Redskins Sign RB Ryan Grant/Place Roy Helu Jr. on IR

[los panda]

meanwhile, cooley and portis are working their tails off. they're not done fighting!

[53Fan]

I'm really disappointed about Helu. I was expecting a great year from him i like the Grant signing. I think he can contribute.

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Originally Posted by CRedskinsRule

I second this, not because of anything against Grossman. It just doesn't make sense for him to be on the roster, and not dressing for games at this point.

Lets just say rg3 gets hurt. Than does it make sense?

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Originally Posted by Chico23231

Coulda gotten Cedric Benson and IR'ed Helu sooner. Just saying

Yeah but we were still undefeated than. Lol

[GMScud]

Originally Posted by SmootSmack

Well, Redskins have officially announced he's been place on IR so that's all the confirmation I need

Not all that surprising, bigger surprise is that he wasn't placed on IR before the season started.

Some of you know I was saying back in July he was a strong candidate for IR. Never could quite get healthy enough.

I still hear Royster may miss some time though. Week or two perhaps

I never knew that his achilles was that big of an issue. If it's a Landry type achilles thing, I hope Helu just gets the surgery asap and gets himself right. He's got a lot of football in front of him.

[CRedskinsRule]

Originally Posted by punch it in

Lets just say rg3 gets hurt. Than does it make sense?

Sure, Let's assume the following:

Grossman is cut today.

Who picks Grossman up?
Doubtful anyone does right? so he is probably available on the street.


next - We put an OL Tackle on the 53 man roster from our practice squad.
His practice time shifts to the same as the 53 man Roster, and we add another practice squad CB


Going into the next game, Cousins is 2nd backing up RGIII like the first two games. No difference in this Sunday.

now, the doomsday you mention. RGIII is hurt in the game. Cousins is still the only qb we have available to play so he goes in.

if he does good we pull the practice squad qb up and move on. if he does bad we call Grossman and say if you want the spot its yours, and he comes back and we have a 50/50 year.


Ultimately in no way does having Grossman as a Sunday inactive every week make this a better team, but it might make it slightly worse, because of the potential spot that is being used for a qb with no future here.

[SmootSmack]

Originally Posted by GMScud

I never knew that his achilles was that big of an issue. If it's a Landry type achilles thing, I hope Helu just gets the surgery asap and gets himself right. He's got a lot of football in front of him.

Yeah I talked about it with the other mods during that two week span you were mod-banned for...well you know what you did with that chicken and the duct tape.

But yeah it's very much a Landry type thing.

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Originally Posted by CRedskinsRule

Sure, Let's assume the following:

Grossman is cut today.

Who picks Grossman up?
Doubtful anyone does right? so he is probably available on the street.


next - We put an OL Tackle on the 53 man roster from our practice squad.
His practice time shifts to the same as the 53 man Roster, and we add another practice squad CB


Going into the next game, Cousins is 2nd backing up RGIII like the first two games. No difference in this Sunday.

now, the doomsday you mention. RGIII is hurt in the game. Cousins is still the only qb we have available to play so he goes in.

if he does good we pull the practice squad qb up and move on. if he does bad we call Grossman and say if you want the spot its yours, and he comes back and we have a 50/50 year.


Ultimately in no way does having Grossman as a Sunday inactive every week make this a better team, but it might make it slightly worse, because of the potential spot that is being used for a qb with no future here.

I understand grossmans phone isnt going to lite up trust me. I just think - esp with this oline - that it is important to keep three qbs that are familiar with our o fresh n with the team for this year. Im not going to bat an eye if he is released but im keeping him around sort of like that pair of sneakers that i never want to wear again but am not ready to throw away yet just in case.

[CRedskinsRule]

Originally Posted by punch it in

I understand grossmans phone isnt going to lite up trust me. I just think - esp with this oline - that it is important to keep three qbs that are familiar with our o fresh n with the team for this year. Im not going to bat an eye if he is released but im keeping him around sort of like that pair of sneakers that i never want to wear again but am not ready to throw away yet just in case.

Ok, thats fine but honestly, if Griffin and Cousins go down, Grossman coming in just is like pouring alcohol on a wound, might be the right thing, but it's gonna hurt like hell.

[imaskin4life]

Originally Posted by warriorzpath

I agree with some folks on here saying that this signing has more to do with helping out with pass protection. Grant's addition also says that the Redskins needed to address what they think is an issue - protecting RGIII.

Hopefully, Grant runs well enough to not tip what the Redskins are doing on offense and continue to keep the opposing defenses off-balance.

I think it could also mean that we planning on running the ball more in the near future and would like to have another RB on the roster at full strength besides Morris.

[SmootSmack]

Originally Posted by imaskin4life

I think it could also mean that we planning on running the ball more in the near future and would like to have another RB on the roster at full strength besides Morris.

Could be. But RGIII specifically mentioned Grant's pass blocking ability today

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Originally Posted by CRedskinsRule

Ok, thats fine but honestly, if Griffin and Cousins go down, Grossman coming in just is like pouring alcohol on a wound, might be the right thing, but it's gonna hurt like hell.

I guess until i would ever see cousins in a real game im not ready to say he is even better than grossman. So just in case rg3 goes down and the season isnt over i want the option of my old smelly sneaker. Believe though i hear you about grossman.

[vallin21]

Hate to hear that Helu's on IR; he's too injury prone and I question if he'll be back on the team next year. As SS stated, depending on the severity of Royster's injury, and if Slaton remains unsigned, Slaton could sign w/ us down the road.

[skinsfaninok]

The skins have had so many different backs since CP.

Betts
Cartwright
Torain
Hightower
Helu
Morris

[SmootSmack]

Royster has a sprained PCL, but he's going to try to play on Sunday. Personally I'd be a bit surprised