Saint Doug

And this is why they keep sending him home instead of having him stand on the sidelines or watch film. Due to the glucose metabolism mismatch, they don't even want him thinking. By thinking, your brain uses a higher amount of glucose than if you were just staring at a blank wall. If the brain has a higher metabolic need for glucose and can't actually get it, healing will be retarded.

The team will keep Trent out of practice until he has zero symptoms. They will not even have him using his brain by watching film either. If an athlete sustains even a mild hit to the head while still have symptoms of a concusion, they will likely develop Second Impact Syndrome (SIS). SIS is extremely deadly; a 50% mortality rate and a very high incidence of permanent neurologic handicap. So, we are not just talking about Trent risking his career by going back too early. Now, if he is symptom free by this Sunday, there is a small chance he may be able to play again SD. If not, it will not be too bad if he misses the SD game - probably best in the long run. At least we will able to see a fully prepared JP within Schonert's offense. Then after he fails, we can stop hearing about him.

This is likely an old injury because fresh blood appears white on CT. As it ages, it will be isodense (same density as normal brain tissue) and then later look like an empty hole (hypodensity). It's not likely they found anything earth shaking here, but just an old sports injury. Baby Joe probably has a ton of hypodensities on his brain CT.

You sir, have large stones to sit through that again. I applaud you.

This seems about right. I have no idea why we would be in the mix - it makes absolutely zero sense to add another WR. What are we going to do, keep adding WRs until the o-line begins to play better? We have an excellent group of WRs. Evans is Evans. Reed has really proved valuable this year, coming through at the right times. From what I hear, Roscoe will be coming back soon. Then, we have Hardy who is slowly learning the ropes. Even our non-WRs are good WRs; Fred Jackson. So, let's stop this nonsense right now. We will not be sacrificing anyone or even a bag of jock straps for another WR. If we add anyone to the offense, it could be a TE or o-lineman.

Anyways, they're both embarrassments to mankind and should be locked up in the same cell. They can chat it up about the good ole days; making babies and dog fights.

So maybe we should just pretend that we drafted Williams in the 1st and McCargo in the 5th and all will be well at TBD.

Why don't we just move Peters back to TE and call it a day.

That's a bunch of Malarky!

So, he was faking it? Just to set JP up for the loss?

I would like to go defensive side of ball. Anywhere except secondary. Too bad Bowman got injured. Prolly DE or DT. As for our offense, I believe things will greatly turn around once o-line gets its act together. If we do go offense, an o-line pick would be best.

Don't worry, Mort already told us this a while back.

Going into the 4th quarters of the Raiders and Rams games, I would never have thought Trent could pull a rabbit out of his hat and win those games, but he did. So, it is not entirely unreasonable to say that they could have won the Arizona game if Trent was in. He's done it before. I dunno, maybe if the defense saw the offense coming alive, just maybe they would have decided to show up and give a better effort.

Does this mean that he is never going to get into "football shape" anytime this season, since he will be preparing for games each week? I would think that if he is not in "football shape" by week 5 of the NFL, he has a little bigger problem that just missing training camp, which under the Jauron regime, doesn't look to be that grueling.

I don't think missing the OTAs has anything to do with his current play. I don't know personally what goes on at these OTAs, but they seem to basically a bonding experience. Training camp is much different. There is a lot of learning to be had. However, there is probably more learning during the first month of the regular season than the month of training camp. And as stated above, Peters really hasn't improved over the first month of the season. This is not good. He's had his month, you can't keep on blaming it on missed camp.

Written with no sarcasm: Agreed. This team does not need JP as a back-up. We would not miss a beat if he wasn't here anymore. It's just not worth the headache. We should probably get an older veteran-type back-up for next year, someone like Flutie. Flutie would have won that game.

Do you really think we need to draft different players for the o-line? I think the talent is there, we have seen it in prior games. It's just that they are not playing up to their potential. Or, the have been overachieving for a while now. Well, maybe a new center.

Biased? 100% of the posts on TBD are biased. Well, except for Crayonz's.

No, this is a JP loss. Quit being silly.

1) 99% of the posters at TBD would have died if they suffered the hit Trent was delievered. 2) DT in the first round, anyone? Or, maybe DE. I don't know about McCargo. Stroud will either be leaving or will be over his prime in about 2 years. Williams and Spencer are really good, but not great. Schobel is past-prime. 3) JP needs to be either released or traded this off-season, if just to silence the robots around here. 4) They should extend Jackson's contract BEFORE the end of the season, so he can be an insurance policy in the very least. We can afford to let Greer go.

No, that was JP's fault. When Peters screws up and leads to a Trent sack, it is Peter's fault. When Peters screws up and leads to a JP sack, it's JP's fault for holding onto the ball for too long. A JP mistake trumps a Peter's mistake. All joking aside, do you think it would be a good idea to have Peters and Walker swap positions for a while (or permanently)? Walker seemed to do a good job and will likely just get better.

"Honey, I'm gonna be running a little late tonight. Tough day at work."

But you have to truly wonder if he is ready, or will he pull a Billy Joe Hobert? No one ever doubted JP's physical attributes as an athlete, but doubted his brains, motivation, and love of the game. He has been known for blowing off watching game film, being the first off the practice field, and not studying the playbook. What has changed now that would make him more motivated? Maybe his maturity. But, I would think being the actual starter is the greatest motivation to be your best - and he blew that. Now, on the bench, it would seem a lot easier to stare blankly at the clipboard and wonder what you are going to eat for dinner while you make your 6-digit paycheck.

Well, he's not the only one picking the Cards: http://sports.espn.go.com/nfl/features/talent Even the ESPN Accuscore Game Forecast is picking against us. I guess it's just not cool enough yet to pick the Bills.