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WR DIONTAE JOHNSON [TOE].................SUSTAINED A "LEG INJURY" DURING TC [THERE IS A LOT OF PLAYING AROUND WITH INJURY DESCRIPTIONS DURING THAT TIME SINCE THERE ARE NO REQUIRED INJURY REPORTS]..................WEEK 1, HE WAS LISTED AS "FOOT" INJURY..............WEEK 2, HE WAS LISTED AS "TOE" INJURY..............IN FACT, THESE HAVE ALL BEEN A RESULT OF TURF TOE..............HE HAS MISSED EACH WEDNESDAY PRACTICE (THE STEELERS FULL CONTACT DAY) SINCE THE BEGINNING OF THE REGULAR SEASON, BUT PARTICIPATED EACH THURSDAY AND FRIDAY PRACTICES..............THIS INJURY HAS ESSENTIALLY NOT HELD HIM BACK WHEN IT HAS COME TO GAMES............HE SHOULD PLAY THIS SUNDAY.
WR JUJU SMITH-SCHUSTER [KNEE].............HIS KNEE INJURY CAN BE TRACED BACK TO JAN 2019 WHEN HE SUFFERED A BONE BRUISE TO HIS LEFT PATELLA..............HE THEN MISSED 4 GAMES DUE TO A PATELLAR INJURY WHICH ALSO INCLUDED THE PATELLAR TENDON.............IN WEEK 1 OF THIS SEASON, SHOWED UP WITH A KNEE ISSUE.................LIKE DIONTAE JOHNSON, THE PAST 2 WEEKS, HE HAS NOT PARTICIPATED ON WED CONTACT PRACTICES..................IN WEEK 2, HE PERFORMED COMMENDABLY..............FROM WHAT I HAVE BEEN ABLE TO DEDUCE, HE IS DEALING WITH PATELLAR ARTICULAR CARTILAGE DAMAGE FROM HIS ORIGINAL BONE BRUISE INCIDENT............AND POTENTIALLY RESULTING IN LONG-TERM CONTINUING CARTILAGE-DEGENERATING AND ARTHRITIC ISSUES..............HE SHOULD PLAY SUNDAY.
RG DAVID DECASTRO [KNEE]............SUFFERED AN UNDISCLOSED INJURY TO HIS KNEE IN TC AND HASN'T PRACTICED SINCE THE FIR WEEK OF TC.............HE CONTINUES TO NURSE HIS KNEE, WEARING A KNEE BRACE DURING HIS PRACTICE TODAY................AUGUST 2012, SUFFERED A RIGHT PATELLA (KNEE CAP) DISLOCATION WITH MCL RUPTURE, BUT WHICH SPARED HIS ACL.............AFTER NOT PRACTICING FOR SUCH A LONG TIME, IF HE PLAYS SUNDAY, EXPECT HIM TO BE SIGNIFICANTLY COMPROMISED, NOT THE VICIOUS RUN BLOCKER HE IS KNOWN TO BE.
DE TYSON ALUALU [KNEE]...............SUSTAINED A KNEE CONTUSION LAST WEEK.................MAY SOUND SOMEWHAT BENIGN, BUT WHEN YOU TAKE HIS HISTORY INTO ACCOUNT, IF I WERE THE STEELERS, I WOULD BE QUITE CONCERNED................IN HIS 2010 ROOKIE YEAR, HE SUSTAINED A RIGHT KNEE INJURY WHICH INVOLVED BOTH HIS MENISCUS AND ARTICULAR CARTILAGE............HE DEALT WITH RIGHT KNEE ISSUES THROUGHOUT THE 2010 AND 2011 SEASONS..............FEB 2012, HE UNDERWENT A MENISCUS TRIM AND ARTICULAR CLEAN UP KNEE SURGERY................IN OCT 2012, HE UNDERWENT KNEE SURGERY, MICROFRACTURE SURGERY....................2013, THE JAGUARS MOVED HIM FROM DT TO DE END IN ORDER TO TAKE STRESS OFF OF HIS KNEE (TO TAKE HIM OUT OF A 3-POINT KNEE-, BENT STANCE)................HIS KNEE HAS BEEN AN ONGOING ISSUE NOTICEABLY AFFECTING HIS PERFORMANCE................HIS KNEE CONTUSION, UNLESS VERY MINOR, IS LIKELY TO KEEP HIM OUT OF AT LEAST THIS SUNDAY'S GAME.
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SOME ADDITIONAL COMMENTS:
RG STEFEN WISNIEWSKI [CHEST]..........SUSTAINED A PECTORALIS TENDON TEAR WEEK 2.........LEFT THE GAME 1 PLAY BEFORE RT ZACK BANNER SUSTAINED HIS SEASON-ENDING ACL REQUIRING SURGERY............WISNIEWSKI WILL REQUIRE SURGERY, AS EVEN A PARTIAL TEAR WOULD BE EXPECTED TO EXTEND TO COMPLETE RUPTURE WITHOUT SURGERY...............BOTH HAVE BEEN IR'ED.
I posted this in the Steelers thread:
Roethlisberger lost last season to a major right elbow (throwing arm) injury/surgery. The (original) injury gave him several years of pain.........and from overuse and a sudden acute force, resulted in an injury that he was not expected to come back from. Three tendons that were torn away from the bone were re-attached using bone anchors. He apparently has come back strong........for now at least. Although last week, he connected on a long pass with his WR, for the most part, he has been throwing screens and short crossing routes. He threw 32 times in week 1 and 41 times in week 2. The question still remains how long will his arm "maintain," especially if he tries to increase the number of longer passes?
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