Stephen Hill - Injury, Tweek, Update?

[SetfreexX]

I saw something about this in another thread, then caught this note on another site :

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• WR Stephen Hill spent a few minutes under the tent while a trainer looked at his surgically repaired knee. Hill eventually walked back onto the field, but this is the second time his knee has acted up this week. The sense inside the team is he's not close to the same player he was before the injury, which included three torn knee ligaments and a hamstring.

 

 

Can anyone provide any additional correspondence on this? I figured I'd have seen this here 1st since it's the first site I usually reference for updates. 

[Arroz con Panther]

The word between all of us Huddlers is that he's fine.  He tore three ligaments, which is pretty gnarly; I think KB only tore one.  It will take him longer to get back into it.  I think it's perfectly normal that he would have his knee looked at during practice.  Also, I wouldn't look into the bold portion too much.  He probably lost some speed, but he was already fast as hell, so he'll still be above average.

[Cary Kollins]

Voth said a trusted source told him Hill is all but done.

[Nick_81]

14 minutes ago, SetfreexX said:

I saw something about this in another thread, then caught this note on another site :

His injury was a lot worse than KB's, so it's going to take him more time to get back to 100%, if he even can.  IMO, Voth didn't even need to include that line, and I'm not really sure why he did.  Of course he's not close to the same player he was.  His knee exploded this time last year... that takes a hell of a lot longer than just an ACL.

[Camp Fodder]

11 minutes ago, Cary Kollins said:

Voth said a trusted source told him Hill is all but done.

If this is true Byrd just made the team

[Cary Kollins]

16 minutes ago, Camp Fodder said:

If this is true Byrd just made the team

 

He also responded to a tweet asking about Byrd, and his thought is it'd be redundant to have Philly, Ginn and Byrd on the squad. Meaning, if Byrd makes the squad it'll be at Philly's expense.

[Nick_81]

6 minutes ago, Cary Kollins said:

 

He also responded to a tweet asking about Byrd, and his thought is it'd be redundant to have Philly, Ginn and Byrd on the squad. Meaning, if Byrd makes the squad it'll be at Philly's expense.

I saw that, and think it's a dumb comment as well.  They're going to keep the best receivers on the 53.  It would be pretty dumb to keep a lesser receiver, simply because he's "different" than Ginn/Philly.  Even if you only keep 5(KB/Funch/Ginn/Philly/Byrd), you can fill any role necessary with that group.  KB can play 1/2, Funch & Ginn can play all 3, Philly/Byrd can play 2/slot.  There's nothing that isn't covered, and you have all size/speed ranges to do any mixing/matching you want.

[Camp Fodder]

49 minutes ago, Cary Kollins said:

 

He also responded to a tweet asking about Byrd, and his thought is it'd be redundant to have Philly, Ginn and Byrd on the squad. Meaning, if Byrd makes the squad it'll be at Philly's expense.

No way philly gets cut. Then who is the 5th receiver?

[PoundCat]

What's a tweek? Is it a tweet about a twerk? Is it a twerk on fleek? One never knows...

[luke nukem]

Its sad but I think he will be gone with the first round of cuts. we simply have no room for him. I kinda had this feeling last year, if you go back and see how badly he torn his knee up its no surprise that he will never be the same, and he was a player who relied on speed. I just hope for his sake he doesn't push his knee over the limit these next couple weeks.

[Wundrbread33]

Fickle reports. One minute he is sooooo improved and beasting...the next he is all but done.

My guess is that he is in the middle of the exaggerations.

[tiger7_88]

15 hours ago, El Dandy said:

B-b-but people on the Carolina Huddle said that he has the potential to be the Panthers #1 WR!

Links or you're FOS.

[tiger7_88]

14 hours ago, Camp Fodder said:

No way philly gets cut. Then who is the 5th receiver?

Actually, every time I see Norwood in scrimmage video it seems to me he looks really really good. A stronger, younger, faster Cotchery.

Norwood as WR5 wouldn't surprise me a bit.