the lower back has to over compensate for the weakness in the chain. Key sign of athletic fitness being off the mark. I'd guess he's close but there's no need to condition a guy with his history if he's tight at all. Just wait until the conditioning fatigue corrects then proceed. The fitness issue is within the lower muscle chain that starts at the lumbar muscle group and extends to the feet. That's why he has lumbar tightening and a sore hamstring. The hamstring surely got an MRI so they'd have seen any tear. He practiced a day later so he doesn't have a torn hamstring, however his abs, hips, and legs need more safe conditioning (symptom free) over the next month to start 2022 the right way. If he tears again, then I'm 100% onboard with letting him go next year.

Frustrating yeah, but then he's worth way more if healthy. WR market just blew up and Curtis is talented past double his cap savings. Wouldn't be smart to cut him when he's finally healthy and then goes to a division rival. If he ends up on IR again, then yeah Steve Smith was right, 'damaged goods'.

Not that I trust RR media statements at all, however it does make sense to ramp a guy up into football shape in this situation. Problem with muscle tears is that if they're not surgically repaired, the body has to repair itself. Scar tissue mechanics differ somewhat from normal connective tissue mechanics.Normal connective tissue is mature and stable, with limited pliability. Immature scar tissue is much more dynamic and pliable. Scar tissue formation occurs in four distinct phases. Each of these phases shows characteristic differences during phases of immobilization and mobilization. So, jump to the final phase after 2 months of mobilization (being shut down) and the scar tissue is mature, inactive, and non-pliable----> like normal muscle tissues. Science says 2 months (8 weeks) for muscle tears. Curtis Samuel did this twice last year, was never in football shape, then clearly they or he screwed up off-season training. Clearly it's all connected in a botched, rushed, and mismanaged sports hernia, now extending past a year...BUT it doesn't discount the benefits of proper healing time (8 weeks of doing nothing). The whole body has to be retrained. Seems like they're doing the right thing with him now that they hired Al Bellamy in late April. Assume Al Bellamy just started fixing this issue since May, with a plan to ensure he's ready Week 1.