NFL offseason thread: FOOTBALL STARTS SUNDAY

**Chun Liroy** · 2012-08-15 10:56

Are they gonna reunite batman and robin?!

SUPERBOWL GOES THROUGH SEA

**tyven** · 2012-08-15 11:11

GOD DAMN RIGHT IT DOES

drop zooooooooooooooooooone

**Chun Liroy** · 2012-08-15 11:37

Originally Posted by tyven

GOD DAMN RIGHT IT DOES

drop zooooooooooooooooooone

THEY ONLY CALL IT THAT BECAUSE OF THE BOMBS THEY DROPPIN' ALL OVER ERRBODY

**Bregor** · 2012-08-15 11:56

Witten has some 'spleenin to do:

Jason Witten suffered a spleen injury in Monday's preseason game, and the star tight end's availability for the Dallas Cowboys' regular-season opener is uncertain, a team source told ESPN's Ed Werder.

The Cowboys still have not determined the seriousness of the injury, although early evaluations have indicated that Witten's spleen is not ruptured, according to the source. He experienced internal bleeding but still could avoid surgery, the source told Werder.

Witten will miss the remainder of the preseason and will be re-evaluated before the season opener against the New York Giants on Sept. 5, according to the source.

If surgery is not required, Witten is expected to miss up to three weeks but likely would be available against the Giants. But if the bleeding continues and he needs surgery, Witten would be sidelined indefinitely, the source said.

Witten suffered the injury after taking a hit from Oakland Raiders linebacker Rolando McClain in the first quarter Monday, multiple sources told ESPNDallas.com's Todd Archer. Witten missed a few plays but returned and caught one more pass before the first-team offense called it a night.

Witten said he was OK after the game, but Cowboys owner and general manager Jerry Jones admitted some concern when he saw the seven-time Pro Bowler leave the contest.

The Cowboys are looking into signing a tight end for camp with only two healthy tight ends on the roster.

Losing Witten would be a major blow to an offense that relies on him heavily in the run and passing games. He has become the go-to guy for quarterback Tony Romo, catching 409 passes for 4,824 yards and 21 touchdowns since Romo took over as the starter in 2006.

If Witten, who signed a six-year extension last September, cannot play against the Giants, the Cowboys will look to John Phillips as the starter.

Phillips has missed the last week with a sprained ankle and did not play against the Raiders. He has 22 catches for 163 yards and a touchdown in 32 regular-season games. James Hanna, a sixth-round pick, caught two passes for 15 yards and Andrew Szczerba had one for 20 yards against Oakland.

Witten has missed one game in his career because of a fractured jaw suffered in his rookie season. He is 55 receptions away from passing Hall of Famer Michael Irvin as the franchise's all-time leading receiver. In nine seasons, he has 696 catches, which is third-most by a tight end in league history, for 7,909 yards and 41 touchdowns.

http://espn.go.com/dallas/nfl/story/...nternal-injury

Spoiler: show

**Chun Liroy** · 2012-08-15 12:00

Nigga has internal bleeding, shakes it off and goes back into the PRESEASON game.

What a G.

**Rhinox** · 2012-08-15 12:22

What a retard

**Cail** · 2012-08-15 12:33

Originally Posted by Rhinox

What a retard

this. a million times this.

Originally Posted by Bregor

Spoiler: show

ilu

**Man0warr** · 2012-08-15 12:45

Yeah I'm sure he could tell he was internally bleeding from the sideline, and still went in anyways.

**Gadritan** · 2012-08-15 13:02

Originally Posted by Chun Liroy

Nigga has internal bleeding, shakes it off and goes back into the PRESEASON game.

Gut goes halfass in the 4th when it counts. GGGGGG G

**Cleverness** · 2012-08-15 13:22

Who hurts their body more in a fucking preseason game that doesn't matter.

Oh right, Cowboys

**Cail** · 2012-08-15 16:31

jahvid best likely to be on PUP to start the season, which as we all know, means hes out 6 games

**Chun Liroy** · 2012-08-15 16:38

he stub his toe again

**Cail** · 2012-08-15 16:41

Originally Posted by Chun Liroy

he stub his toe again

concussion stuff still i believe

edit: yep, still stuff from his concussion last year

**Xajii** · 2012-08-16 20:21

Drew Brees joins the Kids With Retarded Names club with new son Callen

Bengals look decent, Andy Dalton still making rookie mistakes if you ask me.

**Tyche** · 2012-08-16 20:37

AJ Green is far and away the best WR in that division, and he's just in his second year.

**archibaldcrane** · 2012-08-16 20:39

http://assets.sbnation.com/assets/13...rdy_medium.gif
Rodgers to Nelson just doing it dirty on Joe Haden.

**Xajii** · 2012-08-16 22:31

Originally Posted by Tyche

AJ Green is far and away the best WR in that division, and he's just in his second year.

Torrey Smith, just wait for it son

**Tyche** · 2012-08-16 22:46

**Headspace** · 2012-08-16 23:21

Originally Posted by Xajii

Torrey Smith, just wait for it son

Nine routes are cool I guess.

**Cleverness** · 2012-08-16 23:21

I'm not buying into the Torrey Smith hype yet for the same reason I am not buying into the DMM hype; 3/7 of his TDs were against the Rams.

He blows up this season then we can talk.

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