Recent Jason Williams Injury Update

[LarryCanadian]

Jason Williams Limping Pretty Good
Posted by jellis at 8/30/2009 1:21 AM CDT on truebluefanclub.com

The Cowboys' rookie class has had its share of injuries this preseason, with at least two of the draft picks set to go on IR on final cuts. Top pick Jason Williams couldn't avoid the pain wave Saturday night himself.

On the third quarter touchdown run by San Francisco's Kory Sheets Williams sprained he ankle. It hurt so bad he couldn't get off the field before the ensuing extra point try, and two trainers had to hold up the third-rounder when taking him straight to the locker room.

Good news is the X-rays came back negative. Williams has an ugly limp, though, and he will likely have to miss a few days of practice while the swelling goes down.

"It scares you a lot," Williams said. "The last thing you want to do is have an injury. Luckily when it happened it kind of felt familiar because I've done this thing before, so I knew it wasn't too bad. Initially I was kind of nervous, but luckily it came back negative."

Williams' biggest problem may not actually be the ankle.

"I've got the dreaded thigh bruise," he said. "I've been dealing with those my whole career."

In other injured rookie linebacker news (and there seems to be a lot of it this year) sixth-rounder Stephen Hodge (knee) said he will return to practice Tuesday after missing his second preseason game of the summer.
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[AbeBeta]

if Williams misses any real time it is going to start to impact our 53 man decisions.

 

[ThreeSportStar80]

I pray he gets will quickly, hopefully youth will be on his side...

 

[Big Dakota]

Jason Williams Limping Pretty Good
Posted by jellis at 8/30/2009 1:21 AM CDT on truebluefanclub.com

The Cowboys' rookie class has had its share of injuries this preseason, with at least two of the draft picks set to go on IR on final cuts. Top pick Jason Williams couldn't avoid the pain wave Saturday night himself.

On the third quarter touchdown run by San Francisco's Kory Sheets Williams sprained he ankle. It hurt so bad he couldn't get off the field before the ensuing extra point try, and two trainers had to hold up the third-rounder when taking him straight to the locker room.

Good news is the X-rays came back negative. Williams has an ugly limp, though, and he will likely have to miss a few days of practice while the swelling goes down.

"It scares you a lot," Williams said. "The last thing you want to do is have an injury. Luckily when it happened it kind of felt familiar because I've done this thing before, so I knew it wasn't too bad. Initially I was kind of nervous, but luckily it came back negative."

Williams' biggest problem may not actually be the ankle.

"I've got the dreaded thigh bruise," he said. "I've been dealing with those my whole career."

In other injured rookie linebacker news (and there seems to be a lot of it this year) sixth-rounder Stephen Hodge (knee) said he will return to practice Tuesday after missing his second preseason game of the summer.
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Well that doesn't sound good

 

[DallasEast]

"It scares you a lot," Williams said. "The last thing you want to do is have an injury. Luckily when it happened it kind of felt familiar because I've done this thing before, so I knew it wasn't too bad. Initially I was kind of nervous, but luckily it came back negative."

I may have missed it while I was googling, but it doesn't appear that Williams lost significant time (e.g. games plural) due to injury while playing at Western Illinois. Hopefully, his own diagnosis will be the correct one.

 

[LarryCanadian]

Yeah, weird. I've never heard of a player suffering from chronic thigh bruises?! Lets put extra large pads on his quads then and he shouldn't have anything to worry about. He might waddle a little, but he's suppossed to be on the hitting end, not receiving end of contact.

Dallas has a lot of plays where some of the worst hits our guys take are from our own defensive players diving into the pile with their heads down or eyes closed. Was a play in the Tennessee game where one of our defenders absolutely clocked one of the tacklers on the ball carrier, because he did a kamakaze dive into the pile, actually knocking our other defender off the ball carrier. I'm all for aggression, but controlled/smart aggression is usually more effective.

LarryCanadian

 

[speedkilz88]

Yeah, weird. I've never heard of a player suffering from chronic thigh bruises?! Lets put extra large pads on his quads then and he shouldn't have anything to worry about. He might waddle a little, but he's suppossed to be on the hitting end, not receiving end of contact.

Dallas has a lot of plays where some of the worst hits our guys take are from our own defensive players diving into the pile with their heads down or eyes closed. Was a play in the Tennessee game where one of our defenders absolutely clocked one of the tacklers on the ball carrier, because he did a kamakaze dive into the pile, actually knocking our other defender off the ball carrier. I'm all for aggression, but controlled/smart aggression is usually more effective.

LarryCanadian

Bruises come with the game, they just aren't going to be big news.

 

[Woods]

Great news for us regarding J Williams' injury.

Hopefully he'll be ready for the season opener or soon thereafter.