Meriweather: Out two to four weeks with a MCL and PCL Sprain

kmiec · Post by **kmiec** » Wed Sep 05, 2012 3:39 pm

And the injuries continue! Jackson Suspended and now Meriweather out with a sprain.... whoa... this is going to be a shoooot ooouuuutt!

http://t.co/7TFiCAB5

Deadskins · Post by **Deadskins** » Wed Sep 05, 2012 3:44 pm

Link?

riggofan · Post by **riggofan** » Wed Sep 05, 2012 3:47 pm

Not sure how to link it but this is Grant Paulsen's tweet from 11m ago:

Mike Shanahan: Brandon Meriweather suffered a MCL/PCL sprain in Monday's practice. He's out 2 to 4 weeks.

Irn-Bru · Post by **Irn-Bru** » Wed Sep 05, 2012 3:47 pm

I'm seeing it on Grant Paulsen's twitter feed. Looks like info from Shanny's talk with reporters.

Nuts.

kmiec · Post by **kmiec** » Wed Sep 05, 2012 3:47 pm

Deadskins wrote:Link?

From Shanahan's press conference... Tweeted by Rich Campbell... no link yet... Meriweather had a brace ... Shanny told press core it was a sprain. Will Post a link when available.

cowboykillerzRGiii · Post by **cowboykillerzRGiii** » Wed Sep 05, 2012 4:00 pm

Sob, back to where we were last year.. both starting safeties out.
It's not the end of the world.. we made do with the same dbs last year minus Barnes + Crawford

gregory smith · Post by **gregory smith** » Wed Sep 05, 2012 4:41 pm

I'm sure Brees is licking his chops about now. Better crank that pass rush up! Gomes or Doughty?? My guess is Doughty.

frankcal20 · Post by **frankcal20** » Wed Sep 05, 2012 5:03 pm

the coaches trust Reed b/c he seems to be in the right place. while he's not the most athletic guy on the team, he makes plays.

The Hogster · Post by **The Hogster** » Wed Sep 05, 2012 5:24 pm

Reed Doughty on Jimmy Graham. Dear Jesus help

cowboykillerzRGiii · Post by **cowboykillerzRGiii** » Wed Sep 05, 2012 5:42 pm

What about Crawford?? Might not be the worst idea.. or moving Hall to the back field and bringing in Crawford at cb..

skinsfan#33 · Post by **skinsfan#33** » Wed Sep 05, 2012 5:53 pm

106.7 said Hall would end up on Jimmy Graham a lot. Of course that means more of Cedric Griffin. Yeah!

Bob 0119 · Post by **Bob 0119** » Wed Sep 05, 2012 5:55 pm

Not like this season was gonna be easy as it was, but damn...

skinsfan#33 · Post by **skinsfan#33** » Wed Sep 05, 2012 5:56 pm

gregory smith wrote:I'm sure Brees is licking his chops about now. Better crank that pass rush up! Gomes or Doughty?? My guess is Doughty.

My guess is Gomes mostly, with a dash of Hall at safety, and a sprinkling of Doughty.

cowboykillerzRGiii · Post by **cowboykillerzRGiii** » Wed Sep 05, 2012 6:00 pm

Who else is on the roster @ safety?

skinsfan#33 · Post by **skinsfan#33** » Wed Sep 05, 2012 6:01 pm

Is M. Williams healthy or are we going to see Homes and Daughty?

skinsfan#33 · Post by **skinsfan#33** » Wed Sep 05, 2012 6:05 pm

cowboykillerzRED wrote:Who else is on the roster @ safety?

Jordan Bernstein and Medeau Williams.

emoses14 · Post by **emoses14** » Wed Sep 05, 2012 6:44 pm

My response to this is really only appropriate in smack.

Doughty troubles me because of the offense we're playing. His coverage skills are his biggest liability. Well, that and not being athletic enough to make up for his lack of coverage skills. Rumor is that Drew Brees is really good at throwing to receivers.

;furious;

ACW · Post by **ACW** » Wed Sep 05, 2012 7:12 pm

Well, our front 7 better step up BIG time.

cowboykillerzRGiii · Post by **cowboykillerzRGiii** » Wed Sep 05, 2012 7:22 pm

skinsfan#33 wrote:
cowboykillerzRED wrote:Who else is on the roster @ safety?
Jordan Bernstein and Medeau Williams.

Well I think we will see one or both of them.. Bernstein played aight in preseason didn't he? For some reason I think of Medeau as pretty decent as well... Am I off?

HEROHAMO · Post by **HEROHAMO** » Wed Sep 05, 2012 8:13 pm

If we are hoping for backup safties to save the day we may be dissapointed? Of course I hope they do well but I dont want to see them in one on one situations.
Personally I would have a good dose of nickel packages for this game. This would mean Rak and Kerrigan lining up as DEs. I would have Fletch and Chris wilson as the two middle Lbs. Chris Wilson would be chipping Graham and blitzing most of the time to utilize his rushing skills. Fletcher would mostly be in coverage and blitz the middle from time to time.

So that would be a strategy of using 5 guys rushing the QB most of the time with six in coverage. So Rak and Kerrigan lining up as DEs Cofield, Carriker, Bowen and Jenkins rotating at DT for just this game. With Chris Wilson rushing the QB as the second ILB even though he is an OLB. Thats ok though. Even against the Run I think our front can hold up well in a nickel package for most of the game.

Deadskins · Post by **Deadskins** » Wed Sep 05, 2012 9:39 pm

emoses14 wrote:My response to this is really only appropriate in smack.

Doughty troubles me because of the offense we're playing. His coverage skills are his biggest liability. Well, that and not being athletic enough to make up for his lack of coverage skills. Rumor is that Drew Brees is really good at throwing to receivers.

Doughty is a strong safety. His responsibilities are mainly run support. I'm not that concerned about him. Free safety on the other hand...

Deadskins · Post by **Deadskins** » Wed Sep 05, 2012 9:40 pm

HEROHAMO wrote:If we are hoping for backup safties to save the day we may be dissapointed? Of course I hope they do well but I dont want to see them in one on one situations.
Personally I would have a good dose of nickel packages for this game. This would mean Rak and Kerrigan lining up as DEs. I would have Fletch and Chris wilson as the two middle Lbs. Chris Wilson would be chipping Graham and blitzing most of the time to utilize his rushing skills. Fletcher would mostly be in coverage and blitz the middle from time to time.

So that would be a strategy of using 5 guys rushing the QB most of the time with six in coverage. So Rak and Kerrigan lining up as DEs Cofield, Carriker, Bowen and Jenkins rotating at DT for just this game. With Chris Wilson rushing the QB as the second ILB even though he is an OLB. Thats ok though. Even against the Run I think our front can hold up well in a nickel package for most of the game.

Perry Riley will be the other ILB on most snaps.

the poster · Post by **the poster** » Wed Sep 05, 2012 10:10 pm

well all I've heard here all summer long is about the improved depth ("hey, we're cutting people that can make other teams now....woohoo")

so, now we'll get a chance to see how true that is....or, was it just the the 2012 summer edition of unearned talk that's so popular in D.C.

the fun begins soon.

Deadskins · Post by **Deadskins** » Wed Sep 05, 2012 10:28 pm

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SCROLL TO THE TROLL!

skinsfan#33 · Post by **skinsfan#33** » Wed Sep 05, 2012 10:32 pm

Losing both starting safeties in a week w/o even playing a game really sucks. The third safety is gimpy.

The fact that we still have credible safeties left IS a testament to our depth.