and it always seems the player isn’t the same. I haven’t heard it happening to a QB, but I know guys like Kobe had it and did just fine.

Depends on the overall severity.

Its a lingering type injury. Eli seems to get an injury like this every year (usually its his throwing arm…) and the past times a few weeks post injury we forgot all about it. Hopefully this is the same case.

And it never goes away, but it also can be managed. I expect Eli to be able to handle it, but I’m still going to keep my fingers crossed.

my doctor diagnosed me with this over the summer. I was playing Tennis about 5 days a week and gradually my left foot starting killing me as I woke up in the morning. I could barley walk on it in the the AM but it would feel better as the day went on. I finally went to the Dr and he diagonsed my with mild plantar fasciitis. He said it happened because I was flat footed and running around on a hard surface and he told me to take a few days off and put some extra cushioning in my tennis shoes and I should be fine and I was. It still hurts but it does not affect my ability to run or play tennis. I know I’m a 30 something never was athlete playing in some stupid local rec league while Eli is a world class athelete in the NFL and the severity of his injury is probabbly totaly different than mine but based on what I went through it’s not that big of a deal just really annoying if you have to pee in the middle of the night because it hurts to get out of bed and walk.

Eli sat this week than in December or January.

I’m not sure how much taking a half a game, or even a whole game, off, is actually an effective remedy. I’m all about precaution and late season health but I honestly don’t think it makes a big difference. It’s a tendon strain, it’s painful, but I don’t think a football game once a week is going to be a major aggravating factor. Good news: not a surgical issue, and I’m sure they’ll aggressively pursue the stretching & rehab program. I’d expect to see Eli Sunday until (if) the Giants can stack a decent lead, then, sure, I always believe in pulling starters if the game is in hand.
Eli’s proven tough, I think this will be a minor issue.
Until I wrote this and jinxed it. (Just kidding… not really)

Injuries, injuries and more… So now with Eli, and how well we’ve been playing, i’ve come to a conclusion. Based on these posts, this sounds like a minor injury that can be managed with time, treatment and perhaps (just guessing) a special shoe! I say, split the first team offensive snaps (practice) between Eli and Carr and if Eli can go through the motions w/o much trouble, let him start the game, and play at least until the half. Then make a decision.

One thing that bothers me is, yeah, it’s against the Raiders but still, it’s a game we still have to win. The Raiders have nothing to lose, while we have everything to lose! Eli gives us the best chance to win while Carr, i really don’t know? Every game is important, but not to risk further injuries to some, if Eli can go, give ourselves a chance at a more probable win.

If Carr starts and fails miserably, while Eli could’ve played, this could be a game that we needed to shore up any differences in the standings! If he can go, give him a half, then turn it over to Carr, who at least had snaps with the first team, so he is prepared!

Boomer Esiason played with this injury the last 5 or so years of his career without incident.

What that means, I have no idea, just relaying the message.

well worse comes to worse, he takes a week off..

i think carr can handle the raiders

We all complained about Ham not catching the passes on his back shoulder.

Well, look at Smith’s 3 yard TD and you will see the ball is thrown behind him.

So, perhaps we should give Ham a break here and say Eli did not have the zip on his short throws which meant he was throwing behind the receiver. The foot injury was not such a problem on the deep throws where he was lofting the ball to a spot.

What do you think?

see Eli not playing?

I’m pretty sure he all but said he would have came back out in the Chiefs game if it mattered.

As long as the Raiders game matters, he’ll play.

I’m pretty sure this is one of those injuries that has already been around for a little while, so chances are Eli just aggravated it. You know…so he’s been playing with it anyway all along.

He’ll play. The reports on it will make us nervous, but Eli’s gonna play.