Injury Season

[PlayerRep]

No offense but this seems like a preemptive excuse making. You can look at any college team in America and you will see equal to or worse injury lists. This team doesnt need any excuses. They have what I think is a great draw and should get to a JMU match up in the Semis without seeing either of the teams that caused them problems

Every starter except maybe Akem will be available for the playoffs

While I agree that depth took a little hit its the same for everyone this time of year.

Injuries that were noted initially on this thread:

Akem- Clearly the big one and has been missed but this is an area with a ton of depth. Ill note he did play in blowout loss to sac state and not in blow out win of Weber

Egbo- Hasnt been there all year-Back up

Tolliver- Non factor-Unknown how much of a roll if any

Hemphill- Non factor-Unknown how much of a roll if any

Rensvold- Another position with a lot of depth. Touch Down Machine is a little rich. 3 catches in 3 games for 16 yards and 1 TD

Sulser-He is an intriguing one. I think he was not properly used while in but in either case played in 6 games and had 9 catches for 82 yards and no TD's

Sneed- Obviously a big if not he biggest reason the Griz have had the success they had this year but he missed all of parts of 3 games. He wouldnt have made a difference in the sac state game and its not becasue he isnt good enough but because to many other negative factors across the board in that game

Mamula- He was a nice fill in but another position with some depth. He had 14 tackles in 11 games and 3 sacks.
Comaparing him to Holmes is laughable at this point

Listing a team's injuries is not "preemptive excuse making".

Losing starters in positions with depth is still missing a starter.

A better measurement would be looking at the number of plays that others have to have, because a starter or back-up is out. Injuries to back-ups impact depth. Personally, I think Sneed is the biggest "loss" at this time. He's not the same guy as he was in the first half of the season. Lost mobility. Lost practice time. He's the straw that stirs the drink.

 

[behappp]

PAGriz, I think the part you’re missing is that Sneed isn’t “Sneed”.....he’s virtually immobile back there, which changes our offensive production dramatically. That was evident in both the Idaho game and the MSU game. I hope he’s had a chance to heal these past couple weeks...his inability to run takes away a huge part of his game.

Not only his immobility, but it seemed to me that he wasn't really able to set up and throw with the power and accuracy that he had when 100% healthy. I'm a huge fan of Sneed and hoping that he recovers and really show all of GrizNation just how great he can be in the playoffs.

 

[Ursus1]

Is Sneed with such limits better than a healthy Cam that practiced the whole week? If yes, also curious what that means for 2020.

 

[kemajic]

Is Sneed with such limits better than a healthy Cam that practiced the whole week? If yes, also curious what that means for 2020.

I suspect part of the issue is that BH is loyal to his players, particularly seniors, that have produced. He does not like the feel of a warrior Sneed riding the pine in which could be his last game. The OL needs to step up better than they did against MSU and the receivers need to catch and hold onto the ball. It can't be all on either Sneed or Humphrey.

As for 2020, we can only hope we have a QB that can be BSC offensive POTW 3 times.

 

[mtgrizfankb]

Is Sneed with such limits better than a healthy Cam that practiced the whole week? If yes, also curious what that means for 2020.

You don’t bench a leader and a captain. If he can be 75%, that’s good enough. He’s a game changer. He’s a team builder and he has the trust of the teammates. Sure he’s not his usual self but if you go and watch the film...if he didn’t have the drops they did and the OL didn’t get just whipped on half those TFL...we would have been moving the ball. You can’t have that many team mistakes and still be in the game