Scandrick Injury

[erod]

Man, it just hit me in the last month. Have you found any way to treat it and/or get rid of it?

Takes several weeks, but you can do it.

1. Buy some Birkenstocks for around the house. Don't walk barefoot. Cup your arches when you're in the shower.
2. Do calf raises on some stairs very slowly every day.
3. Take an Aleve in the morning and mid-day.
4. Stretch your feet and calves before you get out of bed.
5. Roll a tennis ball under your feet when you're sitting and watching TV.

There's other stuff, but you just have to stay after it until those muscles heal.

 

[Temo]

I think he gets another...unless they grab another top CB in FA or draft. But only because I think two years removed from an ACL would get him back to where he needs to be. All these nagging injuries seem to be byproducts from the original injury.

He'll definitely get another season, especially since he's on the books for only $3m next year.

 

[WoodysGirl]

He'll definitely get another season, especially since he's on the books for only $3m next year.

Yeah, that's pocket change..

 

[MichaelWinicki]

Time to move on from him this season

If the Cowboys gained any cap space by releasing him, I'd agree, but since they do not, I don't think that they will.

 

[Temo]

Yeah, that's pocket change..

I mean, it kinda is in context haha.

Replacing him with a veteran minimum player would cost around $700k, so you'd only save $2.3m by cutting him -- or 1.3% of the salary cap.

 

[Temo]

If the Cowboys gained any cap space by releasing him, I'd agree, but since they do not, I don't think that they will.

They would gain $3m, since that's his base salary. $2.3m once you account for a vet-min player taking his spot. I do agree that it's not worth getting rid of him over $2.3m though.

NFL teams always gain cap space when cutting player making over minimum, the dead money can be pushed to next year via June 1st designation, or taken the current year (and thus freeing up next year's cap space).

 

[TellerMorrow34]

Plantar fasciitis can and often does last months. Last time I had it, I was in pain for 6 months.

Damn....what is it exactly? Is it just tensed up muscles that won't come loose or something?

Didn't Newman have to have surgery to correct this one year?

 

[Temo]

Damn....what is it exactly? Is it just tensed up muscles that won't come loose or something?

Didn't Newman have to have surgery to correct this one year?

Inflamation of the tissue around your heel. I've had a lot of runner friends get it before (I've avoided it, thankfully).

It's super annoying because you can definitely run though it, albeit with decreased performance and the only cure is to rest until it's completely gone. Which can take months.

A lot of runner who get it get frustrated because it's more or less an overuse injury and you lose a lot of training time waiting for it to get better and it takes forever.

 

[eyedoc]

Man, it just hit me in the last month. Have you found any way to treat it and/or get rid of it?

I had it years ago. I saw a foot doc and he prescribed orthotics which are molded inserts for your shoes. In less than three weeks I was cured. They are in both of my shoes today. Good luck.

 

[dallasdave]

He'll definitely get another season, especially since he's on the books for only $3m next year.

Reat him till the playoffs

 

[T-RO]

I mean, it kinda is in context haha.

Replacing him with a veteran minimum player would cost around $700k, so you'd only save $2.3m by cutting him -- or 1.3% of the salary cap.

If we are going to talk percentages of the salary cap we need to do so sensibly...responsibly. This notion has been wildly abused by posters here.

You have a roster of 53 players and the vast majority of it is locked down.

If you want to play percentages in the consideration here is how you have to play that game:
-Take the total cap amount
- Factor how much you have to pay 4 cornerbacks.
-Divide by four.

Do logical proper math and you will quickly find that $2.3 million dead cap would be a very big bite of our available cornerback budget.

And if you look at how much a healthy Scandrick contributes to this team... the notion of cutting him is absurd.

 

[Temo]

If we are going to talk percentages of the salary cap we need to do so sensibly...responsibly. This notion has been wildly abused by posters here.

You have a roster of 53 players and the vast majority of it is locked down.

If you want to play percentages in the consideration here is how you have to play that game:
-Take the total cap amount
- Factor how much you have to pay 4 cornerbacks.
-Divide by four.

Do logical proper math and you will quickly find that $2.3 million dead cap would be a very big bite of our available cornerback budget.

And if you look at how much a healthy Scandrick contributes to this team... the notion of cutting him is absurd.

The problem with this math is that it's not a realistic way for roster construction works. It's not very usual that a team pays 4 cornerbacks the same $ amount (starters and vets cost more than backups and rookies), nor is there a set amount that everyone spends on a specific position.

According to over the cap, the Panthers spend the least on CBs, at $4,406,223, while the Jets spend the most at $24,622,730. And every position has this kind of variance. So when you talk about how much a specific player impacts your cap, it makes more sense to do it as a % of the total cap rather than try and divide everything equally and then take a %.

What would make sense is take the total cap amount next year (~$166m), subtract ~$40m for what a roster and practice squad of vet min players would cost, then do $2.3m as a percentage of that. That comes out to about 1.8%, more than the 1.3% I stated, but still very reasonable to spend on Scandrick hoping he gets healthy.

 

[Blackspider214]

Time to move on from him this season

Him and Claiborne. Their acts are old.

 

[T-RO]

The problem with this math is that it's not a realistic way for roster construction works. It's not very usual that a team pays 4 cornerbacks the same $ amount (starters and vets cost more than backups and rookies), nor is there a set amount that everyone spends on a specific position.

According to over the cap, the Panthers spend the least on CBs, at $4,406,223, while the Jets spend the most at $24,622,730. And every position has this kind of variance. So when you talk about how much a specific player impacts your cap, it makes more sense to do it as a % of the total cap rather than try and divide everything equally and then take a %.

What would make sense is take the total cap amount next year (~$166m), subtract ~$40m for what a roster and practice squad of vet min players would cost, then do $2.3m as a percentage of that. That comes out to about 1.8%, more than the 1.3% I stated, but still very reasonable to spend on Scandrick hoping he gets healthy.

Every team is going to have some play and bend on their positional budgets. The Cowboys have a more limited budget on their defense as they have lots of big commitments to their tanks along the offensive line (Martin next to get the big cash).

They also will have $20 mil dead cap on Romo if they decide to trade or release him and a big jump in their commitment to Witten

The Cowboys have less flexibility and availability for cornerbacks simply because their overall cap is near its max headed into next season.

By no means would I ever suggest you pay all the corners the same money! But the notion that $3 mil isn't significant--as was suggested above-- is madness, when the context is positional groups and available funds (not total funds).

 

[Doomsay]

Scandrick is being limited by plantar fasciitis in his left foot, which is why he was replaced in the regular defense against the Minnesota Vikings by rookie Anthony Brown and only played in nickel situations.

Scandrick said he has been dealing with the foot injury for a few weeks and it’s something he will have to play through for the rest of the season.

Well, he had one of his better games last week despite the injury, recording 6 combined tackles, hopefully he can at least continue to contribute at that level.

Read more here: http://www.star-telegram.com/sports...rner-blog/article119332983.html#storylink=cpy

 

[T-RO]

Him and Claiborne. Their acts are old.

Our secondary has been the strength of the defense...an above average secondary this season.

If this team had a pass rush I suspect this secondary would look like a top-12 or top-8 unit.

Scandrick when healthy is a very good contributor to this team.

 

[tyke1doe]

I wouldn't be surprised if we draft at least two corners next April.

 

[LocimusPrime]

Man, it just hit me in the last month. Have you found any way to treat it and/or get rid of it?

Get a racquetball ball and roll the bottom of your feet. Put the ball on the floor and using you weight roll the bottoms of your feet.

 

[CapnCook]

Man, it just hit me in the last month. Have you found any way to treat it and/or get rid of it?

A must for anyone interested in foot health.

http://sock-doc.com/

Best results I've had in a lifetime of dealing with foot problems.

 

[Redball Express]

damn, I have that in both my feet right now and can barely walk, I dont see how he can play

I had that too,once.

Like nails being driven through your feet when you walk.

My doctor told me to do hot and cold footbaths 3-4 times a day..

then he had me roll an empty 12 oz. Coca Cola glass bottle under he foot to stretch the tendons out again and soften up.

I would be watching TVand just slowly roll the bottle with my adding gentle pressure as I could.

I was fine in a couple of weeks.

But while I had it..I did little else.

I was running 3-5 miles a day and was not taking enough time to warm up and cool down.

Hopefully he's going to get it calmed down.

Obviously we need him badly.