Speculation: McClain's status

[CowboyGil]

not practicing and being all of a sudden ready on gameday concerns me.

like i said...i was one his biggest fans at the start of this year.

He's been playing banged up practically the whole season.

 

[Seven]

He is not practicing this morning. standing on the side with crawford

Hayden is practicing

looking like carter-hitchens-wilbur Sunday

Our own sideline, beat reporter.

Thanks my man!!

 

[TheHustler]

i'm beginning to wonder about ro just a lil bit..

i was his biggest fan at the start of this year.

I've been concerned too. I can't remember the last time he went a week without missing practice, yet seems to be ready to play on Sunday. Particularly worrisome given his past. I am beginning to question how committed to football he is at this point....

 

[kiheikiwi]

Might be a blessing in disguise to actually sit him this week. Get thru the bye and come out the other side relatively healthy. He has played pretty much hurt the whole season, let that groin heal up some more and hit the 2nd half of our season running. We have numbers at LBer, just not a real difference maker - if McClain does not play.

 

[big dog cowboy]

No practice on Friday means no play on Sunday.

 

[Idgit]

I've been concerned too. I can't remember the last time he went a week without missing practice, yet seems to be ready to play on Sunday. Particularly worrisome given his past. I am beginning to question how committed to football he is at this point....

His DC goes to some lengths to say the guy actually likes to practice. I'm not vouching for his state of mind through his entire career, but I'll give him the benefit for the doubt that he's had a nagging groin injury in Dallas here for about half of this season. As long as the rest of the defense is behind him and he plays well on Sundays, I'm ok with it. But he's another guy who will benefit from the bye coming up here.
We should be in pretty dang good shape, overall, coming out of the bye, though, health-wise if we don't suffer any major setbacks this week (knock on @Wood). With Lawrence back and Brent returning and the rest of the knicked up guys on their way back, we'll be in good shape for the Giants/Eagles in quick succession and then another mini-break before the last quarter of the season. We've got a pretty good shot of being 9-3 or 8-4 at that mark, too, heading into the home stretch if we handle our business with the Jags and the sagging Giants.

 

[WV Cowboy]

I don't get how people think this the way the NFL is right now. If we're expecting to blow out the Jags, we're going to be disappointed.

I know. That's all I heard the week before the skins game, ... "It's only the skins!"

SMH

 

[Idgit]

No practice on Friday means no play on Sunday.

Our LBs are going to be patchwork, huh? Wilber/Hitchens/Carter and a ham sandwich backing them up? We lose a lot in coverage, too, with both Durant and McClain gone (McClain wasn't supposed to be all that good in coverage, but he sure gets downfield and in the way of the ball when he needs to for Dallas). I wonder if we see more safeties brought in this week in passing situations.

 

[Idgit]

I know. That's all I heard the week before the skins game, ... "It's only the skins!"

SMH

That was even dumber, for anybody who knows what Cowboys/Sk*ns games are like. They always come down to one possession, and the better team doesn't always win. We owe them some payback in WAS, now.

I know I'm almost alone on the planet, but I like what this JAGS team is doing, overall. I think they've got a good coach and a good young defense and some weapons that can hurt you coming around on offense. I think they might have a QB to develop, too. This is another game where we're the better team, but you can bet they're going to make us prove it. I think what I thought going into the Sk*ns game: we're going to be in a dogfight until midway through the third quarter before we pull away....assuming we don't turn the ball over or have the execution errors we had in that game, too. If the latter, all bets are off and it'll be a down-to-the-wire toss up.
It's nice to hear Irvin in NFLN suggesting the team is fired up and having a great week of practice, though. Dez, in particular, is predicting a break out end of the season for himself. We'll see.

 

[gimmesix]

https://mobile.twitter.com/BryanBroaddus


He is guessing McClain won't play. If that's the case, it's a huge blow to our defense. Fingers crossed he plays.

Y'all think he plays??



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I can't see him missing this game unless he absolutely can't go with the bye coming up.

 

[xwalker]

I've been concerne d too. I can't remember the last time he went a week without missing practice, yet seems to be ready to play on Sunday. Particularly worrisome given his past. I am beginning to question how committed to football he is at this point....

I think it's the opposite of what you're saying.

I think he has played through a lot of pain that would have kept a guy like Claiborne out of several games.

 

[Staubacher]

Our LBs are going to be patchwork, huh? Wilber/Hitchens/Carter and a ham sandwich backing them up? We lose a lot in coverage, too, with both Durant and McClain gone (McClain wasn't supposed to be all that good in coverage, but he sure gets downfield and in the way of the ball when he needs to for Dallas). I wonder if we see more safeties brought in this week in passing situations.

I've been watching replays of the Jags games. They got some young players who can run the ball and go up and catch the ball. If we don't get pressure on Bortles they can put up some points on us. Being this depleted at LB and missing Crawford in the middle of the Dline hurts us a lot.

 

[Dave_in-NC]

If Romo plays than any one not in a wheel chair should be playing.

 

[Dion2288]

Give the man the week off and three weeks to heal. We have 6 more games, four of them being critical division matchups. We need him at his best for the Gnats and Filthy 4 days later.