Preseason Injury Report: Randall Cobb and C.J. Wilson

by Brandon on Aug 20, 2011 10:10 AM CDT in Green Bay Packers Games

The biggest injury on Friday night was the believed to be ruptured patella tendon suffered by the Cardinals 2nd round RB Ryan Williams, who I expect is lost for the season.

Luckily the Green Bay Packers didn't have a significant injury, but they're starting to have a problem with depth on the defensive line. From JS Online:

Another injury scare hit the Packers' defensive line. C.J. Wilson, starting in place of Mike Neal (knee), left Friday's game with a possible concussion. Rookie wideout Randall Cobb also left the game with a left knee bruise while returning a kick in the second half.

When asked about defensive line depth, GM Ted Thompson said "I think we'll have a pretty strong defensive line once we're set to go." It probably did give them more of an opportunity to evaluate some of the other guys in camp, such as undrafted free agent DE Chris Donaldson, who got an extended look. There hasn't been much written about DE Jarius Wynn, but I think the team is pleased with his improvement since late last season. If Wilson did suffer a concussion, he could be held out a couple weeks.

A knee bruise doesn't sound too serious for Cobb, but his absence might have given an opportunity to some of the other backups. WRs Kerry Taylor and Chastin West each caught a TD (while West had a monster game) and WR Tori Gurley had a nice game too.

Here's the list of players who were held out due to injury, from the Press-Gazette:

Clay Matthews, who experienced soreness and tightness in his hamstring and missed practice on Thursday, didn’t play. Joining him in street clothes were: receiver Shaky Smithson (shoulder), receiver Brett Swain (hamstring), safety Brandon Underwood (knee), cornerback Davon House (hamstring), safety Anthony Levine (concussion), tight end Spencer Havner (hamstring), running back James Starks (ankle), guard Adrian Battles (Achilles), tackle Chris Campbell (knee), Guy (concussion) and Neal (knee)

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Williams Loss Is Definitely a Tough One

I feel bad for the guy. There was so much enthusiasm over what he could bring the Cards. And that makes two high draft rookie Running Back prospects who were being thought of as key components to a team’s offense injured for the season before a single regular season game.

What’s sad about it is that there’s no real catch all preventative measure that can help these players avoid this stuff. It just happens.

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by AdamA on Aug 20, 2011 10:34 AM CDT reply actions

I feel bad too.

Ruptured patella tendon… doesn’t sound like fun.

Speaking of which, I gotta’ say…

I was really getting annoyed with the announcers who kept bitching about how bored they were from all the touchbacks on kickoffs. It was especially the studio guys who were kinda’ doing guest spots in the booth, like Terry Bradshaw, Michael Strahan, and Jimmy Johnson. They just whined on every kickoff, “Oh, brother, another touchback, I’m so bored.” I’m like, dude, these guys were cracking their heads open trying to cover those kickoffs! If we can avoid a good fraction of the injuries by minimizing one aspect of special teams, then what are these FOX clowns crying about? Do they ENJOY watching injuries or something?

by Curly Lambeau on Aug 20, 2011 9:23 PM CDT up reply actions

kickoffs

I’d be really interested to see some numbers to back up the theory that alot of injuries happened on KO. Then compare them to the numbers this season. I’m sure ESPN and the NFL will keep track of it, but the NFL would probably never release that info. Hopefully, ESPN does at some point this season.

ANyone ever seen the numbers?

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by Strohman on Aug 20, 2011 9:30 PM CDT up reply actions

Talk about a rough way to start off your career

torn patellar tendon in a preseason game, in your rookie season? Ouchies.

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by OBrienSchofieldismyHero on Aug 21, 2011 12:45 AM CDT up reply actions

Like KO returns are all that exciting

most are runs from the end zone to about the 20 or 25 yard line last year. What exactly is so exciting about that? I have no issue with the rule at all, and, in fact, it quite frankly helps the Packers & hurts the Bears. What’s not to like about that?

The one issue I have with it is that the fantasy league I was in last year had strange scoring (5 return yards per point; 10 rushing/receiving yards per point), so I found RBs & WRs who returned kicks for bad defenses (giving up lots of scores, and in turn, returning a lot of kickoffs). I was dominating the league with guys like RB Darren Sproles, WR Eric Weems, WR Jacoby Ford, WR Marc Mariani, WR/RB Stefan Logan (especially valuable due to his dual eligibilty, that really helped out during bye weeks). I took Rodgers 2nd overall & snagged Antonio Gates in the 4th (and Finley in the 7th, unfortunately; 2 TEs started), and let all the other managers fight over the “star” WRs & RBs (who mostly scored less than the guys I got at a bargain. I don’t know if the commissioner is going to do that league this year (would be the 4th annual), possibly due to the new kickoff rules.

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by Wiedmann on Aug 21, 2011 1:57 AM CDT up reply actions

Kinda helps when you don't have Devin Hester on your team

No good return man = no excitement on kick returns.

by dchoubak on Aug 21, 2011 3:33 AM CDT up reply actions

Hester hasn't been returning kickoffs for the Bears for a couple of years, just punts

Knox returns thier kickoffs now

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by Buddhasillegitimatechild38 on Aug 21, 2011 8:21 AM CDT via mobile up reply actions

Plus there are lots of penalties.

by Wisfan on Aug 21, 2011 12:23 PM CDT up reply actions

The stupid thing is that kickoffs are going for touchbacks like 30% of the time now

That’s right, they’re botching about touchbacks doubling to LESS THAN A THIRD of kick returns. Stupid. It’s not even like there haven’t been some long/TD returns in the preseason

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by Buddhasillegitimatechild38 on Aug 21, 2011 8:17 AM CDT via mobile up reply actions