Jeremiyah Love, the Arizona Cardinals’ third-overall selection, is expected to miss significant time, possibly even into the regular season, after suffering a high-ankle sprain in their preseason game against the Las Vegas Raiders. This isn’t just a minor bump, folks; we’re talking about an injury that can sideline a player for well over a month, and it all went down in a game that, frankly, didn’t matter one bit.
Pushing Too Hard, Too Soon?
You have to wonder what Cardinals coach Mike LaFleur was thinking on August 13th in Vegas. He didn’t just play Love against the Raiders, he gave him a whopping 14 touches in a preseason contest! Fourteen! The wisdom of hindsight is always 20/20, sure, but the questions surrounding this decision are screaming loud right now. If Love had walked off that field clean, maybe the talk would be “hey, you got away with it,” but that’s not what happened. Now LaFleur is taking flak, and honestly, can you blame anyone for piling on?
This isn’t some normal ankle tweak either. A high-ankle sprain is a beast, far more severe than what we’d usually consider. Love was supposed to be the guy driving that Cardinals team in year one under LaFleur, the centerpiece, the spark. Now, he’s on the sidelines, and his season could be impacted before it even truly begins. It makes you think about the whole process, right? Is it about the result, or should the focus be on the decision to put a foundational piece at such risk for a game with zero stakes?
Meanwhile, Back Home in the Emerald City…
While some coaches are making head-scratching moves in games that don’t count, we’re over here dealing with real football. Our Seahawks just dropped one to the Dallas Cowboys, 17-7, in a tough battle. It’s never easy to swallow a loss, especially one where the offense struggled to find rhythm. We need our guys healthy and firing on all cylinders when it counts, not getting sidelined by questionable preseason calls.
Speaking of health, Arizona also has James Connor making progress from his own injury, though he’s “just not there yet.” For the Cardinals, they’ve got to figure out how to get their key players on the field and healthy. For us, we’re focused on bouncing back. The next game is what matters. We’ll be watching every snap, ready to rally behind our squad. Let’s get it, 12s!
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Originally reported by Revenge of the Birds.
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