Injury update

By: T. Love

It’s Wednesday and that means the initial injury report is made available (and the NFL frowns upon gambling?, give me a break). The format has changed a bit this season and now instead of the standard “doubtful”, “questionable” and “probable” labels being used throughout the week, it will only be reported starting on Friday. Wednesday and Thursday reports will indicate the injury and the player’s amount of participation in practice. This way, Bill Belicheck loses another of his cheap tactics.

For the Falcons, safety Chris Crocker and defensive tackle missed practice while wide receiver Laurent Robinson saw limited action.

Crocker missed the season opener due to a bone bruise to his knee and continues to nurse the injury. Crocker and Jimmy Williams battled for the spot all offseason and now J. Will has the spot by default.

Williams didn’t do too bad in his first start, but that is because the secondary was not tested. He was solid in run support as usual.

Coleman is out after having surgery a week ago. He won’t be around for a while, but the front line could damn sure use him right about now.

Robinson continues to battle a nagging hamstring injury that caused him to miss the last two preseason contests. Nonetheless, the former Illinois State star looked good in his NFL debut snagging three balls for 38 yards and he has drawn the praise of BP already.

“I thought he played very well. He was not intimidated out there because he was blocking hard and he caught a few passes. His speed definitely showed out on the field.”

As I have been saying since Robinson was drafted… this kid is going to be a stud. With Roddy White dropping everything coming his way and Michael Jenkins getting work on special teams, Robinson could find himself in the starting lineup pretty soon.

For the Jaguars, K Josh Scobee and C Brad Meester did not participate while LB Clint Ingram, DT Tony McDaniel and S Gerald Sensabaugh were limited.