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Watt placed on PUP list

Hopefully nothing, but not the way we want to start!
 
Read it was minor and he could be off it quickly. No worries...........
 
His brother was just taken off the PUP list
 
bermudasteel said:
No need to worry. Just let the big fella ease into the game plan.

I'm sure this is Coach Mike Tomlin's fault somehow...

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No, keeping Boswell kicking last year probably costing at the very minimum one game is Tomlin's fault. Keeping Ben out of the game causing them to lose to the Raiders was Tomlin's fault. The ****** Defense despite all the draft picks is Tomlin's fault. The team not being prepared against sub .500 teams consistently for the last too many years is Tomlin's fault. The horrific in game decisions particularly in regards to challenges is Tomlin's fault. The decay of accountability and ridiculous team culture despite all the platitudes is Tomlin's fault.
T.J Watts' hamstring is not Tomlin's fault
 
Didn't he have a hammy last year and miss most of camp and pre-season? I know Watt trains a ton in the off-season but this happens every damn year with multiple players. Don't they know how to train their hammy's? Do they just not train their hammy's? Or, is this just going to happen no matter how much or how well they train their hammy's? I just don't get it when it happens year in and year out with players.
 
TDX27 said:
Didn't he have a hammy last year and miss most of camp and pre-season? I know Watt trains a ton in the off-season but this happens every damn year with multiple players. Don't they know how to train their hammy's? Do they just not train their hammy's? Or, is this just going to happen no matter how much or how well they train their hammy's? I just don't get it when it happens year in and year out with players.
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Don't ham out


Coach T said it could be a quick PUP, so obviously it can't be looked at as serious Clark.
 
Hammy's are one thing to not mess with, so I'm sure they'll be over cautious with it, he had this issue last year, better safe than sorry. He's the last guy I'd worry about if he had to miss a few practices.
 
slashsteel said:
Don't ham out


Coach T said it could be a quick PUP, so obviously it can't be looked at as serious Clark.
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Not necessarily worried about Watt although I can't recall what kept him out so much of last years pre-season. It just seems year in and year out, there are always multiple hamstring issues and they tend to linger. Seems there should be a way to avoid such a common thing. Maybe there isn't.
 
TDX27 said:
Not necessarily worried about Watt although I can't recall what kept him out so much of last years pre-season. It just seems year in and year out, there are always multiple hamstring issues and they tend to linger. Seems there should be a way to avoid such a common thing. Maybe there isn't.
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He had a ham issue last year not sure if it is the same leg, but doesn't appear as serious in comparison..
 
He’ll be fine.

Probably too much sprinting in the offseason.
Sprinting constantly will mess you up.
 
Good read -
During every NFL pre-season, it seems like half of the league goes down with hamstring injuries. Pick any team and you'll likely find at least one player—often a high-profile skill position player—nursing a bad hammy.

Barely halfway through the 2015 pre-season, guys like LeSean McCoy, Dez Bryant and Mike Evans—key cogs in their respective team's offenses—have all missed time due to some type of hamstring ailment. In fact, if you do a quick scan of teams' news feeds this season, you'll find at least 15 players who've recently suffered or currently have a hamstring issue.

That's a lot of players, although if you look at injury history in the league, it should come as no surprise.

RELATED: Get Faster and Prevent Injury With 3 Hamstring Exercises

A 2011 study examining 10 years of injury data found that hamstring injuries are the most common injury in the NFL, occurring, on average, 172 times per season. More than half of those injuries (51.3 percent) took place during the 7-week pre-season.

Frustrating for coaches and players alike is the fact that 68.2 percent of the time, the injury is caused by "non-contact sprinting,"— i.e., it's not the result of a player hitting or getting hit too hard, but simply from running.

How the Injury Occurs...
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The article continues with why it occurs. Mostly blames conditioning. Strange. Most of these guys are in shape year round. Seems like some team would figure out how to do a better job of avoiding this injury.

https://www.stack.com/a/why-do-hamstring-injuries-continually-disrupt-the-nfl-preseason
 
You can only place a player on the PUP if they have not practiced yet. The PUP is a tool, and you can bring a player back any time off of it, but you can only use it before camp starts. The reason why you use it, is you get an extra player into camp to see what they have. It's actually a smart personnel move, but no one can see the positives for those around these parts...

Watt should be out 2 weeks. 4 max.
 
Cope said:
You can only place a player on the PUP if they have not practiced yet. The PUP is a tool, and you can bring a player back any time off of it, but you can only use it before camp starts. The reason why you use it, is you get an extra player into camp to see what they have. It's actually a smart personnel move, but no one can see the positives for those around these parts...

Watt should be out 2 weeks. 4 max.
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Unpossible!!! Blasphemy!!! HCMVLT is not capable of making smart decisions!!!

Our resident coach however recommended that our newest member, visiting from Sweden, go back home and watch Swedish women jogging in a park and go to the Vasa Museum...

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bermudasteel said:
Unpossible!!! Blasphemy!!! HCMVLT is not capable of making smart decisions!!!

Our resident coach however recommended that our newest member, visiting from Sweden, go back home and watch Swedish women jogging in a park and go to the Vasa Museum...

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Whilst on vacation in Pittsburgh!!! :rofl:
 
Cope said:
You can only place a player on the PUP if they have not practiced yet. The PUP is a tool, and you can bring a player back any time off of it, but you can only use it before camp starts. The reason why you use it, is you get an extra player into camp to see what they have. It's actually a smart personnel move, but no one can see the positives for those around these parts...

Watt should be out 2 weeks. 4 max.
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Are you saying that he isn't really hurt? If this is just a ruse to get an extra player in for a look, why wouldn't they do this with a second stringer? Keeping one of our star players out of practice doesn't seem smart.
 
davenport, imo they don't really care, he is a lock , and don't want to risk it. Plus it will give them time to work with others at the position.
 
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