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It's not your imagination. Every team deals with injuries. But the frequency and magnitude of the injuries we've dealt with over the past few years seems a little high. And it doesn't seem to matter who's running Strength & Conditioning, as the issue remains even after having multiple different guys running that department. One thought i've had is that maybe McDermott pushes them too hard in Practice during the week. Ironically, that thought popped in my head listening to Ed Oliver's press conference, the day he got hurt in practice: The other side of that though, if he pushes the team harder in practice than other league coaches is, if that's the case - perhaps it's part of the reason we've been so successful the past few years. So it might be a double edged sword. Again, if that is the case. I have no way of knowing if he does or not. It's just a thought I had, given what Ed said, the amount of injuries we have every year, and the amount of mid week injuries that seem to pop up out of nowhere.

Then they could have signed Zion Logue, who we're also using our last elevation on this week, and elevated Ciarlo - with all three elevations at our disposal. This isn't a shot on Ciarlo. Just a head scratching roster management decision to sign a guy who they haven't elevated once over guys like Jenkins who only has 1 elevation left or Logue who has 0 after this week. Especially with how unlucky we've been with injuries to this point.

Said this in another post, but Ciarlo over Jenkins was surprising to me. We've called up Jenkins twice already to fill in for injuries at LB. We only have 1 more call up for him and had all 3 call ups for Ciarlo. So from just a roster management standpoint, it would have made more sense to elevate Jenkins to the 53. Hopefully though, we get both Milano and Williams back soon and we don't take any more injuries to the LB position to where something like that would matter.

I made a post about Strong on Thursday, hoping that it was just some stiffness in the neck but noting it was worrisome to see a Full Practice on Wednesday and then a DNP on Thursday with a Neck designation. I'm really curious to know what happened as IR for Neck doesn't sound good. This is the second time we've moved a player to IR from one position and signed someone to the 53 from another position. All the injuries at DT and LB seem to have facilitated this. Kind of surprised to see Ciarlo brought up over Jenkins. We've called Jenkins up twice already due to LB injuries and haven't called Ciarlo up once. So just from the stand point of having only 1 more call up for Jenkins and having all 3 for Ciarlo, I'd have figured it made more sense to do it the other way around. But as for Boundary CB's, they must feel that both Ja'Marcus Ingram and Cam Lewis (who can play anywhere in the Secondary) is above Dane Jackson and they're going to roll with Benford, White, Ingram, and Lewis. Or we're dealing with so many injuries that they felt it more important to bring up 2 DT's and a LB this week than it would to have Jackson in over Lewis. Either way, here's hoping that we're healthier next week and can call up Dane then if necessary. And that we open Hairston's practice window after this week and can have him in Week 8 or Week 9.

This is in large part why I made this post. I was hoping it was just some soreness in the Neck. But healthy on Wednesday to DNP on Thursday with a Neck injury was worrisome. Neck injuries aren't anything to play with They'll have to get by this week on Benford, White, Ingram, and Lewis on the Outside bc of all the injuries to LB and DT. Hopefully they get some guys back next week and we're in a position to call up Dane until Hairston is ready if Ingram/Lewis can't adequately fill the hole left by Strong.

Talk about unfortunate bragging rights!

If you have a player that isn't putting in a Full Practice, it has to be explained why on the Injury Report - even if the player isn't hurt.

Strong officially Out. Wonder what the issue there is bc a Neck injury that has him shut down is concerning. Could be just some soreness or he could be seriously injured. Confirmation on Sanders, it isn't pain management. It's a new injury that popped up. On one hand, it's good to hear he got a Limited practice on when the expectation was apparently he would be DNP. But the fact that the expectation was he'd be DNP after a Limited is worrisome. We're potentially in a position where we're forced to play one of Oliver or Sanders when neither is 100% or go without either.

Hopefully this is just some soreness. A little worrisome to see a DNP with a Neck designation. Strong has been solid in his first 4 games. T.J. Sanders also pops up with a Limited practice with a Knee. Fingers crossed that this is pain management and not a new injury. As Oliver looks Questionable at best. Sanders being dinged too would be really rough. Two important Rookies who were healthy now aren't. Not great.

They aren't opening his window this week. Seems he's not there yet still. My take was always that we wouldn't see him until after the Bye. They aren't going to just throw him on the field after not practicing with the team in months. Still a chance that he's brought back to practice next week. That would give him practice for Week 6, the work they do during the Bye, and practices leading up to Week 8. But not a great sign that they decided not to this week.

I never said Knox would be here next season. In fact, if you go down 3 posts, you'll see that I said it's likely he won't be unless he pretty much rips up his contract by taking an insane pay cut on par with what we'd save for him being gone. What I'm saying is that Hawes will not be switching his role from an incredibly integral part of our Offense as a Blocker to becoming someone who's running routes all the time, like Knox. As I also said, he out snapped Knox in the last game. So in that sense he's already TE2. But their roles are vastly different. If you think they're going to start using him significantly less as a Blocker (where his skills are Elite and it's the role they Drafted him for) to be a route running pass catcher to replace Knox, based on the 1 time he catches a ball per game in all of the snaps he takes - i've got a bridge to sell you. Hawes was brought in to replace and upgrade from Quintin Morris as the Blocking TE (and significantly so) on this team. When the time comes and Knox is moved on, they'll bring in his replacement in the passing game then.

Yes, I'm aware of that. But that's still what some posters were expecting. Calling him "Maxx Crosby esque" in threads like these: He was always considered a Raw prospect that would need some development. That's why he was available in the 3rd, at a position where if you're thought of as even potentially a low grade starter or difference making 3rd DE out of the gate, you're off the board by the time Day 2 starts. Is it slightly disappointing that he looks so "not ready for primetime" that he hasn't dressed yet? Yes. But this reality was always a lot more likely than he was going to be making an impact from Day 1. Especially on a team like ours.

Totally agree. He essentially has to rip up his contract if he wants to be here next year or he simply won't be. But either way, Hawes role is Hawes role. When Knox leaves, they'll bring in another pass catching first Tight End to replace him. They aren't going to turn Hawes into a route runner first and negate the work he's doing in pass and run blocking.

Jackson Hawes will not replace Dawson Knox. They play the same position in name only. Hawes is essentially a 6th Offensive Lineman who can occasionally leave the line of scrimmage and get open for a catch here or there (currently 1 a game). But he's not a route runner or separator and you don't want him to be doing Knox's job because you want his elite blocking utilized. Hawes took more snaps than Knox did yesterday (31-24). So in that sense, he kind of already is TE2. But that's because we've been doing a lot more running and we're using him to block. When the time comes for Knox to go, they aren't going to have Hawes running routes like Knox. His role will stay the same and they'll get another pass catcher in here. You love to see Hawes make an occasional play here or there. But in no way should he not be doing what he's Elite at to be doing Knox's job. Knox is a Pass Catcher first and a Blocker second. Hawes is a Blocker first and a Pass Catcher second. And that shouldn't change.

The video and the still from that Hill injury might be the worst NFL leg injury i've ever seen. Worse than Theismann. Even if he is able to come back from that, which looks like a big if, he's not going to be the same guy anymore.

I highly doubt that the "rumblings" have any legs to it. The undefeated, defending Super Bowl Champions aren't going to trade their best WR - regardless of whether or not he wishes he was getting the ball more. They just signed him to a 3 year, 96m extension just last year. Brown isn't going to force their hand either. But let's say they did - they wouldn't move him to the team that is almost unanimously considered to be their Super Bowl opponent, at this point. And let's say they wanted to trade him and they'd consider us - do you really think they're picking up that contract? Especially when it's apparent that they believe Josh's success predicates on the kind of Offense where there is no focal point? Like all other huge trade possibilities, it's fun fantasy talk. But the odds of it actually happening? I put it somewhere between 0 and 1%

He doesn't play Special Teams. And obviously between what we saw during the Pre-Season (yikes) and what we haven't seen in Practice - they feel what they're seeing doesn't warrant playing him over Javon Solomon. Really as simple as that. If what we saw from him in the Pre-Season were an anomaly and he looked like he was someone who would be an upgrade of any kind in Practice, he'd be active. The fact that he isn't really says all that needs to be said. Way too early to say that. But he's obviously very green and needs more developing than we were expecting. I will say though if you were someone who was expecting a Superstar, especially right out of the gate, from the kind of caliber prospect that you find at the Defensive End position in Round 3 - you were setting yourself up for disappointment.

Because "Social Media Detectives" have a great track record of being right about things.

It's a good thing we have the following coming in and coming back soon: Ed Oliver Matt Milano Maxwell Hairston Michael Hoecht Larry Ogunjobi

Do you say that for all the many, many NFL players who pull a hamstring - or just QB's you hold some weird grudge against bc their fans made you upset and in turn you've decided the best course of action was to make yourself sound as ridiculous as they do?

He injured his hamstring. He was limping after the game. It's ridiculous to imply he just gave up halfway through the 3rd Quarter, faked an injury, faked a limp, and everyone's covering up for that. Don't know why you're so obsessed with Lamar Jackson and others perceptions. But this ain't it. 100% I can (sort of) understand the debate on who's better between Josh and Lamar amongst the Bills and Ravens fan bases. But reaching for discussion points like this to argue our guy is better than the other guy is just dumb. They're both amazing QB's. It's dumb for Baltimore fans to imply Josh isn't and it's equally dumb for Buffalo fans to imply Lamar isn't.

And he played so atrociously before that play, they pulled him for Strong. Good stop on 4th Down, but that doesn't even make things even for how badly he played before that.

I'll never take Spencer Brown for granted ever again.

Besides the awful play call to begin with, that play relied on Van Demark to be a success. And he's been as bad as Brady's play calling today.

Joe Brady's play calling is often questionable. Today it's inexplicably bad.