Shawn Alexander's outlook (1 Viewer)

[Eagle Eye]

Is this deja vu from last year where the injury is "no big deal" until they have to put him on the shelf for some healing time?

Was it broken all along or did it progress from a sprain to a break?

Can he really continue to play with this? and be effective?

Any history of people playing through this?

What's the move with Alexander? Cut bait now? Use the news to aquire cheap?

 

[Keepers]

An RB should be able to play with a broken wrist, may mean carrying the ball in the other hand more but it is not like it is a foot injury.

 

[Eagle Eye]

An RB should be able to play with a broken wrist, may mean carrying the ball in the other hand more but it is not like it is a foot injury.

That's what the hawks are ssellin right now...I'm not sure I'm buyin. He's gonna get tackled and have to fall down on that broken wrist 20+ times a game. I don't see how it could heal under that type of weekly pounding.

 

[Chaos Commish]

It changes the way he carries the ball, it changes the way he catches the ball, and it changes the way he goes down. Compensating for an injury is dangerous and sometimes leads to another injury. If you can't break a fall with your arm you may hit harder. Turning awkwardly to protect the wrist could injure a back or shoulder. He may fumble more and that could lead to less carries. Defenses will probably target the wrist cast and enough blows could cause more damage. His production has to suffer some from all of this, but in the end a few backs have done this. Steve Slaton played all of last season with a broken wrist. He did not wear as heavy a cast as Alexander is wearing. He went from never fumbling to fumbling 4 times in his last 4 games. His receptions suffered, but he still ran for 1700 yards, and made it all the way to the last game of the year...which was the only one he missed. He had surgery for it when the season was over and doctors said playing on it made it much worse, but it would still come back to 100% in 10-12 weeks.

 

[TheBradyBunch]

It changes the way he carries the ball, it changes the way he catches the ball, and it changes the way he goes down. Compensating for an injury is dangerous and sometimes leads to another injury. If you can't break a fall with your arm you may hit harder. Turning awkwardly to protect the wrist could injure a back or shoulder. He may fumble more and that could lead to less carries. Defenses will probably target the wrist cast and enough blows could cause more damage. His production has to suffer some from all of this, but in the end a few backs have done this. Steve Slaton played all of last season with a broken wrist. He did not wear as heavy a cast as Alexander is wearing. He went from never fumbling to fumbling 4 times in his last 4 games. His receptions suffered, but he still ran for 1700 yards, and made it all the way to the last game of the year...which was the only one he missed. He had surgery for it when the season was over and doctors said playing on it made it much worse, but it would still come back to 100% in 10-12 weeks.

All good points, but wasn't Slaton's injury to his right (dominant) hand while Alexander's is to his left? I'm not saying it won't affect SA over the course of the season, but I believe he's still got his "good" hand available whereas Slaton didn't. I could be wrong...

 

[mbuehner]

The big question is whether he can hold onto the ball. Defenses are going to be working overtime to strip Alexander from now on- if he starts coughing it up his value will nosedive in a hurry.

 

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[Eagle Eye]

It changes the way he carries the ball, it changes the way he catches the ball, and it changes the way he goes down. Compensating for an injury is dangerous and sometimes leads to another injury. If you can't break a fall with your arm you may hit harder. Turning awkwardly to protect the wrist could injure a back or shoulder. He may fumble more and that could lead to less carries. Defenses will probably target the wrist cast and enough blows could cause more damage. His production has to suffer some from all of this, but in the end a few backs have done this. Steve Slaton played all of last season with a broken wrist. He did not wear as heavy a cast as Alexander is wearing. He went from never fumbling to fumbling 4 times in his last 4 games. His receptions suffered, but he still ran for 1700 yards, and made it all the way to the last game of the year...which was the only one he missed. He had surgery for it when the season was over and doctors said playing on it made it much worse, but it would still come back to 100% in 10-12 weeks.

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