HairOnFire Posted August 29, 2007 Report Share Posted August 29, 2007 ... chatman probably wouldn't make the team if he was healthy. Kaz, you been drinkin'? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HoosierCat Posted August 29, 2007 Author Report Share Posted August 29, 2007 Looks like Willie's foot will be an ongoing issue...Pro Bowl right tackle Willie Anderson, his 112-start streak on the line, practiced for the first time this season Wednesday on his injured foot and said it's a matter of dealing with the pain."It can't get better," Anderson said before practice. "It can feel better, but it can't heal itself or go away by itself. It's something for the next four years of my career I'm going to have to live with and play with."Anderson is talking about playing to the end of his contract, but he says he's taking it day-by-day, not year-by-year, and the goal is simply to get back for Opening Day. It's being debated if he should play Friday, and Anderson can see both sides with some extra practices looming before the Sept. 10 opener."We all do need some of action before playing," Anderson. "Mine could mean playing Friday night, or it could also be seven days of practice next week."Offensive line coach Paul Alexander said after practice he was encouraged and that Anderson went through all the paces he normally does.Pencil in RT in the first next April... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HoosierCat Posted August 30, 2007 Author Report Share Posted August 30, 2007 Meet our newest coach...David Pollack:http://www.usatoday.com/sports/football/20...450259354_x.htmLB David Pollack helping Bengals coaches while broken neck heals from surgeryBy Joe Kay, AP Sports WriterCINCINNATI — Linebacker David Pollack is helping Cincinnati Bengals coaches analyze tape while he recovers from the broken bone in his neck that has jeopardized his career.Pollack said Wednesday he is taking a more active role in the team while he waits to see if the neck fully heals from surgery last January to fuse two vertebrae. It's too early to tell if the procedure worked.He doesn't expect to play this season, but hasn't ruled out returning at some point."You can't predict something like this," Pollack said. "You don't know how long it takes. For some people, it takes six months for your neck to fuse when you have a fusion. For some people, it takes a year and a half. For some people, it never fuses together fully. So it's just sit back and let it happen."Pollack said his neck is still in the recovery phase."From my X-rays, you can still see things that need to heal," he said.It has healed enough that he can work out again and help the team by watching film with the coaches."I'm doing everything I can," said Pollack, a first-round draft pick from Georgia in 2005. "I get up every morning and play basketball and swim laps and come down here and break down film with the coaches. I'm just keeping my mind sharp and keeping my body in good shape. That's all I can do."Pollack cracked a bone in his neck while tackling Cleveland running back Reuben Droughns during the second game last season. He was placed in a halo brace that immobilized his neck, hoping the bone would heal without surgery.It didn't, prompting doctors to fuse the two vertebrae. The procedure increased the odds against Pollack resuming his career.The Bengals have placed the 25-year-old Pollack on the physically unable to perform list, rather than the injured reserve list that would rule him out for the entire season. Coach Marvin Lewis said Wednesday that the team wanted to keep open the extremely slim chance he could play late in the season."It's not likely it would occur," Lewis said. "Chances are it's one in a million that it would occur, but it does provide the window there."Lewis is glad that Pollack can spend more time with the team now."He has great energy and passion, and that's why we drafted him No. 1," Lewis said. "When he wasn't around, the guys missed him. When he would come around, even when he was in the halo, it was an uplifting thing for them." Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cincy9275 Posted August 30, 2007 Report Share Posted August 30, 2007 i am just glad to see pollack can function normally in everyday life and is in good spirits. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kazkal Posted August 30, 2007 Report Share Posted August 30, 2007 ... chatman probably wouldn't make the team if he was healthy. Kaz, you been drinkin'? Actually yes I have been lately And I've been posting mainly late night >_< sorry for the gibberish Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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