Chiefs coach Andy Reid said WR JuJu Smith-Schuster's sore knee occurred during the Monday after first preseason game. Smith-Schuster hasn't practiced since.
Reid, though, didn't sound concerned, said Smith-Schuster has "turned the corner" and should be fine for regular season.
Originally Posted by BossChief:
I wouldn’t be the least bit surprised if he needs it scoped during the season and goes on short term IR for 3-5 weeks. Probably has bone splinters in there.
Or sometimes knees just get sore. I'm sure every player has sore knees during the season, but they play through it then. The only reason he's sitting out is because preseason doesn't matter. [Reply]
Originally Posted by loochy:
Or sometimes knees just get sore. I'm sure every player has sore knees during the season, but they play through it then. The only reason he's sitting out is because preseason doesn't matter.
soreness is an inflammation that’s a symptom. Jujus deal is incentive based, so his incentive is to play asap and as much as he can, but the knee won’t get better unless he cause of the inflammation is addressed.
If his knee has needed drained last year as some have reported and his knee is sore this early, that’s a symptom of a knee needing scoped. It’s not a major problem anymore for these procedures, but they do take a few weeks to heal. Tbh if it needs scoped, it would be ideal to get it done sooner than later, but there may be more to it. [Reply]
Originally Posted by BossChief:
soreness is an inflammation that’s a symptom. Jujus deal is incentive based, so his incentive is to play asap and as much as he can, but the knee won’t get better unless he cause of the inflammation is addressed.
If his knee has needed drained last year as some have reported and his knee is sore this early, that’s a symptom of a knee needing scoped. It’s not a major problem anymore for these procedures, but they do take a few weeks to heal. Tbh if it needs scoped, it would be ideal to get it done sooner than later, but there may be more to it.
Dude you are really making assumptions here. He would have had it scoped after the season if this was the case and they would be doing it NOW if that were the case.
And soreness does not = inflammation or vice versa. [Reply]
Chiefs coach Andy Reid said WR JuJu Smith-Schuster's sore knee occurred during the Monday after first preseason game. Smith-Schuster hasn't practiced since.
Reid, though, didn't sound concerned, said Smith-Schuster has "turned the corner" and should be fine for regular season.
Originally Posted by htismaqe:
I hate to be a negative Nancy but this sure sounds to me like the team is hedging against him missing more games because of "soreness".
A cynic might say JuJu is concerned about the yards and TD bonuses and wanted some downside protection. [Reply]