He's not complaining, and the hip has nothing to do with this whatsoever.
Maybe so, maybe not - I am not the doctor - I DO know he wouldn't talk about the pain once the season started regardless - that is Priest.I also am not a doctor on the inside of the organization - but it is probably omething the medical staff will consider when deciding their input on whether to sit Priest this week in light of two more leg related injuries.The Rams doctors certainly knew that Faulk's knees were hurting him before the season last year. They knew his knee would get worse and was degenerative b/c they had operated on it before - they sent him into the season with it having bearing on the decision to sit him, since he'd have to play the year with the pain anyway, right? But, when he got injured, they decided to have surgery since he was sitting anyway to give him temporary relief in the knees so he could play the rest of the year at a top level.I see this the same way - Priest has two injuries that maybe he could struggle through and play on - or they could be safe and sit him this week. Since his hip has been sore anyway, maybe a week off from the pounding early in the year with a break in two weeks for the bye will make it more bearable as the season progresses - it worked wonders for Faulk to sit for 6 games.The comment about his hip was not popping off - I wanted (and received) confirmation that he had been reporting that the hip still bothered him - it would be a factor in a decision whether to sit him, in my opinion, but it was my opinion, not me wisecracking a non-relevant comment.