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Like teammate Andre Brown, New York Giants guard Chris Snee left Sunday's 41-27 victory over the Cleveland Browns a little early. Unlike Brown, it wasn't a concussion that forced Snee to the sidelines, it was a hip issue that had been bothering him since the Philadelphia Eagles game in week four. A hip issue that has now been revealed to be a partially torn labrum.
"I was in pain on Sunday night in Philly, but I felt relatively good [Sunday]," Snee said. "I came out because I am a seasoned veteran. At that point in the game I made it through and didn't injure myself anymore."
Snee had been questionable going into Sunday's game and earlier in the week, offensive coordinator Kevin Gilbride had revealed that Mitch Petrus would have gotten the start in the event Snee couldn't play. But after listing seven other injured players as inactive, Snee really had no other alternative but to play.
A partially torn hip labrum is a very painful injury, but Snee expects to play through it.
The Hospital for Special Surgery in New York says physical therapy and anti-inflmatory medicine is often prescribed to manage the condition, but if an athlete continues to experience pain, surgery may be inevitable. The surgical procedure, although it takes only an hour, would leave a player on crutches for two-to-six weeks, and the total recovery time is somewhere between two and six months.
Ultimately, Snee may be forced to play through the pain for the remainder of the season, and undergo surgery at the end of the year if necessary.
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norm, in response to your last post, you’re right the 49ers are definitely built to maintain a lead and play their best ball when protecting one. Getting off to a fast start will be key for the Giants, but it’s something they’ve done only once this season, against Carolina. That’s mainly their offense, though, as their defense is solid all-around.
What about the Giants defense? Can they hold a lead? Not with this non-existent pass rush. Maybe the offense can hold a lead if they can open up running lanes like they did yesterday. But otherwise, they’re fortunate that they have Eli who can bail them out. Unfortunately he’s relied on to do that way too much.
One glimmer of light that shone down on MetLife yesterday was that when Mitch Petrus came in for Snee he didn’t look anything like the basket case he looked like in the preseason game against the Pats. He actually made a few solid blocks and held his own. Of course, we were running the ball at the time so played into his strength, so hopefully, Snee can keep going and we won’t have to see The Mitch Petrus Experiment out on the field, but at least Petrus’ performance yesterday did not leave me in despair.
So who gets cut today in order to retain Sash? My money is on Scott, just can’t see how he’s got a place in this offense right now, but that leaves us with only 2 on Sunday if Brown’s concussion is serious enough. But unless that impacts Coughlin’s decision-making, I figure it’s gotta be him. We’re too thin at DT to drop Kuhn, and I just don’t see the use in dropping Ojomo if he’s getting healthy now.
My money’s on Tryon, seeing as Will Hill has shown himself to be a better option as a slot cover guy.
Eli Manning. You heard it here first.
The David Carr era of Giants football begins at 4PM today.
OK, in all seriousness, we cut Scott. Scott will likely come back to us on the PS anyway.
I was leaning toward Tryon too, but our secondary is a bit too delicate at this point. Webster’s still injured, Prince hasn’t proven his durability yet, and Hosley is out with a hammy. We’ll need Tryon as insurance, methinks. Though I could be very wrong.
I would not wholly discount the possibility that Sash himself gets cut.
He and Brown have similar skillsets; it’s not necessarily a given that the team will keep both.
I don’t think it’s the most likely possibility. Here’s my top 3*:
1) Tryon
2) Ojomo to fake IR or KP to temp IR
3) Sash
* I think Brown’s concussion keeps Scott safe for the time being.
Ojomo was dressed and on specials Sunday, I don’t think they could fake the IR after that
Oops, my bad.
I did not notice him.
Oh well, I guess that option is now officially off the table.
Maybe Osi instead
Chris Snee has officially been upgraded to One Tough SOB status.
Also, whose brake line will we need to cut to make life easier on the Giants next week? Vernon Davis’s? Alex Smith’s? Frank Gore? Or god forbid Colin Kaepernick?
I’m unimpressed by teams running up scores when their opponent is clearly punched out. The Saints in past seasons … and now the Niners … are not exhibiting much class. What goes around comes around …
Goat … Like you I was beyond happy to see the return of the old Bradshaw. He’s never been the kind of back to break off 70 yard TDs, but he was as quick as any getting to the second level. I thought that all his injuries and all the hits had finally taken his game. But yesterday it was like he stumbled into a time machine.
The Niners are a team having it all their way. However sometimes this can backfire. If we’re able to hang in there early then they may start to press. If they do it’s anybody’s game. And our anybody is named Manning. There’s is some Smith fellow.
Of course none of this happens if our DL is still in a coma. None of us have the luxury of breaking down game film so we can’t really say what’s happening. I don’t know who is winning the individual battles … don’t know who is playing well or bad. But as a unit we’re not getting the pressure we need to be an elite team. Right now we’re fine … but that’s not going to cut it from here on out. It’s going to be interesting to see what they do to try and turn it around.
Not that the Browns are good, but the D did hold them to 3 plays all day…
3 plays, and a bunch of broken tackles by a guy who ran like Jim Brown.
Okay, you’re young. But don’t EVER suggest a rookie running back “ran like Jim Brown”. I think Richardson is great, but I knew (watched) Jim Brown and he’s no Jim Brown. Nobody is, or is likely to ever be.
Got you, sorry for the ridiculous suggestion, you’re right. He didn’t run like Brown, just reminded me of a time when the best player on the Cleveland Browns was a running back, I’d never call JPP LT either, your right.
I think there is a huge difference in Bradshaw’s fumble vs. what wilson did with his first game.
And Bradshaw already played the rookie fumble card in his career, was relegated to the bench for the same reason, and how’s he doing today?
Love that TC gave him the ball right back after that, experience > talent on a TC team, and I think that is evident with Blackburn too. At least Blackburn can get everyone lined up, do you guys remember what we looked like last year with Jones and Herzlich trying to line up the d?
I’m not sure we cut anybody for Sash, except Sash. I think Hill has shown himself to be a better player, and as good on special teams. Stevie Brown has been a pleasant surprise as well.
So if Phillips’ injury is really week-to-week, I say they try to get Sash through waivers and onto the P.S.
A few other things- all IMO
Man was I scared for a second in the first 5 mins of that game. I was afraid people were going to start leaving… but we have Eli, and he didn’t even have to do anything too spectacular yesterday with the way the o-line played.
It was so awesome to see wilson explode through that hole, I think give him a shot or two each week, give him an extra carry each time, I didn’t understand why we did that gimmick play with him (I don’t remember who said this, but I agree).
How good would we be if we weren’t in the NFC East? haha
Funny that an exceptional day by Eli Manning is routinely considered par for the course. By Eli’s expectations, he was ****-hum. By most other QBs standards, he was outstanding. He had one pass that was a bit iffy, and the INT was blatant PI which wasn’t called. But he exploited the Browns secondary, took advantage of the matchups, and threw 3 TDs to the only WR the Browns should have been watching on every snap. If that’s not spectacular, I can’t wait to see what happens when he is! Hopefully that’ll happen next Sunday.
good point, I didn’t even think about that as I was typing it. He did have an amazing game, something that we come to expect. If he had that game last week, we would really have nothing to talk about!
Canty required time on PUP expiring, and him being healthy enough to play are two different things. Do we know from any reliable souces that he is phyically able at this point or is soon expected to be?