Colin Jones' miraculous overnight recovery from seemingly season ending groin injury

[Millioso7]

outside of being fast on special teams colin is sooooo overated on this team....thats dean marlowe or marcus ball spot...

[Millioso7]

buffalo package this buffalo package that blah blah blah we got shaq now stop the nonsense colin was simply a stop gap..

[jdpanther5]

There is a regular season PUP but I'd have to look up the rules.

Yes there is. PUP starts in TC and the player can be taken off of it anytime during camp, but if they aren't taken off when the regular season starts, they are ineligible for 6 games while on the PUP list. IR (designated to return) is different. 6 weeks after being placed on the list if cleared, a player can practice with the team but isn't eligible to play until 8 weeks after they are placed on it. 

He would've had to have been placed on the PUP by now, he's ineligible. The idea behind the PUP and NFI lists is to accommodate players who have injuries/limitations that pre-date training camp. Once you pass a physical - and thus, return to practice - you become ineligible. I doubt we use our return designation on him, so it looks like he may be done for the year if this injury is deemed serious. 

RE: PUP - We placed Brandon Williams and DeAndre Presley on the PUP before camp, everybody else was healthy. Williams has since passed his physical and returned to practice, so Presley is the only player left with PUP eligibility. 

[Carolina Cajun]

Lets not freak out, this is a position we could absorb an injury and not lose a lot.  Now I will go into full on panic mode if Cam/Luke/Olsen get's injured, we cannot afford any of those injuries.  Shaq fills the buffalo pkg and Coleman, boston and Harper can fill the safety position.  The thing is Dean Marlowe will now likely make the squad and fill the 4th spot.

[WesleyM]

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Jones was one of the fastest players on the team as claimed by his peirs and lets not forget he is who spearheaded The money man himself to take a trip to IR for the Browns last year. He is pretty decent on D

[MHS831]

 Dean Marlowe could make us forget about Jones

[MV%doe]

This is a big lost. Also this locks teddy Williams on the 53, given he's the only other true gunner.

Jones worth is made up by 3 or 4 players. I had frank as the starting DE and jones was a starter last year. Next men up....

[KB_fan]

Nothing confirmed, but the latest practice tweets from this morning (Tuesday) might be good news re: Jones:

Black & Blue Review ‏@BlackBlueReview 4m4 minutes ago

Wait, what? Colin Jones looks like he's going to practice.

 

 Jonathan Jones ‏@jjones9 4m4 minutes ago

Funchess has his helmet today. So does Colin Jones

[KB_fan]

Jonathan Jones ‏@jjones9 4s4 seconds ago

Colin Jones saw a specialist yesterday and the injury was not what the Panthers feared. Good news for him and the team

[KB_fan]

LOL.  Well, um, Ron... you were the one who seemed to be priming us for bad news yesterday:

Black & Blue Review ‏@BlackBlueReview 1m1 minute ago

RR on Colin Jones: "I don't know why everybody predicts this stuff. He went and saw the doctor and he said it wasn't as bad as we thought."

[rayzor]

crap. i don't know why, but for some reason this just deflated any hopes i had for being dominant. not that he was the make or break by any means. just that it was the straw that broke this camel's back. i.m just getting.  bad feeling about this season. seems like we're getting nothing but bad news right before a season i had high hopes for.

[FearTheCats]

crap. i don't know why, but for some reason this just deflated any hopes i had for being dominant. not that he was the make or break by any means. just that it was the straw that broke this camel's back. i.m just getting.  bad feeling about this season. seems like we're getting nothing but bad news right before a season i had high hopes for.

Read up. It was reported that it his injury wasn't even that serious after seeing a specialist and he is practicing today.

[rayzor]

Read up. It was reported that it his injury wasn't even that serious after seeing a specialist and he is practicing today.

this is why you read more before you post. still not feeling great about this season anymore. good news about jones, though.

[caatfan]

Just in- another possible season ending injury for Jones. He's off to see the hangnail specialist.