Redskins Sign RB Ryan Grant/Place Roy Helu Jr. on IR

[punch it in]

Originally Posted by CRedskinsRule

Sure, Let's assume the following:

Grossman is cut today.

Who picks Grossman up?
Doubtful anyone does right? so he is probably available on the street.


next - We put an OL Tackle on the 53 man roster from our practice squad.
His practice time shifts to the same as the 53 man Roster, and we add another practice squad CB


Going into the next game, Cousins is 2nd backing up RGIII like the first two games. No difference in this Sunday.

now, the doomsday you mention. RGIII is hurt in the game. Cousins is still the only qb we have available to play so he goes in.

if he does good we pull the practice squad qb up and move on. if he does bad we call Grossman and say if you want the spot its yours, and he comes back and we have a 50/50 year.


Ultimately in no way does having Grossman as a Sunday inactive every week make this a better team, but it might make it slightly worse, because of the potential spot that is being used for a qb with no future here.

I understand grossmans phone isnt going to lite up trust me. I just think - esp with this oline - that it is important to keep three qbs that are familiar with our o fresh n with the team for this year. Im not going to bat an eye if he is released but im keeping him around sort of like that pair of sneakers that i never want to wear again but am not ready to throw away yet just in case.

[CRedskinsRule]

Originally Posted by punch it in

I understand grossmans phone isnt going to lite up trust me. I just think - esp with this oline - that it is important to keep three qbs that are familiar with our o fresh n with the team for this year. Im not going to bat an eye if he is released but im keeping him around sort of like that pair of sneakers that i never want to wear again but am not ready to throw away yet just in case.

Ok, thats fine but honestly, if Griffin and Cousins go down, Grossman coming in just is like pouring alcohol on a wound, might be the right thing, but it's gonna hurt like hell.

[punch it in]

Originally Posted by CRedskinsRule

Ok, thats fine but honestly, if Griffin and Cousins go down, Grossman coming in just is like pouring alcohol on a wound, might be the right thing, but it's gonna hurt like hell.

I guess until i would ever see cousins in a real game im not ready to say he is even better than grossman. So just in case rg3 goes down and the season isnt over i want the option of my old smelly sneaker. Believe though i hear you about grossman.

[vallin21]

Hate to hear that Helu's on IR; he's too injury prone and I question if he'll be back on the team next year. As SS stated, depending on the severity of Royster's injury, and if Slaton remains unsigned, Slaton could sign w/ us down the road.

[skinsfaninok]

The skins have had so many different backs since CP.

Betts
Cartwright
Torain
Hightower
Helu
Morris

[RedskinRat]

Originally Posted by skinsfaninok

The skins have had so many different backs since CP.

Betts
Cartwright
Torain
Hightower
Helu
Morris

Is that mostly due to scheme?

[skinsfaninok]

Originally Posted by RedskinRat

Is that mostly due to scheme?

I'd say so

[SmootSmack]

Royster has a sprained PCL, but he's going to try to play on Sunday. Personally I'd be a bit surprised

[Kindoy]

over/under on Morris remaining as our starting back: 13 games (rest of season)?
I'd go under.

[MTK]

As long as he stays healthy Morris gets the nod.

[warriorzpath]

Originally Posted by Mattyk

As long as he stays healthy Morris gets the nod.

If Morris has ever been hurt or been wearing down in games, he hasn't shown it. And here's a bold prediction considering Shanahan's rb by committee, Morris will be a core redskins player and starter for years to come. Just listen to him in interviews. He's a humble, but confident and hard working player.

[RGIII]

This has to be the most injured (injury-prone) team in the league. I don't recall it ever being this bad before.

[Kindoy]

Originally Posted by RGIII

This has to be the most injured (injury-prone) team in the league. I don't recall it ever being this bad before.

the Giants situation is pretty messed up this year; arguably worse off than ours.

[ethat001]

Originally Posted by RGIII

This has to be the most injured (injury-prone) team in the league. I don't recall it ever being this bad before.

Wonder if that's true -- injuries are all over the league, and I'd expect us to be no different in numbers of injuries than other teams. Anyone have stats on the injuries to our team (starters) vs. other teams in the league over the past few years?

And if we do get more injuries, here are a couple of questions to ponder:
1) Is our training staff to blame?
2) Is our scouting dept to blame for drafting / obtaining injury-prone players?
3) Is our scheme to blame for using strategies that lead to injuries? Chop-blocks, option plays, blitzes, etc.
4) Do we have a generous injury clause here in contracts that promotes risky behaviors?
5) etc

[skinsfaninok]

Yeah it seems like we have more injuries than anyone over the last 2-3 seasons. This franchise really is snakebit.