Wayne Cubed

Sooooo Josh’s cousin from Costco was wrong?

Back to -6.5 Guess he’s playing. Vegas knows.

Spread back up to -6.5 Hes deffo playing

It means they don’t think Tre is a full go. Elam being out should be a straight swap for Tre, if he’s fully healthy and they trust him. They obviously do not.

Why not? He’s been off the PUP for a month now. He’s practicing in full. This is still news. He’s not a full go if he’s on a pitch count, as you are suggesting. Or they don’t have confidence in him playing a full game. Again, that’s still significant news.

Right, and if Tre was ok, they wouldn’t need to elevate Rhodes. Tre didnt play last week so he could just come in for Elam. There would be no need for Rhodes.

On other note, that doesn’t bode well for Tre.

I did say it means something if they don’t elevate him

I feel like once they file it with the league someone leaks it or it’s easy to find.

I mean, he will be out, I’m sure but you never know.

True but for accuracy sake, he’s not officially out.

He is not, he’s listed as DOUBTFUL.

There’s nothing nonsense about it. They have injuries elsewhere with Poyer/Rosseau not playing and the possibility of Elam not playing. They only get 2 PS elevations. They may need an extra DL and possibly a CB if Tre still isn’t ready to go. Playing games and wasting that spot on Barkley, if Allen is fine, makes no sense.

Sorry but they don’t activate Barkey every week. If Josh’s elbow is fine and he can play, there is literally no reason to activate him. And you can say precaution but again, Allen could be injured any week and Barkley isn’t active. If they activate Barkley, Allen is less likely to play. If they don’t, he’s playing. Haha. Had the same exact thought. And then also thought, does Allen share his health with the whole family? Or just immediate family and then they leak it out?

Right I don’t think it means he’s out but I think it’s more telling to where the injury is at. If the elbow is good to go, there is no need to activate him. So if they don’t, that’s a good sign he’s playing. If they do, I think it’s much more in doubt.

I guess, I just think if Allen was going to start and play, that means they think his elbow is fine. Why waste one of the 3 times you can elevate Barkley?

I think him being up means there’s no chance Allen is starting, let alone playing.

Still think we will know by 4pm today if they elevate Barkley off the practice squad. They wouldn’t allow Allen to be the backup, if there’s no chance he can play. You wouldn’t risk him being forced into action.

He was dominant against the Rams on opening day. Then he was injured, missed 4 games. I’m not sure his ankle is right yet. I always find these thread interesting after a loss and not after the LA game, for example.

Ground up and in the freezer?

Think you are confused. The designation the NFL got rid of was “probable.” Pre 2017 there were 4 designations a teams could use: probable, questionable, doubtful, out. Belichick used to be the master of the probable designation, to keep teams guessing. Now teams only have 3 designations to use but doubtful is definitely still one. https://operations.nfl.com/media/2683/2017-nfl-injury-report-policy.pdf

Hard to know really. Like I said, Josh was a different thrower of the ball in 2018 and a different QB in general. I don't recall thinking he was limited throwing, ie couldn't make the throws, back then. Though that's just my memory. All the whispers seem to indicate this is less severe than 2018?

Eh? He had a Grade 2 UCL sprain his rookie season, rested 4 weeks and then came back. He didn't require surgery, so I'm not sure where you are getting that from for a Grade 2 sprain. Grade 3, yea then we are probably talking Tommy John's Surgery but literally no one is saying that or speculating that. Will he be at his best if he rests it a bit and wears the brace like he did his rookie year? Hard to know, he was a completely different thrower and player back then.