MUrray broke hand?

[Mr B]

I think Murray Plays but honestly I think that the young man Williams on the practice squad is a terror waiting to happen.He has injury issues but he can play IMHO.

I fully expect them to let Murray walk. The next draft is deep in quality RB's. I think it will be a three way battle between Williams, Randle, and someone they draft.

[Jarntt]

Damn that sucks. I think Emmitt broke his hand once. It may have been a finger. He caught it in a face mask against the Vikings one night. He didn't miss much if any. I know it wasn't the 15th game of the year though. Damn. They kept MUrray in last night to pass block a lot. Thought after ARods bad game yesterday , he might have a shot at MVp with a strong , strong finish. I know winning is more important. Just a thought I had.

I remember that game. Emmitt had over 100 yards in the 1st half and was destroying the Vikings. Right before or right after the half he stiff armed a guy and got his hand caught in the guy's face mask. He scored a TD but broke his hand.

From what I heard today on the radio Murray broke the same bone in his hand that Emmitt broke. Emmitt only missed one game. The big difference between the two injuries is Emmitt broke his right hand and Murray broke his left hand. Both are right handed. Since it's not the hand he primarily holds the ball in he should be able to return. If he doesn't play this week and Randle does well I'd let Murray sit for that last week against Washington. Let him rest and be fresh for the playoffs. Breaking Emmitt's team record is not more important than being ready for the playoffs.

The problem with your theory is we are nowhere near a lock for the playoffs. We wouldn't even be a lock if we beat Indy this week. So, no way I even think about sitting Murray. If we are in a game that ends up being a blow out I rest him some, but sitting him isn't even part of the conversation at this point. Lets worry about the playoffs IF we make it...

[Jarntt]

They are announcing Murray should play this Sunday.

My only concern is that my wife grabs the melons at the supermarket with more pressure and tenacity then a healthy Murray does a football.

Woah...I read that quick and got a little distracted with the comment about your wife grabbing Melons at the supermarket...

[Jarntt]

They are announcing Murray should play this Sunday.

My only concern is that my wife grabs the melons at the supermarket with more pressure and tenacity then a healthy Murray does a football.

Keep in mind that the injury is to his left hand. He holds the ball mostly with his right hand. You can believe Indy will be going for the ball thought.

Another thing to factor in is that Indy has already clinched their division. Win or lose this game has not impact on their seeding. They may be more inclined to rest Luck in the second half to avoid injury.

Left hand yes, but Murray is constantly using his other hand for stiff arms and to keep defenders off of him.

[RJ MacReady1]

Heard an interesting point. Once he gets a shot for pain, a portion of the hand will go numb.
How can you do hand offs when your running back has a wrapped, half or fully numb left hand?

...and it's possible the Boys are downplaying this and won't announce he is out till the day before. S.O.P

[bluejerseyjinx]

I want to see Randle. He always seems to hit the line doing 90 mph, and gets these big chunks of yardage.

But I want to see what kind of back he is with more than just 4 carries in a game.

I would love to see Randle and Dunbar play behind this offensive line a see what they would do and let Murray have at least this week off. Just think of the fun we could have with our playbook this week and throw in a ton of new wrinkles using Dunbar and Randle that the Colts will be unable to see or prepare for. Colts are very suspect on defense, we could also open up the passing game this week and mix in some runs and screens.

[Manster7588]

Although I most likely don't use him I picked up Randle for FD. 2 reasons if Murray is ruled out Randle could a FF stud vs the Colts and my opponent currently has Murray. I love it if Dallas found their way into the playoffs this week using Randle and resting Murray for the playoffs.

[Jarntt]

They are announcing Murray should play this Sunday.

My only concern is that my wife grabs the melons at the supermarket with more pressure and tenacity then a healthy Murray does a football.

Keep in mind that the injury is to his left hand. He holds the ball mostly with his right hand. You can believe Indy will be going for the ball thought.

Another thing to factor in is that Indy has already clinched their division. Win or lose this game has not impact on their seeding. They may be more inclined to rest Luck in the second half to avoid injury.

Left hand yes, but Murray is constantly using his other hand for stiff arms and to keep defenders off of him.

Plus, he really can't play 3rd downs. Can't catch and can't block.

[Manster7588]

Keep in mind that the injury is to his left hand. He holds the ball mostly with his right hand. You can believe Indy will be going for the ball thought.

Another thing to factor in is that Indy has already clinched their division. Win or lose this game has not impact on their seeding. They may be more inclined to rest Luck in the second half to avoid injury.

Left hand yes, but Murray is constantly using his other hand for stiff arms and to keep defenders off of him.

Plus, he really can't play 3rd downs. Can't catch and can't block.

Watching the practice today he can barely use his left hand to secure handouts. I think he's not playing this week but the team is delaying the final report to make Indy guess.

[Mr B]

Left hand yes, but Murray is constantly using his other hand for stiff arms and to keep defenders off of him.

Plus, he really can't play 3rd downs. Can't catch and can't block.

Watching the practice today he can barely use his left hand to secure handouts. I think he's not playing this week but the team is delaying the final report to make Indy guess.

I can definitely see that. Why show them your hand until you absolutely have too.

[Jarntt]

I can see them waiting until the last minute to announce it, but they wouldn't have him out on the practice field and risking injury unless it he was OK to do so.