Danny Woodhead Injured, Uncertain Timetable
I know many a Jet fan is interested in D-II leading rusher Danny Woodhead’s progress during camp, but Jane McManus wrote yesterday that he had to be carried off the field due to an injury by a trainer and Thomas Jones. Whatever it was, Mangini spoke frankly about Woodhead’s situation today, which isn’t a good sign.
“Nothing certain, but I’d say it’s not looking good for him to be back anytime soon.”
Woodhead is a tough kid, but I posed to a few people at camp whether they gave him an over or under of 7 days at camp, but no one took me up on it. It’s likely he’s doing his best to get back out there, but with an 80 man roster instead of the 85 man roster with the NFL Europe players (an issue for many coaches this summer) he’s pretty vulnerable at this point. If the Jets want to keep him, they’ll figure out a way, but the hard realities are that he might not be able to stay with the team for long.
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The only way the jets can release him now is an injury settlement which would count against the cap. If they dont settle they have to keep him on the roster untill he’s healthy then cut him with no cap hit. Either way slice it, It really sucks.
Tough break for Woodhead. Was hoping to see if he would be given a shot on special teams atleast. He is a guy however that will train hard and rehab hard and get right back out there and give it is all.
So Cimini is reporting he was waived/injured. Tough break. As a small one myself I was rooting for him.
He is at a different level with bigger and faster people. Inertia takes over and at his size ,he loses. I was one who was hoping he would make it, you still can’t count out his heart, however , at his size he takes a huge beating at the NFL level
“…he had to be carried off the field due to an injury by a trainer and Thomas Jones”
Man, that’s bad luck. How does a running back get injured by a trainer and another running back?