Maybe you're serious then. Yikes. Either way, this is a stupid conversation based off a very stupid point and I blame myself so I'll drop it now before it becomes a thing.
Browning in theory they matter in reality this team will lose A LOT of games this year and in the end Darnold health is all that really matters
I will say this again = when I was 22 I had a mild case of Mono = I lost over 20 pounds and I was in zero condition to play basketball ( never mind Football ) a month later, in fact my Basketball season ended and it took me months to get back to normal. I know medicine is amazing these days but IMO ( and yeah I am no doctor ) there is no way Darnold should be playing this week if he hasn't even practiced or touched the weight room --> it is stupid to rush this kid back to what I will continue to call "MEANINGLESS GAMES "
He said he's only lost 2 lbs, and that was a week ago. He said he feels 100% and would be ready to go if his spleen wasn't enlarged. You think Sam wants to get himself killed? I don't.
NJF ,,,,,,you think Sam wants to sit and watch ? The kid has not been cleared to lift a single weight or practice yet but yeah what do I know , I had mono and am speaking from my experience.
Yea but when you were 22 they were using leaches to treat diseases and you spent the dark hours wondering if that fireball in the sky was going to come back again.
Remember when Chad Pennington returned from injury against the Eagles? That was a fun game. Vinny started and threw that flea flicker to Santana Moss, but then Chad came in and looked pretty good. Not enough though as the Eagles hung on for the win. I was hoping Sam would make a similar return this week, but if he is not 100%, I am cool with not risking it.
Unless over the past 10 days this team has figured out how to get our offensive schemes corrected, I wouldn't want any QB, never mind Sam back there. They should put both RB back in and run an option play with no QB on the first two downs. Have Bell throw the ball as an option. LOL
If am a MD advising Sam and the Jets this entire discussion we are having now prob/hopefully is at the forefront of any final decision I would also check to see if I paid my last Malpractice Insurance premium
So, I have Eagles fans friends, relatives and a client in Philadelphia who's a huge Eagles fan. Plus there's the elephant in the room of the Jets never ever winning against the Eagles in their history. I've sat through two or three of them amongst all the home games I've been to. I remember Randall Cunningham's big second half. (Might just be two games, they don't play each other much...) Anyway, I wait four years each time for another crack at them, but it seems we never seem to play them at full strength. There's always some aspect that's off. Maybe we're NEVER at full strength. But this year I thought maybe this might be the year despite the game being in Philadelphia. Foolish thoughts filled my head about driving down there and getting a group together of those I know to make a party of it. Sam gave me hope this summer. Now this. Thankfully I didn't put the big plan in place, but what a disappointment. Without Sam and CJ I feel like I did heading into the last two games. There's really no chance of winning Sunday. I would not say that if it wasn't the Eagles in Philly, with our track record. I just can't imagine a victory scenario.
IMO darnold should NOT return this week. that would be the quickest recovery from EBV i have ever seen. mind you this is not college physics class he is returning to. its the brutal NFL made even more brutal by the jets stellar OL.
Sam should play as soon as he won’t die on the field from one hit to the wrong spot. If his spleen is deemed to be regular size on Thursday then lace em up on Sunday.
Disagree. If he goes out there with a normal spleen but he isn't in football shape, he's risking other injuries. The last thing we need is for him to play after getting cleared to practice a couple days before and then missing the next six weeks with a muscle or joint injury. Play him when he's ready; I don't think that will be against the Eagles but hopefully the Cowboys.