Poll of when you think Rawls will first play in an NFL game.

Pete said Rawls will be back for week 1. Do you have something that suggests otherwise?

Pete is always saying optimistic things and one thing I have learned over his time here is that 50% of his talk regarding injuries is 90% optimism. Personally, I don't know any more than the rest of you, However, it has been said that he is behind Graham who's injury was supposed to be worse.

He didn't dance around the question. He was asked if Rawls and Graham would be ready for week 1 and his answer was "Absolutely".

I've listened to his coach speak since he came here and he would never answer a question that directly if he wanted to give himself wiggle room later on.

I'm optimistic so I say game one against Miami.

I have no reason to believe that he won't be ready for week 1.

Let me see him in July or August and a pre season game, if he can't make that he won't start the season without reps, he has not been around long enough to just step in the mix especially with all the line changes and new back rotation we will see. He's not Lynch where he can sit out of contact till the first game yet.

He broke his ankle and didn't need surgery, it's not like he shredded his MCL.

They are just being careful with him. They'll hold him out of the preseason and then he'll play in week 1. Anything else would really surprise me.

kearly":3delqg92 said:

He broke his ankle and didn't need surgery, it's not like he shredded his MCL.

They are just being careful with him. They'll hold him out of the preseason and then he'll play in week 1. Anything else would really surprise me.

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I thought he did need surgery??? If so that means pins and or screws. Hopefully we have a back up plan just in case

FWIW,

Jeffrey E. Budoff said:

The fact that the injury did not require surgery means that the fracture was non-displaced...If there was a severe ankle ligament tear associated with a fracture, either the fracture, the ligaments, or both would probably have required surgical fixation. So there’s probably no cause for concern, and I would expect to see Rawls ready to play for the start of the 2016 season.

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http://rotoviz.com/2016/05/thomas-rawls-injury/

Go Hawks,
BillA

Bill Assumpcao":19na3fa4 said:

FWIW,

Jeffrey E. Budoff said:

The fact that the injury did not require surgery means that the fracture was non-displaced...If there was a severe ankle ligament tear associated with a fracture, either the fracture, the ligaments, or both would probably have required surgical fixation. So there’s probably no cause for concern, and I would expect to see Rawls ready to play for the start of the 2016 season.

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http://rotoviz.com/2016/05/thomas-rawls-injury/

Go Hawks,
BillA

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So all the handwringing should stop. Excellent.

kearly":1cltpa9c said:

He broke his ankle and didn't need surgery, it's not like he shredded his MCL.

They are just being careful with him. They'll hold him out of the preseason and then he'll play in week 1. Anything else would really surprise me.

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I think he'll play in the preseason and it'll be about as much as Marshawn did last year.....like 10-12 plays IIRC.

I'm gonna go out on a limb and say his first NFL game was in the 2015 NFL pre-season against the Raiders. I didn't see that option available

He might see some snaps in the last pre-season game already.

I think somwhere around weeks 3 or 4

Hawkstorian":cuxvys27 said:

He didn't dance around the question. He was asked if Rawls and Graham would be ready for week 1 and his answer was "Absolutely".

I've listened to his coach speak since he came here and he would never answer a question that directly if he wanted to give himself wiggle room later on.

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Quoting your post for emphasis as i completely agree.

Pete typically says "We need to wait and see" or "We don't know that yet" when an injury can keep a player out for a bit
Pete tends to omit information that is negative rather than straight up lie or mislead.

He might not give you all the information about a player's health, but what he does give you tends to be true.

ExBassGuide":33v76kxg said:

The kind of injury could be a bigger thing than Pete is letting on but no one really knows. jogging on a field and making cuts in a game are not near each other on the time scale. I'm thinking mid season if we are lucky (but I and every one out side the org. do not know). I would not rely on coach speak right now. If Pete says he is looking great out on the field...
Roger

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Your line of thinking is incorrect. If he is now jogging without a limp and without pain (which those in the media that saw OTAs and mini camp have stated) then that means that the bone is well healed. The docs wouldn't let him jog without that being the case. Now that means he has two months to build strength/proprioception/confidence in the ankle before seeing gametime. Based on what he is doing now, I'd be VERY surprised if he isn't ready to go Week One, if not before.

FWIW I don't think they draft three RBs if they were 100% confident he'd be back and ready to roar in Week 1.

TBH I wouldn't be surprised if he was in there Week 1, just as I wouldn't be surprised if he started the year on the PUP and didn't come back until Week 8.

The same goes for Graham.

June and July are the months of unmitigated success stories, nailed picks, turned around careers, and sky-high expectations. It's impossible to separate the truth from the BS, and for every team 90% of it is BS.