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

[Monksdown]

Originally Posted by BleedBurgundy

What was the injury to Helu? I know he hasn't looked right but i haven't heard what was specifically wrong with him.

it's spinal

[The Goat]

^ Achilles I think.

[The Goat]

WTF spinal?! Serious?

[Monksdown]

Originally Posted by The Goat

WTF spinal?! Serious?

it's a mike tyson joke

[skinsfan69]

Originally Posted by Monksdown

it's a mike tyson joke

lol...."I broke my back!"...not many caught on to that one but I did!

[ethat001]

Originally Posted by skinsfan69

Originally Posted by Monksdown
it's spinal

Originally Posted by Monksdown
it's a mike tyson joke

Originally Posted by skinsfan69
lol...."I broke my back!"...not many caught on to that one but I did!

(Etienne post-fight interview with Showtime Championship Boxing's Jim Gray)
Jim Gray: 'Mike were you really sick this week? What was the problem?' Tyson: "I broke my back."'What do you mean by that?' Tyson: "My back is broken." 'What part, a vertebrae or a portion?' Tyson: "No. Spinal." 'You did that in sparring?' "No i did it by a motorcycle accident the doctors discovered..I was doin my situps, 2500 a day with my 20 pound weight and one day i couldn't move anymore and i just axed the doctor what's wrong and he said um believe it or not your back is broken slightly"

Mike Tyson Quotes: You Have To Read These [Archive] - The SuperHeroHype Forums

Nice. I hadn't heard that one before..

[MTK]

Spinal?

Roy Helu placed on season-ending injured reserve

Helu heads to IR with turf toe - Rich Tandler's Real Redskins

It's turf toe from what I've seen.

[Monkeydad]

This is unbelievable...the injuries!


The Grant signing was crucial. He's probably the best available RB on the market.

Hopefully Hightower heals up and signs later in the season too.

[Chico23231]

Coulda gotten Cedric Benson and IR'ed Helu sooner. Just saying

[The Goat]

Turf toe? Forget about the f&cking toe!!

[MTK]

Would Benson have been a good fit here? He's not really tearing things up in GB in their system. He's more of a power guy who likes to run behind a FB.

[SmootSmack]

It's concerning that Helu was borderline IR leading up to the season b/c of his achilles and now he's placed on IR for turf toe. I'd be less concerned, I think, if the same injury that nearly put him on IR in the first place was the one that eventually did.

And I'm not sure they're done with moves

[Chico23231]

Originally Posted by SmootSmack

It's concerning that Helu was borderline IR leading up to the season b/c of his achilles and now he's placed on IR for turf toe. I'd be less concerned, I think, if the same injury that nearly put him on IR in the first place was the one that eventually did.

And I'm not sure they're done with moves

any clues?

@Matty, I dunno, think id still prefer Benson to Grant. Grant was really bad last year. Still surprised we didnt go Slaton over Grant.

[SmootSmack]

Originally Posted by Chico23231

any clues?

@Matty, I dunno, think id still prefer Benson to Grant. Grant was really bad last year. Still surprised we didnt go Slaton over Grant.

Well, it really depends on how serious Royster's injury really is. If he can go Sunday, no problem. If he only misses Sunday probably no problem either, they can get by. If he's going to miss two weeks or more then there's a problem.

So, I'm just speculating here. But I honestly don't know the extent of their interest in Grant. I mean clearly it was enough to sign him but I wasn't really aware of the level of interest they had in him over the past months.

I do know that Slaton was a guy they were seriously looking at, and nearly traded for multiple times this summer because they saw him as a potential replacement for Helu should he have to go on IR.

And I know that what they like about Royster is his ability to be the backup/1A lead back and his ability to pass block, which is what you get in Grant. But it was Helu that went on IR, not Royster.

So, long story short, I don't think the interest in Slaton is done because if Royster is down for a while then Grant in for Royster, and Slaton in for Helu. But again, a lot depends on Royster's status which we won't likely know until at least Thursday

[aircoryell]

Not too excited about Ryan as he and Morris have similar running styles. I was hoping for a change of pace back.
I am excited about Ryan's pass protection blocking. I think it's desperately needed considering all the protection issues we've had.