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(6 hours ago)Isaac Curtis: The Real #85 Wrote: He pulled a hammy. Totally non-contact.
And like I have said ad nauseum, it is football. Guys get hurt. There is ALWAYS risk.
They get hurt in practice. Look at Dickerson in Philly. Burrow with the calf. Do you wanna cancel practice now, too?
And they get hurt in games.
But I'd much rather risk a bit more by playing the starters more in preseason than start 0-2 every fricking year.
What are we talking here? 2 series in game 1 and 2 quarters in game 2? 3 quarters? Whatcwould you suggest, nothing & nothing?
Stewart could get hurt, should he not be playing? Or getting practice reps? What about guys coming back from injury? How do you gauge when/if those guys are recovered if the don't play ir practice? How do you get them ready?
How do you decide who should start if some guys never play?
Stone has nearly a month to get healthy. Calm down.
Definitely think there is a balance. Something I saw yesterday is that they had Battle running punt coverage at the end of the 1st half. How in the world does that make any sense? Already had Geno go down and your risking Battle? I dont even think that should be on his plate with as thin at S as we are in the regular season.
I do think we just ask way too much of Burrow early. He's the engine that drives the offense but to help slow starts we have to take as much off his plate as possible. Might be easier this year with Chase Brown.
