It sucks for Abbrederis, but I'm not sure it hurts the team too much. I think Abby was on the bubble, lot of a competition for returners. Not so terrible for roster considerations to IR him for a year.
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It sucks for Abbrederis, but I'm not sure it hurts the team too much. I think Abby was on the bubble, lot of a competition for returners. Not so terrible for roster considerations to IR him for a year.
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Then you must have grown a pair since last season.
I hate when fat mikebsays shit like that. Its bad enough that he sounds like mongo when he talks, and that i already think hes the dumbest guy on the field every sunday, then he has to go out of his way to make himself look and sound even dumber
Whats wrong with him?
He's got a knee
No shit. Thats not a diagnosis or a problem, thats a body part. We all know he has knees, WHAT THE FUCK IS WORNG WITH THE KNEES, You fucking twat
How bout he has a knee injury, or an injury to his knee. Or he might have an injury to his knee
Am i the only person that understands that a "knee" is not an injury?
Hey coach, whats wrong with him?
Well he's nipples and arms
His response to questions about Abbrederis was reported as being unusually "testy." The injury happened yesterday and he was being asked about it this afternoon. It sounds to me like he had a preliminary report but hadn't--and maybe hasn't--gotten an official diagnosis. I think he gets "testy" in response to bad news that cannot be discussed. Once it is official and can be discussed, he drops the emotion and puts out a vague company line about recovery time.
Where have you been for the last half decade? If it would help we could find you recognition software that adds in the word "injury" every time it identifies a body part. This is just the rhetoric of sports reporting, it is everywhere: Hart has an oblique, Federer has a groin. It's not just Mike, everyone's doing it, so just get used to it.
Maybe he wouldn't have an official diagnosis because they haven't had time to do an MRI on the knee yet.
Since no one else seems to have said it, word is Abbrederis tore his ACL and is out for the season. :C
Never want to see a player get injured but at least its not a top player and at a position we have depth at.
And so it starts with the injuries....
Damn shame too. I'm not a U of Wis. fan, but his story was pretty cool and he was one player that I really wanted to watch in pre-season. I'm pretty bummed about this.
Well, if there's one position where the Packers could afford a season-ending injury, it's WR. This will likely affect the return units more than the offense.
Saying an injury by naming the injured part has become very common. Al Michaels does it several times every Sunday Night. For at least three years. Like, its just a thing.
Just because it's common doesn't mean it's not irritating. I'm with Red on this one. I'm just waiting for a player to be held out of injury due to a scrotal injury so I can hear McC say "He has a scrotum."
The wide receiver group is deep, sure, but it's early to be losing guys, no? It always seems okay when the first one gets hurt, but then it snowballs. Let us pray that does not happen this year. For once.
It is a very strange thing. But remember the hoops Holmgren used to jump through to avoid saying "injury". He "tweaked" "bumped" "grabbed" it.
I think they think its either superstition, or the fact that they don't want the team/coach name on an announcement of injury in case it turns out wrong.
The other big problem is inconsistency. McCarthy has more than once offered more detail when he has been in possession of hope that the injury isn't severe. Which is why reporters keep asking.
Oh, I think calling an injury "a knee" is tough guy talk. You're saying the minimum to make it sound routine, or not worthy of too much concern or discussion.
When John Wayne takes a bullet, he doesn't complain of severe trauma with rupture of muscle tissue and internal hemorrhaging. No, it's "just a flesh wound, ma'am".
The euphemism that creeped me out was in Gulf War I, General Schwarzkopf would describe casualties to his troops as "people getting hurt." Getting your body mangled by an explosion is not getting hurt. Breaking a bone skiing is getting hurt.
It's almost like reporter-speak that he's doing. Reporters don't ask questions, they just say "The fourth quarter" or "the running game" and then expect a detailed response from whomever the statement is addressed to.
This is what TT gets for drafting a Badger.