Broaddus: Not sounding positive on Tapper

[xwalker]

On the surface, it seems Broaddus may suspect Tapper's back issues are significantly more severe than what the team has reported at this time. Other than that, it's anyone guess. Can't help but wonder if he suspects Tapper's back issue is an exaggerated claim by Tapper to avoid practice when he's physically able to do so but not mentally disposed to try. If so, it's quite understandable why he might be reluctant to claim as much. (Understand that I'm not necessarily saying it's so, but the thought haunts me . . .)

Projecting what will happen is not a strong suit for Broaddus.

I will say that he has done a decent job on the radio broadcast with Brad Sham for the preseason games. He's better than Babe.

 

[speedkilz88]

Jenkins >tapper and Russell .

Jenkins=3 tech DT
Tapper, Russell=DE

 

[Zekeats]

Jenkins=3 tech DT
Tapper, Russell=DE

Yeah but Jenkins made two sacks off of stunts where nobody blocked him. He is the next John Randle.

 

[xwalker]

Yeah but Jenkins made two sacks off of stunts where nobody blocked him. He is the next John Randle.

The 2 sacks were just icing. His best work was on other plays where he didn't get the sack. He is very quick off the snap and has a high motor.

 

[Direwolf63]

Back injuries are tricky at the best of times, but it's the worst for lineman, who are constantly up and down in their stance. Carrying the large amount of weight that they do doesn't help either.

I don't believe anybody has any idea how long he will be out, other than possibly the trainers. He could be practicing tomorrow or he could be out another month. Or anything in between.

It's not like a broken bone that you can pretty accurately predict when it will be healed.

 

[Bullflop]

Projecting what will happen is not a strong suit for Broaddus.

I will say that he has done a decent job on the radio broadcast with Brad Sham for the preseason games. He's better than Babe.

That sounds fair to say -- like all of us, Broaddus has his strengths and weaknesses. I'm hoping Tapper turns out well for the team. Trying to say what he is at this point in time might well be an exercise in futility. I think Tapper's samplings of activity and his physical durability have likely been too scarce to make an accurate evaluation of this early. What he is or isn't is yet to be determined.

 

[xwalker]

That sounds fair to say -- like all of us, Broaddus has his strengths and weaknesses. I'm hoping Tapper turns out well for the team. Trying to say what he is or might become at this point in time might well be an exercise in futility. I think Tapper's samplings of activity have likely been too scarce to make an accurate evaluation this early. What he is or isn't is yet to be determined.

What Broaddus is or isn't good at is an interesting thing to observe.

He can look at a player on a particular play and generally do a decent job of analyzing what that player did or didn't do; however, when it comes to the big picture, even just the big picture of 1 complete game or 1 complete practice, things get muddled up for him. On the radio broadcast of the game, he can just talk about what a player did at that moment which is more interesting than hearing Babe tell war stories or other things about himself.

 

[YosemiteSam]

Broaddus sucks at speculating.

He sucks at everything. Sucking at speculating is just a side effect of the bigger issue. Sucking at everything.

 

[TheDude]

LOL. Harsh crowd

 

[Seven]

Actually we aren't at bad at end.

Speak for yourself.

I just LOOK at a donut.......

 

[Rogerthat12]

Broaddus said today on the Break that he has no inside information about the injury but could not understand why Tapper was not back practicing at this point.

He answered his own question to be honest, Tapper apparently has a back strain and they may be exercising caution so it does not linger into the season.

 

[Daillest88]

Broaddus said today on the Break that he has no inside information about the injury but could not understand why Tapper was not back practicing at this point.

He answered his own question to be honest, Tapper apparently has a back strain and they may be exercising caution so it does not linger into the season.

Thank god. I hate that crap

 

[Pessimist_cowboy]

Jenkins=3 tech DT
Tapper, Russell=DE

Yea I'm talking about roster spots. Jenkins should make it over those two.

 

[Pessimist_cowboy]

Yeah but Jenkins made two sacks off of stunts where nobody blocked him. He is the next John Randle.

Yea while at least he's doing something . Russel looks completely lost.

 

[FuzzyLumpkins]

Yea while at least he's doing something . Russel looks completely lost.

Is that how he beat the Fins LT cleanly and nailed him in the chest? he just got lucky?

 

[LocimusPrime]

He sucks at everything. Sucking at speculating is just a side effect of the bigger issue. Sucking at everything.

Ouch lol ouch

 

[Idgit]

What Broaddus is or isn't good at is an interesting thing to observe.

He can look at a player on a particular play and generally do a decent job of analyzing what that player did or didn't do; however, when it comes to the big picture, even just the big picture of 1 complete game or 1 complete practice, things get muddled up for him. On the radio broadcast of the game, he can just talk about what a player did at that moment which is more interesting than hearing Babe tell war stories or other things about himself.

This is a pretty good description of Broaddus. It's like the deductive part of his brain just doesn't work. But he does do a nice job with the specifics of what players do at each position.

I always think it would be really irritating to do a broadcast with him. Because he gives you good detail and then turns around and draws the wrong conclusions from it. Or he'll listen to what somebody says, and then completely misinterpret their argument for them and spit it back at them as if it's what they actually said. And they just sit there with this 'what are you talking about' look on their faces as he gets louder and overrules them. In real life, the temptation to slam him in those situations would be overwhelming for me. And then I'd look like a jerk for overreacting to it.

 

[Idgit]

Broaddus said today on the Break that he has no inside information about the injury but could not understand why Tapper was not back practicing at this point.

He answered his own question to be honest, Tapper apparently has a back strain and they may be exercising caution so it does not linger into the season.

Lol. He needs to come with his own disclaimer.

 

[xwalker]

Is that how he beat the Fins LT cleanly and nailed him in the chest? he just got lucky?

Double check me on this, I think he jumped across early but it didn't get called.

 

[casmith07]

Projecting what will happen is not a strong suit for Broaddus.

I will say that he has done a decent job on the radio broadcast with Brad Sham for the preseason games. He's better than Babe.

Broaddus said that Kelvin Benjamin couldn't play.

We saw his rookie season.