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Is this a smoke screen? Or could we actually be going into this game
without two top offense performers?

I'm thinkin they both will still start and play. I know Portis wont sit out with anything less then a concussion or broken bones...

I'm guessing we wont see Haynesworth though since he missed practice all week.

Bucket wrote:http://www.nfl.com/news/story/09000d5d81a9c4b8/article/mcnabb-haynesworth-portis-all-questionable-for-redskins?module=HP_headlines

Is this a smoke screen? Or could we actually be going into this game
without two top offense performers?

I'm thinkin they both will still start and play. I know Portis wont sit out with anything less then a concussion or broken bones...

I'm guessing we wont see Haynesworth though since he missed practice all week.

Haynesworth was limited in practice on Thurs. but all three practiced fully on Friday.

Portis and McNabb were both questionable last week.

It's a smoke screen, in two weeks, the Redskins have listed no one as probable.

wow, haynesworth injured ... guess no-one would have predicted that

Bucket wrote:http://www.nfl.com/news/story/09000d5d81a9c4b8/article/mcnabb-haynesworth-portis-all-questionable-for-redskins?module=HP_headlines

Is this a smoke screen? Or could we actually be going into this game
without two top offense performers?

I'm thinkin they both will still start and play. I know Portis wont sit out with anything less then a concussion or broken bones...

I'm guessing we wont see Haynesworth though since he missed practice all week.

Smoke screen! Belicheck has made this into an artform. It sounds like every week up here for the Patriots. Brady was "probable" for almost an entire season recently and never missed a down. It became a running joke for local sportscasters.

Just like there's holding on every play, the players spend all year with various aches, bruises, cuts, etc. If the coach wanted to he could list just about everyone on the injury report.

They were talking about Shanahan's "questionable" listings this week on profootball talk. I'm too hungover or I would have got you guys the link.

ATX_Skins wrote:They were talking about Shanahan's "questionable" listings this week on profootball talk. I'm too hungover or I would have got you guys the link.

Here ya go

frankly, I don't understand the purpose of such reporting. Of COURSE, gamesmanship will seep into these determinations, devaluing the system... so, why do it at all?

McNabb and Portis are honestly the only ones that I care about. If Fat Al doesn't play, I don't think it has much of an impact on our game plan!

This is just one of those things that coaches do and think makes a differences, but in reality it doesn't. The Pats listed Brady as questionable for like two straight years. It's just pointless gamesmanship.

Countertrey wrote:frankly, I don't understand the purpose of such reporting. Of COURSE, gamesmanship will seep into these determinations, devaluing the system... so, why do it at all?

Well, think about who'd object if they stopped. ESPN and news outlets who like to use it to be something to cover. Then to your point they can report on the gamesmanship. Bogus, you're dead on. But it's an entertainment business and injury reports are entertainment. That's the only reason. If they served a competitive purpose then the NFL would be checking teams statistics in their use. The only time the NFL cares though is when someone reports something obviously bogus.