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A horse is a horse, of course of couse

Jul 25, 2007 Barbaro is dead, Charles Spencer, David Carr has Post-Concussion Syndrome, Injury bug, Preview, The Schaub Experiment

Well, it’s official. Charles Spencer will begin the season on the Physically Unable to Perform list, meaning he will miss (at minimum) the first six games of the 2007 campaign.

Damn. Double damn, even.

Now, I’ve spent the last 3 months harping on how our line was not that bad last year, despite not having Barbaro, as well as Mike Flanagan and the since-departed Zack Weigert. And, it’s true, many of the sacks of David Carr were created by none other than David Carr–a problem that we won’t face this year. And it’s fair to say that Salaam did a decent job filling in last year, though allowing 7.5 sacks is not exactly what I would call All-Pro caliber.

So, no, all is not lost.

Still, I was hoping Spencer would be ready to go if for no other reason than I wanted the full varsity line intact when Schaub slides under Flanagan’s butt for the first time against the Chiefs. Then again, by having basically the same line that Carr ended last season with, maybe fate has lined up so Schaub will still succeed and we can say “See?! I told you Carr was responsible!” That would be nice.

On the flip side, going against Julius Peppers with Ephraim Salaam scares me. A lot.

Anyway, I’m just rambling at this point. Spencer on PUP list. Matt not happy about it. The circle of life is complete.

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6 Responses to “A horse is a horse, of course of couse”

  1. Tman
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    July 25th, 2007 at 4:17 pm

    I haven’t stopped by in a while, but I just wanted to come in and thank you guys for letting go of Eric Moulds. As of this afternoon he’s a Titan.

    Not that we NEEDED any help at receiver or anything. (*cough*cough). Like some type of crafty veteran with the 2nd lowest % of dropped passes last year. Yeah, definitely not that.

    I tease because I love, feel the love Matty….

    Seriously, why did you guys let him go? I am truly curious.


  2. Mark
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    July 25th, 2007 at 4:27 pm

    You’ll understand why we let him go as of week 2 or 3. Over-rated and over-paid.


  3. Matt
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    July 25th, 2007 at 6:14 pm

    Before, I would have said we let him go because he played awful. Now, I will amend that to we let him go because David Carr made him play awful.

    Glad to have you back.


  4. stacy
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    July 25th, 2007 at 10:08 pm

    Matt, my brutha from anutha mutha…

    tell me my friend, who is Charles Spencer working with to rehab his leg? I also couldn’t agree with you more about Matt Schaub starting the season with the same line that David Car (whiny-mary-sissy-pants) failed so miserably with. Keep up the great work of spreading the Gospel according to Matt! You are a righteous man!

    stacy


  5. Mark
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    July 26th, 2007 at 6:56 am

    According to Rotoworld, Kevin Barry, OG, is working out in Houston this week. Scouts,Inc says he can play OT and he has a history with Sherman.
    Perhaps he can push Salaam, Black and Winston in camp. Depth is a good thing.


  6. Matt
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    July 26th, 2007 at 10:49 am

    Stac,

    I’m 99% sure that it is with Dr. Lowe (http://www.drwaltlowe.com/) in conjunction with the team trainers.