Michael Turner To Try To Play Last Two Falcons Games

I've said my piece about this before, so I'll leave you with this Mike Smith quote, pulled directly from the story:

"We want to get him back as quickly as possible because there are still two more games to play."

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oh well

were gonna keep running Turner until we break him wtf

by Erihury on Dec 22, 2009 7:34 PM EST reply actions

How about we let him get better and just not start him?

Let him run and cut on the sidelines for a quarter or two before we let him play? That saves any potential re-aggravation of the injury that would be caused by dirty hits

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by Zippo729 on Dec 22, 2009 9:12 PM EST reply actions

part of the reason why he kept re-aggravating his injury may have had something to do with improper warm ups – that’s why he went down so quickly. maybe if he warms up for a quarter, he can then play safer.

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by Gemini-RU on Dec 23, 2009 4:44 AM EST up reply actions

How about

we let the grown up make his own decision.
And it shows that we’re not giving up at the end of the season. Yeah, we could roll over, and just say f it, or we could go out, play football, and try to get a winning record.

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by phoenix falcoholic on Dec 23, 2009 12:29 AM EST reply actions 3 recs

Rec'd

I like your attitude, phoenix. If he’s not ready, he won’t play. But he’s trying. I really doubt they would play him if they felt like it was a risk of developing a chronic injury.

by TomQ on Dec 23, 2009 8:41 AM EST up reply actions

Playing DA here

But, exactly how many times before we consider it chronic? He has injured the same ankle three times now, should we, in an effort to acheive a winning record, play him again and again only to get three plays out of him a game? Or is the more important goal the longevity of hic career so that we may utilize him for more than one years worth, or in the least get the most effective use out of him that is possible? Last time I checked, Turner is completely worthless to this team sitting on the sideline.

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by Jesse28 on Dec 23, 2009 9:21 AM EST up reply actions 1 recs

I appreciate what you're saying

But I think Michael Turner has demonstrated by now that he’d gladly play if he was actually missing one of his legs. While that’s undeniably awesome, I don’t want to risk this becoming a chronic injury for the sake of two games against the Bills, who have the league’s worst run defense, and the Bucs, who really aren’t all that good.

by Dave Choate on Dec 23, 2009 1:03 PM EST up reply actions 1 recs

i agree

the most i would use turner is 5 to 10 plays midgame. not starting and not in crucial downs until he is full strength.

by Funballad on Dec 25, 2009 6:36 AM EST up reply actions

for a moment I thought that's a terrible idea

but then I saw the bright spot – like phoenix pointed out it simply shows we’re not giving up. although it may have something to do with the desire to get first back-to-back winning seasons, I think the main reason is building winning attitude within the team and start preparations for the next season the right way.

Atlanta Falcons fan in Moscow, Russia

by Gemini-RU on Dec 23, 2009 4:46 AM EST reply actions