Lions coach Dan Campbell offered injury updates on several players ahead of Tuesday’s training camp practice, including a couple of new issues from the previous day's session.
Some veteran OL and DL players that I thought were getting cut will now make this roster to start the season because of all the injuries. Hopefully this trend stops soon so the Lions can be mostly healthy by the playoffs.
Can't wait for when they have nanobot uniforms that automatically stiffen when a limb is going too far in the wrong direction. Have to make sure they are not tweaked for extra playing power.
Just curious: a meniscus tear by itself should be pretty lightweight when it comes to recovery. I'm wondering if the surgeon found something else when they went inside the knee.
FWIW - me being a world class nonathlete and all, I had a meniscus tear a couple of decades ago. After the MRI, I asked the orthopedic when he figured he could cut. His response was one of the best I've ever gotten from a doctor:
If I were to cut, the only guarantee is you won't be happy. And if you're not happy, I for sure won't be happy.
It took a couple of years and lots of squats for the pain to completely disappear. But I don't platform football, do I? 🙂
Yeah, I have to imagine there was some kind of setback or separate issue. When I talked to Wingo on locker cleanout day in January, he felt pretty close.
Justin, is the vagueness in injury talk regarding Vaki (or Rakestraw the other day) required by the team? That is, you aren't allowed to speculate about it? Like a hamstring strain is a pretty obvious thing to an observer, but the team will only allow you to say it's a leg injury?
Do you have to wait for the team's official declaration of an injury and then use that same language?
I'm not a doctor and don't speculate. Yes, there's an injury reporting policy attached to practice. There's nothing gained by me, someone without a medical degree, trying to attach severity to an injury.
Right. So it’s a personal choice to say leg injury then? Or you aren’t allowed to say “he grabbed his hamstring” or “it looked like maybe a hamstring injury”?
They changed the policy a couple years ago, because someone butched an injury report, calling a rolled ankle an Achilles. So, yes, the credential policy is to avoid specifics on just viewing it.
Do not like the news about Frazier missing camp, seemingly altogether. That's never good for a rookie. Considering our interior OL situation, an important piece of that puzzle is now shelved for an unknown duration. I felt like he was way up the preseason depth chart than many of our other IOL options. I hope I'm incorrectly reading the tea leaves, but, oh, well... next man up.
I have never gotten the impression that Frazier was going to compete for starting snaps the way that Tate and certainly Mahogany will. This likely just means one of the other reserves gets more active games early in the year, but hopefully not seeing the field a lot anyway, with Frazier potentially supplanting one of the reserves later in the year, similar to how Mahogany did last year.
You’re right, Audrey. I was similarly concerned about Mahogany last year. If Frazier’s experience this time around mirrors Mahogany’s, I’ll be delighted. I needed that.
Some veteran OL and DL players that I thought were getting cut will now make this roster to start the season because of all the injuries. Hopefully this trend stops soon so the Lions can be mostly healthy by the playoffs.
Can't wait for when they have nanobot uniforms that automatically stiffen when a limb is going too far in the wrong direction. Have to make sure they are not tweaked for extra playing power.
Just curious: a meniscus tear by itself should be pretty lightweight when it comes to recovery. I'm wondering if the surgeon found something else when they went inside the knee.
FWIW - me being a world class nonathlete and all, I had a meniscus tear a couple of decades ago. After the MRI, I asked the orthopedic when he figured he could cut. His response was one of the best I've ever gotten from a doctor:
If I were to cut, the only guarantee is you won't be happy. And if you're not happy, I for sure won't be happy.
It took a couple of years and lots of squats for the pain to completely disappear. But I don't platform football, do I? 🙂
Yeah, I have to imagine there was some kind of setback or separate issue. When I talked to Wingo on locker cleanout day in January, he felt pretty close.
Frazier and Wingo. Please adjust your roster projections.
All this and they haven't even put the pads on yet.
Did anyone ask why DJ Reed wasn't out there yesterday?
Personal (Child birth).
Ty!
Justin, is the vagueness in injury talk regarding Vaki (or Rakestraw the other day) required by the team? That is, you aren't allowed to speculate about it? Like a hamstring strain is a pretty obvious thing to an observer, but the team will only allow you to say it's a leg injury?
Do you have to wait for the team's official declaration of an injury and then use that same language?
I'm not a doctor and don't speculate. Yes, there's an injury reporting policy attached to practice. There's nothing gained by me, someone without a medical degree, trying to attach severity to an injury.
Right. So it’s a personal choice to say leg injury then? Or you aren’t allowed to say “he grabbed his hamstring” or “it looked like maybe a hamstring injury”?
They changed the policy a couple years ago, because someone butched an injury report, calling a rolled ankle an Achilles. So, yes, the credential policy is to avoid specifics on just viewing it.
They are going the route of hockey. Concussion = upper body injury/ broken leg = lower body injury. No need to publicize weak spots
Do not like the news about Frazier missing camp, seemingly altogether. That's never good for a rookie. Considering our interior OL situation, an important piece of that puzzle is now shelved for an unknown duration. I felt like he was way up the preseason depth chart than many of our other IOL options. I hope I'm incorrectly reading the tea leaves, but, oh, well... next man up.
I have never gotten the impression that Frazier was going to compete for starting snaps the way that Tate and certainly Mahogany will. This likely just means one of the other reserves gets more active games early in the year, but hopefully not seeing the field a lot anyway, with Frazier potentially supplanting one of the reserves later in the year, similar to how Mahogany did last year.
I agree but I was worried similarly about mahogany last year- missed all of camp and the start of the year last year and now look how he's doing.
You’re right, Audrey. I was similarly concerned about Mahogany last year. If Frazier’s experience this time around mirrors Mahogany’s, I’ll be delighted. I needed that.
Good news about Rodriguez! The Frazier news isn’t great though.