Murray has an MCL sprain

[ethiostar]

I believe they drafted TWill and Randall, at least partly, due to injury concerns to Austin and Murray. The TWill pick has paid off, hopefully we can say the same about Randall.

 

[ABQCOWBOY]

I think the team really likes our RB depth. It's the fans who are concerned about it.

I don't know what the team thinks but right now, I think the fans have a valid case. I've seen nothing to date, that makes me feel like Randle is an every down back. Tanner and Dunbar are hurt so there is something to what is being said IMO.

If we get both back soon, then maybe it solves itself. Guess we'll see.

 

[Idgit]

Eddie Lacy in the second round sure does look about now. We obviously hit on Frederick and Williams, but no question he'd make a bigger impact on the team than Escobar is going to this year.

Please. Seriously? Do we really have to go through this rank second-guessing at every position group where we sustain an injury? Can we just admit that it'd be awesome if we could use last year's second round pick to go back and draft someone at whatever position of need crops up throughout the season and go from there? You think the league would let us do that, if we just, like, wrote that down on the draft card for that second rounder that we're going to use it as a wildcard throughout the season? Because, if that would have worked, I totally agree that's what we should have done.

Otherwise, we just have to live with the picks we made. And be satisfied that they all seem to be turning out to be decent players for us in the interim.

 

[Idgit]

I don't know what the team thinks but right now, I think the fans have a valid case. I've seen nothing to date, that makes me feel like Randle is an every down back. Tanner and Dunbar are hurt so there is something to what is being said IMO.

If we get both back soon, then maybe it solves itself. Guess we'll see.

Tanner's hurt? I hadn't heard that.

Either way, though, we liked all four of our RBs on the roster going into the season. People were even talking about possibly trading our 4th best player for a low-round pick. The fact that two (or three, now, if Tanner's hurt) is a function of the regular flow of injuries in an NFL season and not an indictment of the organization for not bringing in yet another player capable of starting at that position. Randle's a fairly good option as our third-stringer, as far as I'm concerned. And I like Tanner a lot, too, for the role he plays for us.

EDIT: meant to say 'if Tanner's hurt' not 'if Tanner's done.'

 

[VThokie7]

Please. Seriously? Do we really have to go through this rank second-guessing at every position group where we sustain an injury? Can we just admit that it'd be awesome if we could use last year's second round pick to go back and draft someone at whatever position of need crops up throughout the season and go from there? You think the league would let us do that, if we just, like, wrote that down on the draft card for that second rounder that we're going to use it as a wildcard throughout the season? Because, if that would have worked, I totally agree that's what we should have done.

Otherwise, we just have to live with the picks we made. And be satisfied that they all seem to be turning out to be decent players for us in the interim.

You honestly didn't think RB was a need going into the draft? We had no proven depth and Murray is always injured, as clearly shown here. Not to mention we did end up taking a running back later in the draft, so clearly they felt we needed one. Its not as though we hailed the Escobar pick as great after the draft and I am now having revisionist history. I thought it was a poor pick then and still do.

Not to mention, this is a message board where we're allowed to have an opinion right?

 

[ABQCOWBOY]

Tanner's hurt? I hadn't heard that.

Either way, though, we liked all four of our RBs on the roster going into the season. People were even talking about possibly trading our 4th best player for a low-round pick. The fact that two (or three, now, if Tanner's done) is a function of the regular flow of injuries in an NFL season and not an indictment of the organization for not bringing in yet another player capable of starting at that position. Randle's a fairly good option as our third-stringer, as far as I'm concerned. And I like Tanner a lot, too, for the role he plays for us.

I agree. I think that if we had all three backs healthy, we would be in good shape. However, because we don't know the status of some of these backs, we might need to consider bringing a guy in. Another injury and we can't even practice. See what this week brings I guess.

 

[VThokie7]

You honestly didn't think RB was a need going into the draft? We had no proven depth and Murray is always injured, as clearly shown here. Not to mention we did end up taking a running back later in the draft, so clearly they felt we needed one. Its not as though we hailed the Escobar pick as great after the draft and I am now having revisionist history. I thought it was a poor pick then and still do.

Not to mention, this is a message board where we're allowed to have an opinion right?

Should also note, I would've been thrilled with Lacy in the draft without ever knowing about this injury. Although it was a fore gone conclusion that Murray would end up hurt at some point I suppose.

 

[morasp]

I don't think we're in too bad of shape. Yesterday the packers finished with two wide receivers with injuries to Jones and Cobb that looked serious.

 

[Idgit]

You honestly didn't think RB was a need going into the draft? We had no proven depth and Murray is always injured, as clearly shown here. Not to mention we did end up taking a running back later in the draft, so clearly they felt we needed one. Its not as though we hailed the Escobar pick as great after the draft and I am now having revisionist history. I thought it was a poor pick then and still do.

Not to mention, this is a message board where we're allowed to have an opinion right?

It was obvious we were going to draft a backup, and, no, I honestly wouldn't have used a 2nd round pick to do so. It's a position where you can find quality starters from the 3rd round on down, and that's what I would have done--and what we ended up doing.

You're obviously entitled to your opinion, so, yeah, share it. My point is that that 2nd round pick of Escobar has been lamented that it wasn't used on an OG in the offseason. That it wasn't used as a DL last week. And now, with Murray out, that it wasn't used on Eddie Lacey this week. It's second-guessing based off of injuries that have happened after the fact (well, the OG lamenting was just based on weird overvaluing of backup interior lineman, but the other two were lamenting injuries after the fact).

Our RB corps going into the season was strong. It's being tested now due to injuries. That's how things go in the NFL, and we're playing teams every week who are thin in spots, too, due to injuries of their own. Of course they'd be deeper, too, if they were retroactively able to use their picks from last year on their current positions of need, but that's not how the league works. You have to pick the guys you think are the best players, and then roll into the season with the best depth you can muster. You don't get to know in advance which players are going to get hurt so that you can try to back them up with other players you liked from your draft board.

 

[theebs]

Yeah, we could do that but I don't think there is any way Murray is back in two weeks and I don't even know about Dunbar or Tanner. Both are still listed as injured right?

never heard the tanner is hurt thing.

He made a good tough run yesterday for a first down.

 

[ABQCOWBOY]

never heard the tanner is hurt thing.

He made a good tough run yesterday for a first down.

If he is not hurt, and I am mistaken, then that makes me fell a lot better. I think that between the three, we could get by for a few games. However, long term, we still may need another back. Would be nice if we had somebody on the PS we could bring up.

 

[JackWagon]

You guys who are so ready to move on from DeMarco are seriously devaluing him. When healthy, he's a top 10 NFL running back, and I'd argue the best all around RB we've had since Emmitt. We don't even know how long he'll be out yet. Our offense is night and day when we have him, so let's not act like he's so easily replaceable. Yes, his multiple injuries really are unfortunate, but let's at least see what the MRI reveals before we sail on, mmkay?

i frankly don't care how good he is if he is constantly hurt.