No sign of Luke at practice possibly out until after the Bye

[nctarheel0619]

 

 

[Proudiddy]

That was one severe ass concussion.

It's weird how it works though...  He seems perfectly fine seeing him on the sidelines and everything.  I'm guessing he is having issues after physical exertion and that's what is holding him back?

[LUUUUUKE]

This is no bueno

[nctarheel0619]

This is no bueno

Yeah, I'm officially worried about Tampa.  3 weeks with a concussion?  Good God man. 

[Mojo]

Look forward to a lot of slants over the middle.  Klein in coverage is boom or bust.. mostly bust.

[Jmac]

Okay....Mr. Klein your turn once again. Any doubt then sit Luke for two more weeks. We will be fine this week.

[TheWiz]

AJ Klein has done a great job so far. Good reps for him. We should be fine against TB without Luke.

If we can go into the bye 4-0, this team is poised to do some damage. The silver lining behind a player getting hurt is that you really increase the reps and experience of the other guys. Good will come of this.

Last year we battled injury's and we still made the playoffs. We can do the same thing this year.

[Shadow]

I have no problems with Luke being out again.  Take all the time you need to heal as well as you can.  Imagine how fresh he'll be down the stretch this year having three less games of wear and tear on his body.  You know just in time for the Falcons games...

[MechaZain]

That was one severe ass concussion.

It's weird how it works though...  He seems perfectly fine seeing him on the sidelines and everything.  I'm guessing he is having issues after physical exertion and that's what is holding him back?

I suspect it's just being safe rather than sorry. I'm no doctor but I think he'd be out there if not for the bye making it appealing to just rest him up. 

[Mojo]

AJ Klein has done a great job so far. Good reps for him. We should be fine against TB without Luke.

If we can go into the bye 4-0, this team is poised to do some damage. The silver lining behind a player getting hurt is that you really increase the reps and experience of the other guys. Good will come of this.

Last year we battled injury's and we still made the playoffs. We can do the same thing this year.

That's a great way to look at it honestly

[PhillyB]

damn. we need to send blitzes at winston and this handicaps that

[Moorgan]

The researchers used a concussion-symptom scale and found that patients who engaged in the most mental activity took about 100 days to completely recover, having no headaches, dizziness or blurred vision. For those who gave their brains time to heal, recovery time was cut to an average of 43 days, the study found.

http://consumer.healthday.com/cognitive-health-information-26/brain-health-news-80/power-down-to-speed-concussion-recovery-study-683556.html

And this:

We then looked at cognitive activity days and the time to recovery, and divided participants into quartiles. We found that those participating in the most amount of activity, meaning the highest quartile, took 100 days to recover vs those in the other 3 quartiles, who took 20-50 days to recover.

This study, I believe, has 2 important findings. The first is that those who participated in the most amount of cognitive activity took the longest to recover. This is important because up until now, there has been very little data to actually suggest that cognitive rest is important. While most physicians have been recommending cognitive rest as a mainstay of concussion treatment, we did not have any actual data to support this up until now.

The second most important part of this is that those in the other 3 quartiles took relatively the same amount of time to recover. This would suggest that mild to moderate activity after the initial amount of rest that is recommended is not detrimental to patient recovery and that perhaps cognitive activity at some level may be beneficial.

http://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/819884

[nctarheel0619]

I have no problems with Luke being out again.  Take all the time you need to heal as well as you can.  Imagine how fresh he'll be down the stretch this year having three less games of wear and tear on his body.  You know just in time for the Falcons games...

He has never worn down before.  What the fug?  Do you guys really make poo up in your heads like this?  

[t96]

I suspect it's just being safe rather than sorry. I'm no doctor but I think he'd be out there if not for the bye making it appealing to just rest him up. 

If he were to get cleared he'd be playing. The bye has nothing to do with it, nor does Tampa being an easier matchup than the 4 after the bye. Many keep bringing up that the coaching staff is holding him out or some nonsense like that, but that's just plain ridiculous. He hasn't been cleared yet by doctors. Coaching staff/management have absolutely nothing to do with it.