Sit Spiller ??

[Victor7]

Its been painfully obvious his ankle is still sore and hurting. His speed is not the same and he has trouble making cuts.

Is it time for CJ to sit out a game and let the ankle heal completely ?? Kudos to him for trying to play through this, but it seems in the long run it could end up being worse. Besides that Fred Jackson guy is kinda good and even Choice can do well.


Thoughts ??

[Pinkerton Security]

Im honestly fine with sitting him. He needs to get healthy before he can be the factor we need him to be.

[sukie]

Why risk further damage?

[bleve]

If it needs to heal, give him a rest. I don't think it will matter in this game anyway.

[better days]

CJ says he feels 10 times better now than he did before the Fins game & he wants to play.

[sukie]

CJ says he feels 10 times better now than he did before the Fins game & he wants to play.

Of course he says that.

[better days]

Of course he says that.

WHY would he say that if it were not true???????????????????????????????????????

[Mr. Pink]

He honestly should have probably been sat during the Cleveland game. He might be 100% now or close if he had.

[sukie]

WHY would he say that if it were not true???????????????????????????????????????

athletes want to play. (exceptions: Byrd and Derek Rose)

[Luisito23]

We're more than likely going to lose this game, so why have him do further damage?

It doesn't really matter though because there's no way he sits.

[Meathead]

play him until he vomits blood

[trapezeus]

depends on what he looks like in practice. it's been his ankle and then in miami it looked like he pulled up due to a calf.

i'd dress him and do as they did in miami. give it to fred and tashard. and play CJ if he's hurt or if he really did look ok during the warm ups.

[stuckincincy]

Of course he says that.

Yep. They are called "contract incentive clauses" or some such. Starts, downs, yards, you name it.

[jdaltroy5]

Good to see you again Vic!

And good to see that we're still on the same page. I said that he should sit in another thread.

He's just note effective at the moment.

[DBrown77]

If he isnt active do we promote the RB on th PS? If so, who gets the axe?

[IlluminatusUIUC]

WHY would he say that if it were not true???????????????????????????????????????

Gamesmanship.

[justasportsfan]

ON BB.com MArrone might sit him vs. saints

[jdaltroy5]

If he isnt active do we promote the RB on th PS? If so, who gets the axe?
I would think they would be able to roll with Jackson, Choice, and Summers for one week.

[BillsFever21]

I've been advocating this for the past two weeks. Had we sat him a week or even two if needed then he would be 100% healthy right now. Spiller wouldn't have changed the outcome in the Dolphins game one bit either. He only carried the ball 6 times.

[HAMMER]

I would love to see him sit this week and come back close to 100% for the Chiefs game..

[feldspar]

This is not the week to sit Spiller.

We are going to have to be able to run the ball if we have a prayer to win against the Saints, for starters.

The Saints are the worst rush defense in the league in terms of yards per carry, which is the true measuring stick. If he's able to go, you suit him up. Yeah, his ability to make cuts isn't the same, but the guy can still juke and run really fast. He can help this team. Dunno how he's progressing with his ankle, but you play him if at all possible...maybe not as much, but you still play him.

Don't forget that Freddie is hobbled too.

[SpikedLemonade]

Hi Victor. I guess Rick finally succeeded in killing off the range. Looks good on the tool.

Sitting Spiller this week makes sense to me.

[Victor7]

Hi Victor. I guess Rick finally succeeded in killing off the range. Looks good on the tool.

Sitting Spiller this week makes sense to me.

Still a proud member over there. Hope its not frowned upon over here.

Why can't we all be friends ?

[Generalissimus Gibby]

Its been painfully obvious his ankle is still sore and hurting. His speed is not the same and he has trouble making cuts.

Is it time for CJ to sit out a game and let the ankle heal completely ?? Kudos to him for trying to play through this, but it seems in the long run it could end up being worse. Besides that Fred Jackson guy is kinda good and even Choice can do well.


Thoughts ??

Bench him against the Saints, use sparingly against KC, and put em back in after the bye.

[SpikedLemonade]

Why can't we all be friends ?

Of course.

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Bench him against the Saints, use sparingly against KC, and put em back in after the bye.

We still have the Steelers and the Jets before the bye.

[swiper]

Fred Jackson is better. Spiller can pitch relief.

[swiper]

Still a proud member over there. Hope its not frowned upon over here.

Why can't we all be friends ?

The real reason the Zone is getting more traffic:


The Range is still down and it doesn't look promising.

[GvilleBills]

Vic!
I think he has to play. Make them game plan for him, and we hit them with the Cerberus attack.

[WagonCircler]

Why can't we all be friends ? That would be a great question to ask Rick the Psycho.

Good to see you here, Vic!

[TigerJ]

I'm OK with sitting Spiller. At his present health he's not likely to be a difference maker. Get healthy so he can be a difference maker again.

[jamze132]

A banged up Spiller is better than a 100% Tashard Choice trying to catch a ball on the run in the flats.

[Mr. Pink]

Heard on GR that Spiller may actually be out this week.

[feldspar]

Heard on GR that Spiller may actually be out this week.

I hope that's all a smokescreen and Spiller is doing better than they are letting on.

[Victor7]

I hope that's all a smokescreen and Spiller is doing better than they are letting on.


Doubt it. He's really looked hurt the past 2 weeks. I think he's for sunday.

[feldspar]

Doubt it. He's really looked hurt the past 2 weeks.

Yeah, he's definitely been hurt...no doubt about that, but that ain't the question. What I'm saying is that maybe he's further on to recovery than what they are letting on. You have Spiller saying he feels better than last week, and you have Marrone saying that he "thinks" Spiller has taken a step back.

I'm saying that I hope it's a smokescreen to keep the Saints guessing, because that sort of thing happens all the time, and that he really WILL play. That's a tactic every team uses, and I hope it applies here.


I think he's for sunday.

Did you leave a keyword out of this sentence? Out or in?

[Victor7]

Yeah, he's definitely been hurt...no doubt about that, but that ain't the question. What I'm saying is that maybe he's further on to recovery than what they are letting on. You have Spiller saying he feels better than last week, and you have Marrone saying that he "thinks" Spiller has taken a step back.

I'm saying that I hope it's a smokescreen to keep the Saints guessing, because that sort of thing happens all the time, and that he really WILL play. That's a tactic every team uses, and I hope it applies here.



Did you leave a keyword out of this sentence? Out or in?

lol

Yeah. OUT

[Meathead]

the outside drs are supposed to be there to do a determination whether he can play on the ankle without injuring it further. hes already played on it so unless something has changed it would appear those drs gave him the green light as long as he could stand the pain

so i dont understand why marrone is talking about making a decision based on how good spiller looked, unless he looked worse than he did before. if so then that would make spillers comments to the media a bit of his case why hes trying to convince marrone to let him play

do we know if spiller has looked better/worse in practice compared to the last couple weeks practices?

[feldspar]

do we know if spiller has looked better/worse in practice compared to the last couple weeks practices?

Spiller hasn't practiced at all this week. I guess they dressed him today, but he did not participate in individual position drills. He's listed as doubtful right now.

Jackson has seen limited practice the past couple of days.

[Edward Robinson]

They better he careful regarding Fred Jackson. He is one bad hit from hurting his MCL/ACL

[Mr. Pink]

They better he careful regarding Fred Jackson. He is one bad hit from hurting his MCL/ACL

They probably should just sit both FJax and Spiller this week. Let Choice handle the load this week, he has shown in the past he can handle it, and then re-evaluate both Freddy and CJ Wednesday and see where they're at. If one, or both, is closer to 100% go all out in practice with them for playing next week.

Hopefully with a week of rest both backs or at least one of them is close to healthy for the Chiefs game. Which to me is more important overall than this week's game anyway.

[BillsFever21]

It's about time they sat him. I've wanted it done for the past two games and had they done it then he would've been healthy by now and our record would be the same. All they did was prolong the injury and possibly make it worse. He wasn't doing us any good coming out of the game after each carry. You know the ankle is bad when he has one touch and needs to come out of the game.