Andy Reid on why Jeremiah Trotter can still play
by JasonB on Oct 7, 2009 4:36 PM EDT
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PrintWhen the news broke that the Eagles would be bringing back Jeremiah Trotter, the reasons to be skeptical were obvious. He's been out of football for 2 years, his knees were shot, and he couldn't move effectively. To his credit, Andy Reid addressed all of those concerns quite specifically in his press conference this week when he was asked why he was comfortable bringing back Trot.
"I go right to his knee," Reid said. "I wanted that looked at, observed by our doctors. He had it cleaned out and before he left here he had a lot of swelling. He couldn’t straighten his leg and therefore his quads went, his glutes went and he wasn’t able to explode like he had been in the past. He had told me that the swelling had gone down; he had been working on it and the swelling hadn’t come back. But again, he wasn’t doing football. I thought it was important to bring him in here and see where he was at. We hammered him pretty good and the swelling stayed out of the knee, his change of direction was better where he couldn’t do that before, to where I thought he could help us. It looked like it was back and throughout the whole week the swelling stayed out of there and there were no signs of him not being able to fire his quad and extend his knee. We’ll see. We’ll take it week by week here and see how he does."
I'm still very skeptical, but I am encouraged by what Andy had to say here. It seems that he knew exactly why Trotter ceased to be effective a few years ago and appears satisfied that those issues are fixed.
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Man, Takeo had a massive neck…
Two thirds of the earth are covered by water, the other third is covered by Dawkins
How good is it that the Eagles have scheduled all of these scrimmages to start out the season?
Here again is a chance for the Eagles to jump out to a big lead and get some real game reps for folks…
Trotter for instance.
Say the Birds are up by 20 halfway through the third, I’d want to see what Trotter has in the tank and play him for the rest of the game. Put him in there in situations where he wouldn’t usually play even if he were the regular starter, you know – 3rd and 29 where the Middle Backer is supposed to cover the deep middle Tampa 2 style. See what we’ve got.
I’m actually really psyched for this game.
This is especially good, since the Eagles traditionally start off bad.
Our team always perform well at the end of the year. If we can hold a good record to start, we can put ourselves in position to be hot by the end of the year and win the division.
I really would like a rematch vs NO, I think we win that second game.
Bleed green, or don't bleed at all!
i honestly would not like to see a rematch with NO, unless it’s in the postseason or the defense shows it can put more pressure on pass plays with better teams
by notfromphilly on Oct 8, 2009 1:55 PM EDT up reply actions
Agree.
I am looking forward to the Tampa Bay game. It should be a major league ass kicking and a fun time at the linc will be had by all.
"Right now Winston Justice is the guy...until that person gets back out there"
I'd be excited but,...
in my market the giants are on cbs…great i thought i can watch my eagles!
But no…they have the cowboys chiefs scheduled on fox…seriously fox im going to find the dick who schedules what games get played in what region and do miserable angry things to him. Since he is clearly an Eagles hater
my excited side is outweighing my skeptical side.
i think i’d be less excited if the trot-test was occuring in a game against the giants or someone who would be a more than worthy opponent. i think he’ll look solid against the bucs and itll be a good game for him to wet his feet. i hope.
That's the point.
Thing is we all thought Gaither looked fine, no?
Cadillac is no slouch – if Trot sucks – so be it, the coaches will evaluate whatever performance he throws out there…
I’d rather find out that he’s crap against a team we can beat with the JV squad. You know, no harm no foul…
by cavortingEagle on Oct 7, 2009 11:47 PM EDT up reply actions
I will take Trotter over Gocong and Fokou at MLB.
If anything, Trotter has had 2 years to heal up. And he avoided training camp contact. He may be fine to play, you position is more mental, he is always physical, thats never been his issue, now that he is healthy he should be fine.
Bleed green, or don't bleed at all!
Trotter...always an Eagle!!!
I for one…hope Trotter can stay healthy and contribute to this season’s team!! I have always been a huge Trotter fan ( and I can break out the old jersey now for the games…lol) Like Dawkins….I always thought he was going to be an Eagle…The true Eagles always come back to “the nest of death” (hahaha).
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