The Sidney Situation: Rice And The Physically Unable To Perform List
by Christopher Gates on Oct 19, 2010 6:01 AM CDT
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PrintIf you'll recall. . .and, frankly, I'm not sure how you'd forget at this point. . .the Vikings placed Sidney Rice on the Physically Unable to Perform (PUP) List back in the early stages of training camp this year. Naturally, there was much weeping and gnashing of teeth over this whole thing, because we thought our offense might be screwed without him.
And, to an extent, we were right, but I think we've solved that problem for the most part.
Monday will mark Minnesota's sixth game of the 2010 season, after which a decision will have to be made. The Vikings have three weeks to get Sidney back onto the practice field after his stint on the PUP list is over. This means that the very latest that he could start practicing would be 9 November, after Minnesota's match-up at the Metrodome with the Arizona Cardinals and leading up to their trip to Soldier Field to take on the Chicago Bears in Week 10.
The next date is determined by the day Rice actually starts practicing with the team. From the day Rice formally practices with the team for the first time, the Vikings have three weeks to either move him to the 53-man active roster, or put him on injured reserve and end his season completely. So, if the Vikings wait until the absolute last minute to have Sidney practicing with the team. . .that being the 9 November date mentioned above. . .the date that the decision on his roster status would have to be made would be 30 November, meaning that his first game back with the Vikings would be set for the Week 13 match-up against the Buffalo Bills at the Metrodome.
Now, keep in mind that those are the longest-term scenarios. . .if the Vikings wanted to, they could have Rice practice next Tuesday and move him to the 53-man roster immediately, but there's zero chance of that happening. Rice is off of his crutches and was seen moving slowly on the practice field and catching a few passes, but there's nothing to indicate that he's even remotely ready to contribute yet. But I'm sure that once the guy gets moving again, he'll be able to get in shape fairly quickly, and be lined up out wide in the Vikings' offense before we know it.
But there's the clarification on Sidney Rice's status. Hopefully this will clarify some things for some folks out there. In the meantime. . .just keep dreaming about the Randy Moss/Sidney Rice/Percy Harvin trifecta that the Vikings are going to be lining up at receiver for the last six or seven games of the season.
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do not rush him
what ever happens, do not rush this young man onto the field. we are and should continue to be a run first team………
This article alludes to us playing on Monday. Thankfully we play Sunday night on the best football coverage (nbc) rather than the worst (espn)
The Vikings have not won a Sunday Night game in a long time
Go back to last season, and even the week 1 game against the Saints (Thursday night, but same crew)
Don't worry...
…the Trifecta will happen and when it does, it will be a fantastic offensive display. Who are they going to cover? Moss, Harvin, Rice, Shiancoe, Peterson, Favre….insane!
If anyone else was calling the plays
we’d really have a “kickass” offense. Right now the playcalling has been bland and predictable. However, it was nice to see Percy running the ball a few times.
by Volfie on Oct 19, 2010 1:36 PM CDT up reply actions 1 recs
Trifecta Schmifecta
If they can’t keep Favre vertical it doesn’t matter who’s downfield. This kinda depresses me cause I was so excited when they got Moss.
That's what I was going for.
Moss, Harvin, Rice, Shiancoe, Peterson, Favre…too good to believe. Chilly will find a way to bring it down.
Where has Shank been?
He’s been almost as invisible as BB. Unreal….
by PurpleJesus on Oct 19, 2010 12:44 PM CDT up reply actions
you can find him 'holding'...
…on those AD around the end plays.
I BELIEVE...
by ArizonaVikingsFan on Oct 19, 2010 2:58 PM CDT up reply actions
with those three...
…if favre still be illin’.. i would say TJ would even be able to take the team deep into playoffs.. but as lorenzo4 said.. the gotta handle the 3-4 blitzing schemes a LOT better
"the following statement is true:
the preceding statement was false" - george carlin
by BranFavrenton on Oct 19, 2010 12:02 PM CDT up reply actions
You're right but...
Keep the faith. I hope our O-line will rebound and give him some pass protection but I have concerns about our Center and RT. We’ve seen both of those positions suck this year. I also think Favre is playing like he’s in training camp…he just looks out of synch with prety much everyone else on the field.
"Skol Vikings! Let's win this game Skol Vikings!
Well
The Trifecta should help some with the blitzes we’re seeing. If they want to send extra defenders with Moss, Harvin, Shiancoe and Rice running around on the field, they will be digging their own grave.
As I understood it...
Sidney Rice was on crutches not because he couldn’t walk without them, but because the doctors wanted to relieve all pressure on his surgically repaired hip. If that is the case, it might suggest that he’s in better shape than he looked like he was in. But that’s all a bunch of conjecture at this point. The Vikings and Rice have kept fairly mum on how the rehab is going, just giving us bland sound bites. I want to believe we’ll get to see Rice on the field with Moss this season, but…who knows.
Life being what it is, one dreams of revenge.
- Paul Gauguin
Yea that was my understanding too
They said that he was originally supposed to be off the crutches last Friday but the doctors said he could get rid of them after his meeting with them last Tuesday. So he is definitely healing ahead of schedule. Hopefully he will be back soon.
Chris is right though, once he is healed enough to resume football activities, he should be back on the field pretty quickly.
My thoughts too.
Rice has the advantage of being young and in overall good health, that should speed his healing and help him to regain his conditioning when he does come back. Barring any setbacks, you have to believe he’s going to be practicing with the team as soon as he can and trying to play before he probably should. At least with the addition of Randy Moss the Vikings level of desperation at the position is not nearly so bad.
Life being what it is, one dreams of revenge.
- Paul Gauguin
hope you're wrong
he’s going to be practicing with the team as soon as he can and trying to play before he probably should.
I hope not. I want him back as soon as possible but he doesn’t do anyone any good if he gets hurt again.
Something tells me...
that even if we had Rice at the beginning of the season we’d still be struggling on offense. Rice also has a lot to prove that last season was not a fluke for him. I wish him the best, though.
Yea, and more than
likely, we wouldn’t have Randy in this case.
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by UnBannedVikingholic on Oct 19, 2010 2:23 PM CDT up reply actions
I've thought about it
It will be great to have Rice back but…. I’m starting to think last year was a mirage, and FYI QB protection and offensive line play are NOT to blame?
Favre is only on pace to take 7 more sacks then he did last year, or about .5 a game. The 2010 Vikings are 12th in the league in allowing the QB to get hit, in 2009 they were 14th. So what gives is it the line is struggling to run block thus allowing pass rushers to tee off? Well the rushing game is much better (despite having a tougher schedule) up from 4.1 YPC to 4.5 YPC. So you can’t say that they haven’t run to set up the pass.
I hate to say it but the ONLY variable trending negatively is QB. The coaches are to blame certainly, but so is Favre. The sad part is….
/Sad stroll down memory lane
The 2010 Vikings with all the talent in the world is barely keeping pace with the 2005 Tice & Looney offense. For those who wonder what offensive talent they had here were the leaders at the skill positions, and I use term skill loosely here:
Brad Johnson (QB rating 17 points HIGHER then Favre this year)
Mewelde Moore
Jermaine Wiggins
Travis Taylor
Only one O-Lineman started more then 12 games (McKinnie), and only one besides him is still in the league (Adam Goldberg). If you remember Matty Birk sat that season out.
Not to mention Paul freaking Edinger ranking in the bottom five kickers in the league.
/end stroll down memory lane
Still time to pick it up, but I really starting to wonder 5 games and zero progress on offense doesn’t give me hope. Veteran teams shouldn’t need the proverbial switch flipped.
I wouldn't say zero progress
I think our offense has played better the last three games than in the first two.
Are those rankings based upon an absolute count of hits, or percentage of offensive snaps? We held the ball a lot longer in 2009, so a side effect of getting lots of first downs & running a lot more plays, is that you are probably going to have more hits. If the ranking is based upon total count, I bet if we never got a first down we would ironically have one of the best stats in the league.
Since you inquire here are the percentages:
2009 467 pass attempts and 83 hits+34 sacks meaning ~25% of the attempts resulted in a hit or sack
2010 138 pass attempts 29 hits 13 sacks ~30% of pass plays resulting in hits/sacks.
There is a moderate gain in percentage of the QB getting hit, it’s in the realm of small sample size deviation.
My overall point was, the Vikings line isn’t much worse at all this year even in the most negetive light. Favre is getting hit once more for every 20 times he drops back. It’s not like it’s the bears or something.
To be office space….yeah cobra I’m going to have to go ahead and disagree with you there. They only had 188 yards of offense against the cowboys, 12 (non-penalty) first downs, and nary a drive over 50 yards. Special Teams and defense won that game.
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