bcb1213 Posted December 31, 2018 Share Posted December 31, 2018 (edited) We don't know that for sure. The official word is he was hurt, what was reported all week. Unless unnamed team sources become named coaches or brown himself, it's not a good idea to speculate on a matter of this importance. For all we know this could be people with ulterior motives Edited December 31, 2018 by bcb1213 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bcb1213 Posted December 31, 2018 Share Posted December 31, 2018 41 minutes ago, ny92mike said: From what little I read it sounds more like he pitched a fit during practice and was benched. Not sure if the injury would have held him out if he had kept his cool. For much of the season I made my votes on how they performed that week. With the bizzbowl taking place on week 17 it kinda screws it. Official team report https://www.google.com/amp/s/syndication.bleacherreport.com/amp/2812875-antonio-brown-out-vs-bengals-with-knee-injury.amp.html Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ny92mike Posted December 31, 2018 Share Posted December 31, 2018 (edited) 5 minutes ago, bcb1213 said: Official team report https://www.google.com/amp/s/syndication.bleacherreport.com/amp/2812875-antonio-brown-out-vs-bengals-with-knee-injury.amp.html Thats fine. What about Tyron Smith? Injury report listed him as questionable with a neck injury. Tyron Smith T Neck Limited Participation in Practice Questionable This is why I'm not a fan of having games in bdl taking place during week 17. With Smith listed as questionable regardless if the team decided to bench him in a meaningless game, he should still be considered injured. Edited December 31, 2018 by ny92mike Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bcb1213 Posted December 31, 2018 Share Posted December 31, 2018 (edited) “Coming out of the game, also, AB experienced some knee discomfort,” Tomlin said Friday of Brown’s participation in Week 16’s 31-28 loss to the Saints. “I gave him a vet day on Wednesday like I give a lot of vet days to guys. He got in here yesterday. He didn’t feel comfortable enough to do it. We sent him for tests today. We’ll get the results of those tests and have more information. Obviously he’s a veteran player. If it gets better, there’s not a lot of physical repetitions needed to perform. We’ll see where all of that goes.” From Tomlin himself. He's not a beat around the bush kind of coach. Edited December 31, 2018 by bcb1213 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ny92mike Posted December 31, 2018 Share Posted December 31, 2018 Having to sort out if an inactive is because he was injured or if the team sat him because they wanted to keep him fresh takes some time to sort out. I can understand Brees and Kamara being inactive as neither are listed on the injury report. http://www.nfl.com/injuries But those that are listed on the injury report and don't play should be considered injured. 2 cents. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ny92mike Posted December 31, 2018 Share Posted December 31, 2018 2 minutes ago, bcb1213 said: “Coming out of the game, also, AB experienced some knee discomfort,” Tomlin said Friday of Brown’s participation in Week 16’s 31-28 loss to the Saints. “I gave him a vet day on Wednesday like I give a lot of vet days to guys. He got in here yesterday. He didn’t feel comfortable enough to do it. We sent him for tests today. We’ll get the results of those tests and have more information. Obviously he’s a veteran player. If it gets better, there’s not a lot of physical repetitions needed to perform. We’ll see where all of that goes.” From Tomlin himself. He's not a beat around the bush kind of coach. That's fine man, if he's hurt he's hurt. I had just read that part of it may have been his attitude. I looked and he is listed on the injury report as questionable so I'm good with that. Just saying we shouldn't cherry pick. Smith didn't play but he was also listed as questionable on the injury report. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bcb1213 Posted December 31, 2018 Share Posted December 31, 2018 Look, we can argue back and forth on this. We all know the cowboys sat Smith Martin and zeke cause it didn't matter. Hell half the world yelled at him for having Prescott in. I'm 95% sure everyone else here thinks Smith would have played had it mattered Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bcb1213 Posted December 31, 2018 Share Posted December 31, 2018 Like I'm trying to be realistic here. He's got guys like swearinger who were inactive but obviously would have played outside of last week circumstances. I'm not beating the table for him cause in a normal week that dudes playing Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ny92mike Posted January 1, 2019 Share Posted January 1, 2019 21 minutes ago, bcb1213 said: Look, we can argue back and forth on this. We all know the cowboys sat Smith Martin and zeke cause it didn't matter. Hell half the world yelled at him for having Prescott in. I'm 95% sure everyone else here thinks Smith would have played had it mattered Those other names you mentioned weren't on the injury report. That's the point I'm trying to make. I'm sure if the game was important he very well may have started, but of the names you mentioned Smith was listed on the injury report as questionable, while the others were not. I'm perfectly fine with overlooking inactives that aren't listed on the injury reports, but it's hard for me to overlook players listed on the injury report and didn't play. A. Brown's injury stats is "Not Injury Related" - Did Not Participate In Practice Questionable T. Smith injury is listed as Neck Limited Participation in Practice Questionable Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bcb1213 Posted January 1, 2019 Share Posted January 1, 2019 2 minutes ago, ny92mike said: Those other names you mentioned weren't on the injury report. That's the point I'm trying to make. I'm sure if the game was important he very well may have started, but of the names you mentioned Smith was listed on the injury report as questionable, while the others were not. I'm perfectly fine with overlooking inactives that aren't listed on the injury reports, but it's hard for me to overlook players listed on the injury report and didn't play. A. Brown's injury stats is "Not Injury Related" - Did Not Participate In Practice Questionable T. Smith injury is listed as Neck Limited Participation in Practice Questionable Read your own link man! Said full participant then limited to not risk anything. Verbatim Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ny92mike Posted January 1, 2019 Share Posted January 1, 2019 6 minutes ago, bcb1213 said: Read your own link man! Said full participant then limited to not risk anything. Verbatim I did, he's injured and was downgraded to limited on friday. Again, I've got no issue with players being benched in meaningless games that aren't injured, but Smith is injured and listed as such on the nfl website. Everywhere that I'm reading has him dealing with a neck injury. He's injured man just because dallas didn't want to future risk a more severe injury and sat him doesn't mean he isn't injured. What does the injury report say? Does it list his name? Again, if he wasn't listed on the injury report as questionable I'd have no issue overlooking him starting in bdl just as you've got Brees starting. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ny92mike Posted January 1, 2019 Share Posted January 1, 2019 Would you at least concede that Smith wouldn't be playing his best game, if he had started? I'm just having a difficult time overlooking his injury. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bcb1213 Posted January 1, 2019 Share Posted January 1, 2019 1 hour ago, ny92mike said: Would you at least concede that Smith wouldn't be playing his best game, if he had started? I'm just having a difficult time overlooking his injury. He's been gimpy for weeks. Questionable literally every week so he'd be playing like the last couple weeks if that helps Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pheltzbahr Posted January 1, 2019 Share Posted January 1, 2019 Guys, there's some subjectivity here. Use your best judgement. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Xmad Posted January 1, 2019 Share Posted January 1, 2019 If a player wasn't active, then they didn't play IMO. Rome is gonna lose this one hard. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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