Byrd to IR, and other Tuesday news

[Captain Morgan]

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Damiere Byrd not expected to need surgery, per source. Small solace (but not insignificant) for a player who will miss regular-season finale at ATL and playoffs.

[ecu88]

48 minutes ago, Castavar said:

Dude is injury prone. Dammit, we need some speedsters to compete for a superbowl. Clay to the rescue

That is a bold face lie. Stop spreading he is injury prone off of freak incidences. God huddlers are opinionated dumbasses.

[AggieLean]

Apparently, Philly did some sh*t that caused him to lose favor within the organization, so he’s out. 

To me, all that shouldn’t matter as we’re trying to win a fuggin championship. Philly is/was another scrub, but It would make sense to sign Philly. He knows the offense and has made plays in the postseason with us. Should’ve took a shot at Britt when we had the opportunity 

[Rags]

1 minute ago, *FreeFua* said:

Yes but the difference is we’re going to the playoffs while the Giants were in tank mode 

Which brings me back to my second point -- what WR available right now would be able to, in two weeks time, build enough chemistry with Cam, learn our routes, audibles and offense, and magically make our offense better besides Philly?

 

[Skack25]

We could have zero WR on the roster and we still wouldn't sign one.  I don't understand the constant stagnancy.

[WOW!!]

6 minutes ago, Rags said:

Injuries happen.

Remember when the Giants lost their Entire WR core in pretty much one game?

Correct me if I'm wrong, I don't think they really signed anyone. Just bumped guys up from PS.

On top of all this, what WR available right now will bolster or better or WR core on top of having to learn the offense and build chemistry with Cam. This isn't Madden.

Sucks but it's the hand we're dealt.

And now they have the 2nd pick in the draft.. Great example.. 

Remember when the Pats had to many injuried WR's on the roster and they brought some one in.. Yeah it happens another way as well..

[WOW!!]

1 minute ago, Rags said:

Which brings me back to my second point -- what WR available right now would be able to, in two weeks time, build enough chemistry with Cam, learn our routes, audibles and offense, and magically make our offense better besides Philly?

 

Oh Cam the guy who had no off-season his rookie year and broke every nfl passing record for rookies.. Yeah he would be okay..

[t96]

11 minutes ago, TheRed said:

The entire point of the KB trade was to open up opportunities for other WR's. You think Rivera did all that by himself?

Yes, Hurney makes personnel decisions. Rivera decides how he wants to use the players on the roster. Byrd was getting about the same number of snaps as Shepard early in the year before he got hurt against the Pats. Rivera had him involved early. And Byrd did nothing with it. Not one reception. Just one rush. Then after he came off IR what got him more involved was Samuel's injury. KB had absolutely nothing to do with Byrd.

You're criticizing Rivera and DG for not playing Byrd like he's some frigging All-Pro sitting on the bench. Even the past 4 weeks he has done very little as a WR. His catch with YAC and a broken tackle on Sunday was nice to see but aside from that he was nowhere to be seen, just like Funch. He's progressing and takes time and I trust a professional head coach who sees the kid in practice every day to know more than some moron on a message board who rips the professionals for every single move they make like you could do it better. It's stupid. 

[Troys99x3]

At this point we need to stop messing around and bring Philly back in. He’s got speed and made some big plays for us in 2015. I trust Funch, Philly, Bersin, and Olsen as a unit more than what we have out there. I truly DO NOT trust Clay 

[*FreeFua*]

4 minutes ago, Rags said:

Which brings me back to my second point -- what WR available right now would be able to, in two weeks time, build enough chemistry with Cam, learn our routes, audibles and offense, and magically make our offense better besides Philly?

 

Any vet WR knows the route tree, that stuff doesn’t change. 

Bersin, Shepard, Frazier and Clay all could have great chemistry with Cam but that doesn’t mean they’re going to catch the ball as we’ve seen them all struggle. 

At this point I’d rather roll the dice with a couch potato than go into NO to find out what I already know about this group of WR’s.

Chemistry is overrated in this scenario.

[grimesgoat]

12 minutes ago, TheRed said:

Or maybe you give them too much credit and they actually made a mistake.

For all the poo people give Hurney, and I don't want him as GM, I doubt he let's Ginn walk if it were up to him.

What does it tell you when it takes Marty Hurney of all people to finally give Byrd his chance to shine?

Are you saying Samuel and Byrd getting season-ending injuries leaving us with Clay as our speedy wr threat was Gettleman's fault?

After watching Ginn repeatedly drop wide open passes, I was glad to see him go.  No one should settle for such mediocrity.  The guy was fast but ridiculously inconsistent.  After we drafted Samuel and had Byrd waiting in the wings, the speed issue was officially addressed. 

No clue if Hurney would have tried to re-sign Ginn instead of looking to improve the position, but I will admit getting KB out of the way was literally the best thing Hurney has done this year.

To suggest Marty Hurney "finally gave Byrd his chance" is beyond ignorant.  Gettleman signed Byrd in May 2015.  The GMs job is to go out and find the talent the head coach says he needs.  He's not determining the starting lineup.  Come on dude.

[Car123]

Just now, thomas96 said:

Yes, Hurney makes personnel decisions. Rivera decides how he wants to use the players on the roster. Byrd was getting about the same number of snaps as Shepard early in the year before he got hurt against the Pats. Rivera had him involved early. And Byrd did nothing with it. Not one reception. Just one rush. Then after he came off IR what got him more involved was Samuel's injury. KB had absolutely nothing to do with Byrd.

You're criticizing Rivera and DG for not playing Byrd like he's some frigging All-Pro sitting on the bench. Even the past 4 weeks he has done very little as a WR. His catch with YAC and a broken tackle on Sunday was nice to see but aside from that he was nowhere to be seen, just like Funch. He's progressing and takes time and I trust a professional head coach who sees the kid in practice every day to know more than some moron on a message board who rips the professionals for every single move they make like you could do it better. It's stupid. 

You think Dave would have made that trade?

[ecu88]

31 minutes ago, AggieLean said:

Fantastic. Fuggin fantastic.

His injury must be serious if were already placing him on IR. Guess there’s no shot of him being ready if we make a deep run.

All I know is Clay ain’t it. There was a ball thrown yesterday on the final drive that went right through his hands. I wouldn’t trust him at all, but I guess Cam has no choice.

Idgas about fines, put damn stickum on his hands and handle the fallout later.

[Rags]

4 minutes ago, WOW!! said:

And now they have the 2nd pick in the draft.. Great example.. 

Remember when the Pats had to many injuried WR's on the roster and they brought some one in.. Yeah it happens another way as well..

And what did any of those big name guys do?

Chad Ochocinco?

Malcom Floyd?

I'm sure your boy Kenny Britt will be tearing it up soon.

Point is trust the coaches. It's not like we haven't made off-season moves before because of injury (ex: Finnegan) if the team thinks we'll be fine at WR, I'm gonna trust them.

Just have Shep do nothing but work on his hands for the next week.