Stewart hurt; Rivera "concerned"

[panthers1234]

29 minutes ago, KendrickPanther said:

I don't blame Ron for playing Stew. But it was really shortsighted to have rookie RBs Wheger and CAP on the roster with about 4 touches between them going into the playoffs. We should have been giving those guys touches throughout the year.

We tried that. Honestly the difference is so huge we had to stop doing that. 

[KendrickPanther]

2 minutes ago, panthers1234 said:

We tried that. Honestly the difference is so huge we had to stop doing that. 

Yeah there was def a drop off in performance. But we still should have got them in when we blew teams out. 

[csx]

14 minutes ago, Ruff said:

Not at all: none of those players have an injury history that has kept them out of most seasons of their careers. But, when we're up 21-0, 28-0, or 31-0? Yeah, those guys should rest too. 

(At least Can and Luke, Gano plays very few snaps)

Looks like some of this will occur but the first half would have been premature IMO

[Smithers]

1 hour ago, Ruff said:

Hm. What was that about  resting him?

So you are using an injury to one of our better players to try to prove that an idiotic statement you made earlier was correct?  Geez..what a fan you are.  Go become a Saints fan.  

[mc52beast]

Wonder if this effects how Ron sees the rest of season, playing healthy starters and hoping for a perfect season or resting them when appropriate.

[JawnyBlaze]

Should not be resting Stewart or any starters without actual injuries to justify it.  But we SHOULD have at least CAP active so Stewart can take a seat once games are under control.  Fozzy ran GREAT out there today, but we know what he can do already and he already has plenty of game experience.  I wanna see CAP and Wegher out there.  At least a few touches a game.

[hepcat]

For a blowout there was WAY too many injuries in that game

[Ruff]

43 minutes ago, Smithers said:

So you are using an injury to one of our better players to try to prove that an idiotic statement you made earlier was correct?  Geez..what a fan you are.  Go become a Saints fan.  

What about it is idiotic? That other guys should get more touches? Stewart has never stayed healthy. Running him more in his career than he has ever ran before is a bad idea. An obviously bad idea. In fact, Ron has said over and over in his press conferences that we need him to get less touches. 

[stankowalski]

Injuries are going to happen.  We get up 28 points though might be time to start putting in some back ups.  And for the record I'm not a fan of resting people just to be resting them unless they are injured.  But when we have a huge lead, I see no problem with it.  

[amcoolio]

Panthers are saving Wegher til the playoffs to unleash him to unsuspecting foes with no game tape on him

[FootballMaestro]

Please, change your title OP. Both Rivera and Stewart said he's fine.

[KillerKat]

I agree that I'd like to see Stewart get rested more. We didn't need to see him anymore after the half. Hopefully CAP is active next week and we'll see more of Fozzy/CAP after Stew gets his carries then rests. 

[Ruff]

5 minutes ago, FootballMaestro said:

Please, change your title OP. Both Rivera and Stewart said he's fine.

The quote came from Pam from speaking to Rivera at halftime. 

[Banjo]

Screw the streak. Just SCREW IT! We need to start resting these guys. Especially someone like J-Stew