Trysten Hill: What Do Inactive Mean?

[lkelly]

By next year he should be able to write a dissertation on it.

Even using Darren Hambrick grammar.

 

[Jake]

You obviously have forgotten the genius of Troy Hambrick.

Oh, I remember Hambrick. He has nothing to do with Hill, but I remember him.

 

[Direwolf63]

It is supposed to keep teams from exercising a numerical advantage due to injuries.

This may be the reasoning, but it's nonsense.

Pick a roster number and let them all be available on Sundays. Guys who are hurt may be forced to play because the team is out of players when there are 7 guys standing on the sidelines in sweats doing nothing when one of them can be stepping in to contribute. We see this quite often. How does that help the NFL in their mandate to reduce injuries?

Makes no sense.

 

[BigD_95]

That being said, why can you only dress 45 guys? You have 53 players on the team. They should all be allowed to dress and be able to play on game days.

I never understood this rule

 

[Cowboys22]

How is this even remotely possible? You’re telling me he doesn’t follow pro football enough to know that rosters are 53 but only 46 dress on game days? You’re telling me he didn’t have a single conversation with anyone, coach or player or staff, since being drafted where this information didn’t come up? You’re telling me he doesn’t care enough about his new profession to find out everything he can about how it works and where he fits in? If this is really true and not something he thought was a good idea to say for some reason, then it’s no longer a surprise to me why he is such a huge disappointment so far. He simply lacks the drive and desire to be great and isn’t even smart enough to realize it or to know the things he should know.

 

[reddyuta]

 

[Kingofholland]

Yeah not a fan of the rule, but I guess for teams that have 53 healthy players vs a team that has 46 healthy players it could create an unfair advantage. Still though the bottom end of the roster wouldn't be likely to play much anyway.

 

[StuckMojo]

Didn't start majority of games his final year in college for national contending team.

Was inactive for a team not exactly strong at his position.

When we made the pick I thought why did we draft a guy so high who didn't start

 

[Cowboys22]

I never understood this rule

What’s not to understand? If a team has 8 players that are injured and can’t play and their opponent only has 1 or 2, it’s a huge advantage that the league doesn’t want to take place. It makes perfect sense. The best way around it would be to let practice squad players to be able to move freely between the roster and ps when needed and let every team field 53 players. It would then be up to the team to decide to suit ps players up or not when other couldn’t play.

 

[Bobhaze]

i usually dont like to make it a rich thing vs poor thing, but for the sake of health, 60 with 50 active would be better because than we can have more rotation and risk less injuries.

Yeah, and the owners would be better served for the future of the game in the long run by having larger rosters. Short term thinking says, “Why would we spend that money when we don’t have to?” Long term term smart thinking would be to realize the future of the game is at risk because of player safety so it would be smart to make a roster increase investment.

 

[shabazz]

Not to be the Grammar **** but shouldn't he have said, " What Do Inactive Be"?

I don't know, I'm not Jeopardy smart

 

[RodeoJake]

He may need to get used to it if he doesn’t start showing some improvement.

I wish we'd all pull for this young man. Yes. He was a gamble. For a late 2nd rounder with his size and quickness, it was a good gamble, imo. He's probably gonna need a lot of time this year to get used to the NFL, much like an early 2nd rounder named Tank did. No matter who we would've rather drafted, he's a Cowboy and family now.

 

[charron]

That being said, why can you only dress 45 guys? You have 53 players on the team. They should all be allowed to dress and be able to play on game days.

Maybe this changes with the new cba

 

[Jarv]

Not to be the Grammar **** but shouldn't he have said, " What Do Inactive Be"?

I don't know, I'm not Jeopardy smart

Replace inactive to voluntary...Blast from the past.

 

[Cowboy4ever]

I hate it when fans are just totally stupid when it comes to a player. You can't blame him for being drafted or where he was drafted. Now if you tell me he is not working hard to get better, he is not giving it his all every day, etc, then ok, bash the guy. But to bash a player that is not performing as well as a 1st, 2nd, 3rd, round should, is just stupid. Blame the coaches, blame the FO, but don't blame the player, as long as he is doing everything he can do to be the best he can be that's all he can do. He didn't ask to be drafted as high as he was.

 

[tyke1doe]

Not to be the Grammar **** but shouldn't he have said, " What Do Inactive Be"?

I don't know, I'm not Jeopardy smart

It's a play on words based on a question Hambrick asked long ago: "What Do Voluntary Mean?"

 

[MCMetal69]

Apparently his vocabulary is commensurate with his on-field ability.........................

 

[BigTimeBlues]

Was it also uncool when McNabb didn't know an NFL game could end in a tie and he was already a veteran? of course not, it was merely a fact

I was literally about to come in and post this

Yeah, McNabb was what..6 years in? As an NFL QB..and didn't know there were ties lol

 

[ShiningStar]

Yeah, and the owners would be better served for the future of the game in the long run by having larger rosters. Short term thinking says, “Why would we spend that money when we don’t have to?” Long term term smart thinking would be to realize the future of the game is at risk because of player safety so it would be smart to make a roster increase investment.

i dont dispute that, regardless where anyones take on the whole mental issue is, lets just all say an expirement can take place, a nice pilot program to say "ok, lets add more talent and rotate players to help cut down the chances. PLayers will have to rotate and teams can find more depth and players have a better chance at the life they are purusing. im not saying dilute the talent pool, im just saying for a cheaper altnerative, depth players are more replaceable, so this will also allow teams to churn their rosters while looking at talent.

its a starting point, not set in stone.

 

[shabazz]

It's a play on words based on a question Hambrick asked long ago: "What Do Voluntary Mean?"

Oh, thanks...totally missed the reference