Bishop and Zombo.com also fail physicals

[denverYooper]

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LB Desmond Bishop (NFI);
G Jaymes Brooks
NT Johnny Jones
FB John Kuhn
TE Andrew Quarless
T Derek Sherrod
LB Frank Zombo

[Patler]

Zombo won't last long on the roster.
Just not available enough.

[Bretsky]

and not that good

[denverYooper]

Yeah, I was sort of surprised he was PUP'ed and not just released.

[rbaloha1]

aloha zombo.

[Tony Oday]

But he has a bad ass football name!

[Patler]

Too bad, in flashes Zombo looked like he might be able to fill a role on the team. Not a star, but fill a role.

Anyone know what is wrong with Bishop?

[KYPack]

Too bad, in flashes Zombo looked like he might be able to fill a role on the team. Not a star, but fill a role.

Anyone know what is wrong with Bishop?

Not specifically.

it was a non-football related injury.

We shall have to see.

[sharpe1027]

Zombo should be kept on the roster as long as possible for his name alone.

[Fritz]

I can't see Zombo lasting, and I'm also not sure why they didn't just release the guy. Maybe they want to keep him in case So'oto et al don't look improved enough.

I hope Bishop was not out at a club partying and shot himself in the knee cap or something. I hope he fatigued his arm helping his grandmother move into the new house he just bought her.

[KYPack]

I can't see Zombo lasting, and I'm also not sure why they didn't just release the guy. Maybe they want to keep him in case So'oto et al don't look improved enough.

I hope Bishop was not out at a club partying and shot himself in the knee cap or something. I hope he fatigued his arm helping his grandmother move into the new house he just bought her.

Bish just got married and returned from his honeymoon. Maybe he sustained the dreaded "Honeymoon Hammy"

[Fritz]

Maybe he was playing Batman and jumped off the dresser onto the bed and knocked himself out...

[KYPack]

Maybe he was playing Batman and jumped off the dresser onto the bed and knocked himself out...

Ouch.

Batman reference?

Fritz, you been reading the papers lately?

[smuggler]

I don't know what his non-footbal injury was, but he was on the field stretching today and looked fine.

[Smidgeon]

Anyone surprised Datko passed?

[KYPack]

Anyone surprised Datko passed?

Yeah. I was sort of hoping we could PUP the kid for 1 season.

[rbaloha1]

Yeah. I was sort of hoping we could PUP the kid for 1 season.

Who knows -- maybe another Tauscher?

[Smidgeon]

Yeah. I was sort of hoping we could PUP the kid for 1 season.

I didn't know what to expect from the kid. I've heard all sorts of things about his shoulder, but didn't know if it was all back together. I suppose they could IR him if he tweaks it (see Guy, Lawrence).

And Alex Green passed too. That's good news. Hopefully the knee will hold up.

[Fritz]

What's the word on Sherrod? When's he expected back?

[Guiness]

Wow, hadn't thought of Datko and Green. I didn't think there was much of a chance either of them would pass...well, maybe Green, but certainly not Datko. Do we know they actually took the tests? Is it possible they only did a portion of the test, kind of like guys will go to the combine but not participate in some drills?

[Smidgeon]

Wow, hadn't thought of Datko and Green. I didn't think there was much of a chance either of them would pass...well, maybe Green, but certainly not Datko. Do we know they actually took the tests? Is it possible they only did a portion of the test, kind of like guys will go to the combine but not participate in some drills?

I would guess passing the physical means clean bill of health. Remember back a couple years when Pickett failed the conditioning portion and couldn't practice until he re-ran it?

[Guiness]

I would guess passing the physical means clean bill of health. Remember back a couple years when Pickett failed the conditioning portion and couldn't practice until he re-ran it?

Meaning Green should be ready to go 100%. Did anyone expect that? Not resigning Grant or bringing in a vet back is a more understandable.

[Patler]

I'm surprised that Green passed, not so surprised that Datko did. Datko said a couple months ago that he was cleared for unrestricted lifting, etc. I think his surgery was in September or early October. I thought Green might be out a week or two. Historically they bring guys back quite cautiously from knee surgery, and Green didn't have his until mid November.

[Guiness]

I'm surprised that Green passed, not so surprised that Datko did. Datko said a couple months ago that he was cleared for unrestricted lifting, etc. I think his surgery was in September or early October. I thought Green might be out a week or two. Historically they bring guys back quite cautiously from knee surgery, and Green didn't have his until mid November.

Do we know anything about his knee 'injury'? I don't remember much in the way of details, hard to know what was done. I wasn't aware he even had surgery.

edit: a bit of looking tells me he had an ACL tear.

[smuggler]

Green tore his ACL against the Vikings last year. Sherrod broke his leg against the Chiefs. Quarless tore ACL/MCL against the Giants (regular season version).

To recap the timeline of the Quarless injury:

Giants punt returner calls for fair catch, but makes a return attempt anyway.
Officials don't blow it dead. (Also didn't flag for unsportsmanlike conduct.)
Returner is tackled.
After the whistle, Quarless is blocked in the back of the knee by a guy running at full speed. Quarless was flat-footed.
Officials missed both the penalty for illegal block in the back and personal foul for low block. And they missed the late hit penalty.

[Cheesehead Craig]

Just wanted to point out that Hawk passed his physical at least. (Waiting for Hawk bashers to chime in...)

[Guiness]

Had the whistle gone? I don't remember that. I thought that he saw the fair catch call and pulled up.

[Fritz]

Quarless is in a tough spot. DJ Williams looks bound and determined to be what Quarless was supposed to be: a very good pass-catcher with a little zip who is also a willing and capable blocker - a running mate for Finley.

[Cheesehead Craig]

Quarless is in a tough spot. DJ Williams looks bound and determined to be what Quarless was supposed to be: a very good pass-catcher with a little zip who is also a willing and capable blocker - a running mate for Finley.

That was what DJ was supposed to be when he came out of college. He did win the best TE in college football award, the Chmura Award or something like that.

[Brandon494]

Just wanted to point out that Hawk passed his physical at least. (Waiting for Hawk bashers to chime in...)

It's not like Bishop showed up out of shape, he's injured. Thank God Hawk passed his physical though, don't know what we would do without his play making ablilty on defense.

[smuggler]

Had the whistle gone? I don't remember that. I thought that he saw the fair catch call and pulled up.

Yeah, just after the whistle. Like I said, Quarless was coasting because he thought the play was over long before due to the fair catch motion.

[pbmax]

It's not like Bishop showed up out of shape, he's injured. Thank God Hawk passed his physical though, don't know what we would do without his play making ablilty on defense.

don't know what we would do without his [Hawk's] play calling ablilty on defense.

Fixed.

[pbmax]

Bishop was hurt during his own offseason workout. Perhaps that was simply his name for his honeymoon so he could deduct it as a business expense.

Apparently, the list to which you get slotted for injuring yourself on your own during a workout is "non-football related". Which would seem to be counter productive if you wish players to, you know, work out on their own. Of course, teams have no immediate way to verify such claims (Terrell Suggs and basketball, for instance).

[smuggler]

Even Basketball could just be cross-training for the NFL, so I don't get why people were upset about it.

[Brandon494]

don't know what we would do without his [Hawk's] play calling ablilty on defense.

Fixed.

I'm sure we would survive.