From PFT ...Cornerback David Amerson was able to take part in Wednesday’s practice...but any hope of a return to action grew dimmer as the week went on. Amerson was back on the sideline Thursday and ruled out.... First-round pick Gareon Conley remains out with a shin injury and Demetrius McCray will not play this week due to a knee injury. T.J. Carrie, Sean Smith and Dexter McDonald will be the corners available this weekend. Safety Karl Joseph has been listed as questionable with the groin injury that kept him out last week, so the defensive backfield may be even thinner if things don’t go the right way for Joseph on Sunday morning.
damn, with Parker back the offense should look much better..hopefully we use drake and Williams in the passing game..their better at that dept than ajayi.
Both Cutler and Parker were listed as questionable for the game. ....Parker missed three games with an ankle injury, but also practiced fully all week. Parker said he will be playing against Oakland and Gase said on Friday that Parker’s looked good. Defensive ends Andre Branch and William Hayes and guard Jermon Bushrod also drew questionable tags despite full participation in practice.
I’m curious about which quarter Cutler comes out with an injury. It’s just a matter time time before he is hit with how bad this line is.
Starting Cutler when Moore could start another game for us instead seems odd to me. There is no way Cutler doesn't take a few hits, unless he is dumping the ball off really quickly -which means the defense can sit on the quick routes and bubble screens. There are times the QB must stand in the pocket and take a hit to deliver a deeper pass but either Cutler risks aggravating his rib injury OR we limit the offense and chances for the big pass play. I'm less worried about Parker, but he needs to stay healthy for the rest of the season or I'd be very reluctant to give him a big contract (when the time comes) with his injury history.
Gase said in his interview yesterday that Cutler refuses to show any pain or complain when he's hurting, so the team isn't sure how hard to push him. They did say he looked great at practice but I don't think it's a given that he's going to start like Gase previously said. I would be very surprised if Cutler plays all four quarters. Parker is still questionable but everything points to him playing. I think the key to this week will be Drake and the outside run game- send him straight at their 2nd string corners until they're second guessing and we can attack vertically. I think it will be another very big day for Kenny Stills.
DVP was cutlers go to guy, well his 1st and only read, and so I’m hoping that this is a good omen for us tomorrow. Also, with no ajayi, I suspect we will be checking down to drake and Williams to try and nullify their pass rush and our **** OLine. With Oakland’s weakness at pass defence and our inability to run the ball these are the areas we need to exploit.