dockeryfan Posted August 9, 2006 Share Posted August 9, 2006 Any truth to this rumor? Reported on WIP today. This guy cannot stay healthy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tr1 Posted August 9, 2006 Share Posted August 9, 2006 I keep hearing how good this guy is...I just never see him. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OWUeagleMD Posted August 9, 2006 Share Posted August 9, 2006 I know he isn't playing tomorow night. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gilgamesh Posted August 9, 2006 Share Posted August 9, 2006 Ouch. Rib fractures hurt like hell. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OWUeagleMD Posted August 9, 2006 Share Posted August 9, 2006 Confirmed by KFFL and philadelphiaeagles.com They say it should be healed by week 1. Theoretically he could play with a flak jacket in a lot of pain tomorrow, but will let it heal for the remainder of the preseason. Not good news, but certainly not our most indisposable player. Time for Bunkley to step up. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Westbrook36 Posted August 9, 2006 Share Posted August 9, 2006 Burgess had a fractured rib in 2004 and missed about 2 weeks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Oldskool Posted August 9, 2006 Share Posted August 9, 2006 Any kind of rib injury hurts like a mutherfoker just to breathe, let alone play football (even with the flack jacket). Hope that he heals quickly and properly. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OWUeagleMD Posted August 9, 2006 Share Posted August 9, 2006 Burgess had a fractured rib in 2004 and missed about 2 weeks. He actually had a dislocated rib cage (or something like that), which sounds to me like just about the most painful thing in the universe. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Westbrook36 Posted August 9, 2006 Share Posted August 9, 2006 Darwin Walker was good for like a year or two. Really really good. Now he is um, unreliable and not worth worrying about. Bunkley and Jasper give the team great depth. Rayburn is starting to disappoint as well. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Big Weirdo Posted August 9, 2006 Share Posted August 9, 2006 Didn't Westbrook wear a flak jacket a few years back? I remember him having some sort of rib injury. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jrockster21 Posted August 10, 2006 Share Posted August 10, 2006 Not good news, but certainly not our most indisposable player. Time for Bunkley to step up. Good thing Westy's boyfriend was ready and in camp this entire time!! Wait.....whoops!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Westbrook36 Posted August 10, 2006 Share Posted August 10, 2006 Good thing Westy's boyfriend was ready and in camp this entire time!! Wait.....whoops!! Lucky the Eagles started training camp a week early so Bunkley will be getting just as much time as most of the other rookies in the NFL....whoops!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jrockster21 Posted August 10, 2006 Share Posted August 10, 2006 Lucky the Eagles started training camp a week early so Bunkley will be getting just as much time as most of the other rookies in the NFL....whoops!! Good thing he only missed a week so it breaks even...wait...you mean he missed more than 3 weeks?? WHOOPS!! Damn dude, you don't even know how long your own players hold out for?? :laugh: EDIT: And the reason y'all started early was the HOF game, valuable playing experience that your boyfriend didn't get. WHOOPS!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Birdlives Posted August 10, 2006 Share Posted August 10, 2006 From what I saw of the eagles the other night they'll be just fine at DL. If it was an O-Line injury, maybe get nervous, but DL looked good. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tr1 Posted August 10, 2006 Share Posted August 10, 2006 Are you sure Bunkley's in camp? j/k Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Westbrook36 Posted August 10, 2006 Share Posted August 10, 2006 Actually, jrock, Bunkley missed 16 days of camp. Please, as hard as it is, to deal with facts when talking about issues. My original first post remains true. He'll get just about the same time as the rest of the NFL rookies. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Die Hard Posted August 10, 2006 Share Posted August 10, 2006 Darwin Walker was good for like a year or two. Really really good. Now he is um, unreliable and not worth worrying about. Bunkley and Jasper give the team great depth. Rayburn is starting to disappoint as well. Rayburn disappointing? He was absolutely blowing up the middle of the Raiders line on the scrimmage. I came away most impressed by him. Big dude. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Westbrook36 Posted August 10, 2006 Share Posted August 10, 2006 Rayburn disappointing? He was absolutely blowing up the middle of the Raiders line on the scrimmage. I came away most impressed by him. Big dude. Sammy had like 6 sacks in limited time in his rookie year so the club locked him up longterm. Then the guy comes in to camp overweight and not in shape. Like most guys who are fat and out of shape, he gets injured and has a subpar year. I heard he was average at best during training camp. I hope he steps it up. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jrockster21 Posted August 10, 2006 Share Posted August 10, 2006 Actually, jrock, Bunkley missed 16 days of camp. Please, as hard as it is, to deal with facts when talking about issues. My original first post remains true. He'll get just about the same time as the rest of the NFL rookies. Meh...he only missed 16 days, I remember incorrectly. What I did remember was that he missed 29 practices, including conditioning**. Regardless, WB, 16 > 7, right? Just checking...:laugh: **http://www.philadelphiaeagles.com/homeNewsDetail.jsp?id=52517 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OWUeagleMD Posted August 10, 2006 Share Posted August 10, 2006 Meh...he only missed 16 days, I remember incorrectly. What I did remember was that he missed 29 practices, including conditioning**.Regardless, WB, 16 > 7, right? Just checking...:laugh He would have missed four days of camp if he played for the Washington Redskins. EDIT: and since he is playing tommorow night, he'll still play in four preseason games, just like every other rookie in the league. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Westbrook36 Posted August 10, 2006 Share Posted August 10, 2006 Meh...he only missed 16 days, I remember incorrectly. What I did remember was that he missed 29 practices, including conditioning**.Regardless, WB, 16 > 7, right? Just checking...:laugh: **http://www.philadelphiaeagles.com/homeNewsDetail.jsp?id=52517 Compare him to the other first round draft choices and tell me if my original statement about him having just as much experience as the other rookies holds true. Wait, I'll do the work for you and tell you that he will. You need to work on reading what I actually write and not what you want to hear. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jrockster21 Posted August 10, 2006 Share Posted August 10, 2006 Compare him to the other first round draft choices and tell me if my original statement about him having just as much experience as the other rookies holds true. Wait, I'll do the work for you and tell you that he will. You need to work on reading what I actually write and not what you want to hear. He missed 16 days and 29 practices...that was the longest holdout of any rookie besides Lienhart, by far. Its not like they're going to start Eagles camp all over again because he shows up...no. They move on, and he has to play catch up. It hurts him missing all that camp, whether your homer mind wants to accept it or not. Oh, and by the way, this is what you wrote: Lucky the Eagles started training camp a week early so Bunkley will be getting just as much time as most of the other rookies in the NFL I repeat...which number is larger, WB? 16 or 7?? A week has 7 days, Bunkley missed 16!! Even if we accept your ridiculous contention that somehow he missed nothing from those first 7 days, that's still a 9-day holdout, much longer than most other rookies. And he missed valuable PT in the HOF game. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Westbrook36 Posted August 10, 2006 Share Posted August 10, 2006 He will get the same number of games as other rookies and many of the 1st rounders missed a few practices before signing. So, like I said, he'll have roughly the same experience going into the season. Also, I find it hilarious that you attempted to admonish me for not knowing how long he held out and then contended he held out over 3 weeks. Just the facts, jrock, just the facts. Thank you in advance. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jrockster21 Posted August 10, 2006 Share Posted August 10, 2006 He will get the same number of games as other rookies and many of the 1st rounders missed a few practices before signing. So, like I said, he'll have roughly the same experience going into the season. Whatever, Westy...you know as well as I do that he missed/will miss invaluable practicing with the first team and coaching. He missed 29 practices. TWENTY NINE!! That's huge. I know you're a huge homer and think Bunkley's going to have 48 sacks no matter how much practice time he gets, but you're wrong. He's playing catchup now. You know it, I know it, Jim Johnson knows it. "He'll never make up the techniques that (defensive line coach) Pete Jenkins is teaching," Johnson said. "This is the first year for Pete and he's trying some new techniques, and (Bunkley) is missing those. You just don't catch up."Johnson said he has seen it all before. Rookies "are lost anyway for a while," he said. "You just have to face the facts that a rookie has a hard time learning things right away. Sometimes it takes them a full year to learn. I can give you a lot of examples of that, so if you miss it, it's almost like a double whammy. It's hurting him. There's no question about it." That may sound like coach-speak, but there are some daunting statistics to support Johnson's claims. Since 2001, there have been 11 rookie defensive tackles that were unsigned and missed time in training camp. In the majority of those cases, the players struggled during their first seasons; in many cases, the players continued to struggle beyond their first year. Only two of the 11 rookie defensive tackles that did not report to camp on time - Tennessee's Albert Haynesworth and Arizona's Darnell Dockett - managed to play all 16 regular-season games as rookies. link Also, I find it hilarious that you attempted to admonish me for not knowing how long he held out and then contended he held out over 3 weeks. Just the facts, jrock, just the facts. Thank you in advance. You said they started a week early so he'd get the same amount of time as everyone else. He missed 16 days. 16 days is longer then 7 days. If he'd held out for 7 days, you might have the beginnings of a point, but you don't. You're way off base. I also admitted to confusing practices with total days; that's how it works. When I'm wrong, I admit it. You should take some notes, WB...the next time you make something up and get caught, maybe you'll admit it too. :whoknows: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Westbrook36 Posted August 10, 2006 Share Posted August 10, 2006 JJ made those comments while BB was holding out. They were designed to put pressure on him to sign. Ok, so if he missed so much crucial time, would you care to make a signature bet on whether or not he starts week one against the Texans? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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