Is AB going to play? If not, how does this affect the outcome? The extra day and a half helps but I'm not sure how serious the toe injury is. Anyone have the inside info?
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Is AB going to play? If not, how does this affect the outcome? The extra day and a half helps but I'm not sure how serious the toe injury is. Anyone have the inside info?
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Steelers following the standard NFL policy of not giving up much informationOriginally Posted by DesertSteel
Brown got treatment Friday morning. A source told ESPN on Friday that the injury was considered minor entering the Pittsburgh Steelers' game against the Cincinnati Bengals on Monday night, but Brown is officially listed as questionable.
http://www.espn.com/nfl/story/_/id/2...riday-practice
Usual chatter from the players about injuries
“I’m banking on him being there,” receiver Martavis Bryant said. “We’ll see what happens....
“If he’s not playing we have to go out there and hold the standard,” center Maurkice Pouncey said. “We have to go out there and ball for our brother and make whenever he’s back we’re right on point. Guys in the NFL get hurt. If he doesn’t play we have to find ways to win the football game. The next guy has to get in there and play as good, if not better. It’s simple. This is football. We’re not going to change our offense.”
http://www.post-gazette.com/sports/s...s/201712020136
We all know the standard is the standard, but I do not share Pouncey's view that AB not playing will not change the offense - Bengals will go all out to stop Bell and the question will be if Bryant or JuJu can win without the standard rotation of the pass coverage to try to shut down AB
Toe injuries are nothing to mess around with - for a precise route runner like AB not being able to push off on his big toe is a big deal - do not want to aggravate it and have it be a probem in January
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Turf toe ended Jack Lambert's career.
All Defense!
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my 1st thought
For those i love i will sacrifice.
Si ventus non est, remiga
Wow, first I heard of this but ... 90 percent of the time "questionable" means "not playing." That sucks.
See you Space Cowboy ...
Really don't want to mess around with this injury, but not having AB will be really tough for this team to win
As I said in the other thread, toe injuries can be bad news.
Rest him. We can lose this upcoming game, and if we beat the Taperiots, we’ll still be the #1 seed. Plus, we “might” beat the Bengals without AB, but I highly doubt that we beat the Taperiots without him. So, again, rest him and let him be healthy for Dec 17th.
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As I said before, if one of our WR's go down we'll be thankful we have Bryant. There is no reason why the Steelers shouldn't beat the Bengals or Pats even without Brown. Look at what Brady has been winning with. I think Brown will be fine. Probably did it on that amazing catch on the sideline.
http://www.steelersdepot.com/2017/12...toe-instagram/
Amputate and put a bandaid on it. That's what Ronnie Lott would do.
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Finally, the voice of reason!
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Exactly!
"With love, with patience, and with Faith
....She'll make her way" ~ Natalie Merchant
Bryant will stay in his spot and JuJu/DHB/Rogers will take Browns spot.
Just dont want to see him get any worse so if he has to sit a couple/few games...so be it.
Deion Sanders surgically repaired turf toe:
https://atlanta.sbnation.com/atlanta...on-sanders-toe
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The initial report was that it was minor so it seems all are assuming it's more than that. Does anyone have an update to that effect?
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I would imagine Rex Ryan has a few ideas on how to rehab turf toe...
"With love, with patience, and with Faith
....She'll make her way" ~ Natalie Merchant
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Dulac tweeted game time decision.
Old School Awesome post of the day!
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True dat!
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Boo-Ya! There it is, video evidence of what tough really is!Exactly!
possibly the 3 greatest posts in a row that I can recall in a long time. guys like Lambert or Chuck Bednarik would approve.
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ESPN pregame showed Brown jogging through cuts
Susie Kolber said Brown clearly favoring foot - Randy Moss said Brown will play
I say rest it
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Saw that. He's going. Warriors don't have the mentality of resting when they can at all go. Resting is fan speak.
Who knows more about playing WR... Susie or Randy Moss????
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Agreed that is any player’s mentality - that is what coaches are for to look for the long term gain - but good luck having Tomlin rein in AB
If he can play he should play.
This injury worries me.. he might be a decoy tonight
for what its worth
I know the toe looked very swollen in the tweet, and had some pain associated, but does anyone else think he took a page out of the Roethlisberger Drama Queen book and played it up for a little rope-a-dope style act in pregame?
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More likely he took a prescription out of the same medicine cabinet with an injection (Toradol?) of whatever Ben was given for his injured shoulder in the Denver playoff game two seasons agoI know the toe looked very swollen in the tweet, and had some pain associated, but does anyone else think he took a page out of the Roethlisberger Drama Queen book and played it up for a little rope-a-dope style act in pregame?
No doubt he was "medicated". I'm just tongue in cheek saying he maybe played it up a little more in pre-game... Either way, I think Tomlin should shorten some of the review/Raven's prep/walk through so these guys can get some extra treatment time. May even move the meetings into that area so guys can sit in the ice tubs.
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