Why does everyone think Dak is injured?

[ShotgunDawg]

This caught my eye last night when watching the replay, but I forgot mention it.

Dak's actions and behavior after throwing the TD pass Ross doesn't seem indicative to me of someone who is injured. Bo Bounds keeps talking about how Dak is "injured" this morning. Robbie Faulk said he saw Dak at the complex yesterday and he had no limp at all.

Here is the video of Dak's TD pass to Ross and the aftermath. Particularly, pay attention to Dak doing the "high knees" and then jumping up high into Dillon Days arms and then landing.

Is this indicative of someone with a hurt ankle? He sure doesn't seem to be trying to protect anything.

http://espn.go.com/video/clip?id=espn:11805908

I realized he was limping at the beginning of the game, but didn't Trey Flowers or someone late him on that play?

[Eric Nies Grind Time]

Well it's nothing too serious (I hope), but he was definitely a bit gimpy. I don't know how you could argue otherwise.

[starkvegasdawg]

I know he has been/is hurt. The last two games he was limping during parts of both. How bad it is I don't know. I am not sure I would take that one play as a good indicator if how bad he may be hurt. He just threw the go ahead TD pass in the 4th quarter. He was understandibly excited and on a pretty good adrenalin rush. That would be enough to make you temporarily forget you have some pain in your ankle being caught up in the thrill of the moment. Now I don't think he is injured to the extent of missing game time because of it and at this time of season everybody is hurting to some degree. You just play through it. But he is such an integral part of our offense you are naturally concerned because if he does go down then our dream season just went down with him.

[ShotgunDawg]

Well it's nothing too serious (I hope), but he was definitely a bit gimpy. I don't know how you could argue otherwise.

He did limp down the field early in the game. I get that, but I think he was hit late on that play. I'm just saying that the way he acted after the TD pass, indicates to me that, if Dak is injured, it is very very minor.

[ShotgunDawg]

I know he has been/is hurt. The last two games he was limping during parts of both. How bad it is I don't know. I am not sure I would take that one play as a good indicator if how bad he may be hurt. He just threw the go ahead TD pass in the 4th quarter. He was understandibly excited and on a pretty good adrenalin rush. That would be enough to make you temporarily forget you have some pain in your ankle being caught up in the thrill of the moment. Now I don't think he is injured to the extent of missing game time because of it and at this time of season everybody is hurting to some degree. You just play through it. But he is such an integral part of our offense you are naturally concerned because if he does go down then our dream season just went down with him.

True, I guess I can see this to a certain extent. Still, it caught my eye in the game and made me feel more optimistic about Dak's health down the stretch

[Coach34]

He limped off and on throughout the game. He could have gotten a pain shot at half for his ankle. He is not full speed right now

[Political Hack]

difference between being banged up and injured.

[DovaDawg]

Also as long as he was running North/South he looked good. There were a couple of runs where he got strung out East/West and seemed hesitant to plant and cut on the ankle. I think you are over analyzing the word injured. Dak was in a boot and visibly limping, therefore something was not completely right. I rolled my ankle on a trail run. I can still run on it, but lateral pressure results in pain. Therefore I have be cautious in my runs to ensure I don't do further injury. Am I injured? No. Am I 100%? Also no.

[BrunswickDawg]

difference between being banged up and injured.

Exactly. My wife is a massage therapist. Watching early in the game, with all the injury talk, etc. she said "I bet he has a deep bruise from that hit last week and some muscle strain from the spin. It will make it hard for him to get loose, but he will loosen up as the game goes on. He may limp some if he gets hit in those spots again." From what I saw, she was pretty spot on.

[basedog]

He can run straight ahead ok, but he can't cut like he did earlier in the season. He rides the bike and runs in place on the sideline to keep his ankle loose. I'm saying he is about 75 to 85% of what he normally is. If you watched the KY game when he run late in the game on 4th down, he was running to the edge and he couldn't cut up quick enough to get the first down. That play was pretty obvious he wasn't right.

[jalakin]

My father in law said that he went into the locker room early in the game and got injections. Which would explain him being injured but not acting injured.

[msstate7]

He should do nothing but throw from the pocket this weekend. If he gets hit, the olineman responsible should get a public flogging

[ShotgunDawg]

Exactly. My wife is a massage therapist. Watching early in the game, with all the injury talk, etc. she said "I bet he has a deep bruise from that hit last week and some muscle strain from the spin. It will make it hard for him to get loose, but he will loosen up as the game goes on. He may limp some if he gets hit in those spots again." From what I saw, she was pretty spot on.

This may be the best explanation and may also explain why he was able to go all out on his TD pass celebration.

FWIW, I think he's slight nicked up as well, but I think people, Bo Bounds, are blowing this out of proportion. I expect him to be close to 100% against Bama

[msstate7]

Someone get him some deer antler spray pronto!**

Really though I think he'll be fine

[Liverpooldawg]

I still say sit him this week unless we have to have him. He won't win the Heisman against UT Martin. He COULD lose it, and we could lose a whole lot more, if he worsens the injury against them.

[cheewgumm]

Watch that LSU run then compare to Arkansas game.

[TheDogFather]

This caught my eye last night when watching the replay, but I forgot mention it.

Dak's actions and behavior after throwing the TD pass Ross doesn't seem indicative to me of someone who is injured. Bo Bounds keeps talking about how Dak is "injured" this morning. Robbie Faulk said he saw Dak at the complex yesterday and he had no limp at all.

Here is the video of Dak's TD pass to Ross and the aftermath. Particularly, pay attention to Dak doing the "high knees" and then jumping up high into Dillon Days arms and then landing.

Is this indicative of someone with a hurt ankle? He sure doesn't seem to be trying to protect anything.

http://espn.go.com/video/clip?id=espn:11805908

I realized he was limping at the beginning of the game, but didn't Trey Flowers or someone late him on that play?

The boot might be a clue. Just saying.

[RossDawg82]

Exactly. My wife is a massage therapist. Watching early in the game, with all the injury talk, etc. she said "I bet he has a deep bruise from that hit last week and some muscle strain from the spin. It will make it hard for him to get loose, but he will loosen up as the game goes on. He may limp some if he gets hit in those spots again." From what I saw, she was pretty spot on.

How jealous are we that you are married to a massage therapist. What a life

[ShotgunDawg]

The boot might be a clue. Just saying.

He wears a boot every week. We had the same scare the week of the South Alabama game and we played LSU a week later

[NewTweederEndzoneDance]

He is clearly injured. All it takes is to watch our offensive gameplan for the first several drives last Saturday to understand that. No QB runs, Dak limping around, offense sputtering. They finally decided he HAD to run or we were in big trouble, so they forced it some. But, even then he didn't look 100% or nearly as explosive as he is at 100%. I'm not sure why you are questioning the fact that he is clearly nowhere near 100%.

And he needs to sit this weekend, period. Spend the next 10 days with the trainers to get ready for Bama.