OL injuries

That was brutal today.

Wells, Saffold and Long all have an injury history.

It’s just a matter of time until they go down. Today they all went down in the same game.

cgsuddeath wrote:

Looks like long is out for the season again.So ends the Jake Long experiment

What’s wrong with Long? What happened?

Possible torn ACL.

http://fantasynews.cbssports.com/fantasyfootball/update/24769780/report-rams-fear-lt-jake-long-has-torn-acl

The Rams fear left tackle Jake Long suffered a torn ACL during Sunday’s 34-7 loss against the Chiefs, a source told ProFootballTalk.com. Long was injured late in the third quarter while quarterback Austin Davis was being sacked for a 5-yard loss.

So I guess Robinson takes over the LT duties now.

As for Long? I don’t know the cap issues with cutting him at this point. We’ll have to see.

zn wrote:

PA Ram wrote:
So I guess Robinson takes over the LT duties now.

As for Long? I don’t know the cap issues with cutting him at this point. We’ll have to see.

I don;t know if Robinson moves to LOT, but if so, damm lucky thing he practiced there.

You can’t cut an injured player. Not like you’re thinking.

Not sure how it all works. I know they can’t cut him right now–but next year when he’s healthy again. How does it work? Do they save his cap money by releasing him or do they take a big hit? Honestly, I don’t know what the situation is regarding all of that. Just curious if anyone knows.

You know of course that Rams OLs have been eaten up with extensive injuries before.

But let’s assume that Jones and Robinson can play. Maybe full of young mistakes, but can still play.

You know–never in the multi-year history of Rams OL injuries have they had a Jones and a Robinson on the bench before.

This is different.

HOW different? Jeesh, I dunno.

My old formula was this–any OL has injury replacements, and so on. But if you have to replace as many as 3 guys including the OC and LOT, then teams just can’t play. The offense suffers.(I’ve been repeating that formula practically word for word for years now.)

But it may not be THAT level of bad if the depth at 2 key positions was your future anyway.

Ironically, though, I also remember the old Bulger debates. I don’t know if anyone here got into them, but back then, in 2007 and 2008, some of us kept saying that if the OL suffers massive injuries, the qb can’t play. On the old huddle, there were people who denied that. They put it all on Bulger. Today, some of the same people out on the net are claiming that the issue today was not Davis, it was the OL injuries. A complete about face.

And I agree, Davis suffered cause of the OL injuries. But then in 2007, so did Bulger. In the first half of 2012, so did Bradford.

I have even seen someone say this is the worst they have seen a Rams OL play. Well…no. It ranks right there with some of the worst OL games of 2007, 2008, and 2009 though.

Jake Long contract: 3/18/2013: Signed a four-year, $34 million contract. The deal contains $16 million guaranteed — a $5 million signing bonus, Long’s first-year base salary, and $4 million of his second-year salary. Another $1.5 million is available through incentives based on playing time and Pro Bowl berths. 2014: $8 million, 2015: $9.25 million, 2016: $8.75 million, 2017: Free Agent

Above is Jake Long’s contract summary. If he indeed has an ACL tear then he will receive his $8M for 2014 (almost half of which he already has.) The $9.25M and the $8.75M for 2015 and 2016 is not guaranteed. I do not think his injury this year will have any effect on the Rams options for 2015. If they wish to cut him they can or they could keep him at the same contract. But they have been known to require players to resign at a lower figure also.

I am sure that the members of this board (and others) will have a lot of wonderful advice for the Rams as to what they should do. None of which the Rams will pay any attention too.

• This reply was modified 10 years ago by TackleDummy.

from off the net

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Deadpool

long out for season

Mcl and acl.

Per mri

Dak wrote:

I wasn’t too excited about relying on Long at LT this year, but I figured at least they have depth. But, man, if Saffold doesn’t keep getting injured. That may be the real death knell. If Saffold continues to suffer, with Wells out, with Long long gone … man, you’ve got to be kidding me. Austin Davis is not going to have a chance. I was just talking about how at least this team was watchable. I said that after the first TD on Sunday. I fear I’ll have to eat those words.

Of all the Rams OL Injury Epidemics I have seen…and I’ve lost count…this one has the *potential* to be one of the more benign, or should I say, least deadly.

Before, there was no Robinson and Jones. It was street free agent city.

If Robinson and Jones can play, then…they are not as completely bad off as they were in prior versions of OL Apocalypse.

Zooey wrote:

zn wrote:
Injury Epidemics I have seen…and I’ve lost count…this one has the *potential* to be one of the more benign, or should I say, least deadly.

Before, there was no Robinson and Jones. It was street free agent city.

If Robinson and Jones can play, then…they are not as completely bad off as they were in prior versions of OL Apocalypse.

To be fair, you haven’t give Robinson and Jones enough time to get injured.

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