Dion Lewis Update

[The Gr8est]

We needed this.

Someone needs to pick up the slack from losing Derby.

 

[deroc5050]

Dress him Sunday! Bills been talking enough **** to deserve to be the first ones to see the full arsenal.

I say save him for December, **** the Bills even if they somehow pull off a big upset and beat us they have no chance of winning the division. With a Healthy Gronk, Lewis, Bennet, White, Edelman, and Blount.. I am pretty sure we will be unstoppable.

 

[VrabelMayeWin]

Dress him Sunday! Bills been talking enough **** to deserve to be the first ones to see the full arsenal.

Rex won't care - he has never heard of him. I have no doubt Dion is a few weeks away but we do have that open roster spot . . . .

 

[RobertWeathers]

Rex won't care - he has never heard of him. I have no doubt Dion is a few weeks away but we do have that open roster spot . . . .

He should care. Dion destroyed his defense in BUF last year.

 

[mosi]

So this starts to clock on Dion but not on Tre, correct?

 

[catent]

I have a hunch he'll be activated at the last minute for the Buffalo game; mind game of sorts with Rex.

And that's just one aspect -- his running style and receiving ability would be *huge* against that Buffalo defense.

 

[catent]

So this starts to clock on Dion but not on Tre, correct?

Correct

 

[signbabybrady]

I say save him for December, **** the Bills even if they somehow pull off a big upset and beat us they have no chance of winning the division. With a Healthy Gronk, Lewis, Bennet, White, Edelman, and Blount.. I am pretty sure we will be unstoppable.

My injury philosophy and playing is simple if you can go you go. Never understood the idea of trying to save players with the one exception being week 17 if you have nothing to play for and even that is tough to manage.

 

[VrabelMayeWin]

My injury philosophy and playing is simple if you can go you go. Never understood the idea of trying to save players with the one exception being week 17 if you have nothing to play for and even that is tough to manage.

In general I agree but Dion is a little different with his injury history, game changing ability and the effectiveness of the offense even without him.

Bottom line, the doctors can tell them the risk, if it's got a good chance to just pop they should hold him out. If he's stable other than bad luck, then let the show return.

 

[fnordcircle]

He should care. Dion destroyed his defense in BUF last year.

Pretty sure that's the joke, my friend.

Since Rex said he had never heard of him prior to said destruction and then Rex made a point about how he knew Dion.

 

[Hammer of Thor]

Can we please stop it with the Dion Lewis information and bring this thread back on topic? How's Kayne West looking at practice today?

 

[RobertWeathers]

Pretty sure that's the joke, my friend.

Since Rex said he had never heard of him prior to said destruction and then Rex made a point about how he knew Dion.

Oh I remember now.

 

[luuked]

Unfortunately Valentine is not .. again .. which is a bigger news coming this Sunday because Hamilton is also hurt and they sent Johnson back to PS .. again.

You make it sound like Johnson could have helped fill the roles of Valentine or Hamilton when he is almost a totally different type of player. Those things have nothing in common.

 

[long distance]

My injury philosophy and playing is simple if you can go you go. Never understood the idea of trying to save players with the one exception being week 17 if you have nothing to play for and even that is tough to manage.

Maybe you might care for some of this philosophy ..

2. Patriots already preparing for January. The Patriots believe that every season there’s a better-than-good chance they’ll win their division and play more than 16 games. That confidence has created an inherent advantage that they’ve quietly worked to exploit. And here’s how: Knowing that the season won’t crumble if they have a bad week in September or October has given them flexibility to experiment early.

As I understand it, the experience of going into the AFC title game beaten to a pulp with injuries last January has prompted New England to handle its players a little differently this season. In essence, there are games where they’ve accepted not going with a full roster. They were cautious with the oft-injured Rob Gronkowski and Julian Edelman, who were both beat up last January, as well as Dont’a Hightower, and the suspension of Tom Brady gave him what could be termed an organic four-game break at 39 years old. So far it hasn’t hurt the team’s bottom line much—they’re 6-1—and the benefits, at least on paper, are still a ways off from being realized. It’s also fair to see where this idea could extend into on-field strategy, too, with the team tinkering or holding back its offensive or defensive calls, with an eye on the higher-stakes parts of the season.

Before the opener Bill Belichick told the New England media, “I don’t think you really know your team until the middle of October.” In years past we’ve heard him reference Thanksgiving as a time when you can figure out who the real contenders are. All of this, plus the reduction in offseason work, explains why the Patriots have really started to use the time they get early in the year in a way few other teams can: to develop their roster. And this year, since they like the depth they have and carry the experience of falling just shy last year, they’ve pushed it to another level. - Albert Breer

 

[long distance]

You make it sound like Johnson could have helped fill the roles of Valentine or Hamilton when he is almost a totally different type of player. Those things have nothing in common.

They did have a lot in common last week ..

 

[long distance]

Well .. according to this VV did practice! .. really hope he's ok for Sunday

 

[long distance]

Don't think this will be decisive but just to stir the thread some more ..




And if someone has the same question .. I guess he won't until he's activated

 

[AtomicDawg]

Don't think this will be decisive but just to stir the thread some more ..




And if someone has the same question .. I guess he won't until he's activated

RE: Rich Hill's Tweet: I think it means he wasn't limited whatsoever, which if you look at the videos that's right on the money. Or it's gamesmanship.

 

[RobertWeathers]

Don't think this will be decisive but just to stir the thread some more ..




And if someone has the same question .. I guess he won't until he's activated

Rich is a little off here. He is not on the 53 therefore is not required to be in the injury report

 

[AtomicDawg]

Rich is a little off here. He is not on the 53 therefore is not required to be in the injury report

Great point. He either must be removed off it or put on IR. That 21 day practice window allows that he not be on.