Panthers vs. Steelers

appmaj · Unread post by **appmaj** » Thu Aug 29, 2013 12:44 pm

Given the injury and competition at WR should we expect to see a lot of AE tonight?

Appftw · Unread post by **Appftw** » Thu Aug 29, 2013 1:11 pm

He is expected to be in the mix tonight battling against a newly recovered Hixon and Gettis, but without Cam starting I'm not sure how long Rivera will want his starting wide-outs in the game. It's been a long preseason without Armanti the past 2 weeks though, so anything will do.

Appftw · Unread post by **Appftw** » Thu Aug 29, 2013 11:21 pm

Well, I just got back from the game. So many terrible towels. So little AE. Zero AE actually.

I'm confused. Why would Rivera (and Lafell, and Smitty, and the Observer) hype him up so much and then not give him a single chance yet again?

GoApps70 · Unread post by **GoApps70** » Fri Aug 30, 2013 12:43 am

Simple. Didn't want to play his best players tonight. That would include AE.

WVAPPeer · Unread post by **WVAPPeer** » Fri Aug 30, 2013 5:14 am

Appftw wrote:Well, I just got back from the game. So many terrible towels. So little AE. Zero AE actually.

I'm confused. Why would Rivera (and Lafell, and Smitty, and the Observer) hype him up so much and then not give him a single chance yet again?

Read where one of the reporters tweeted around the start of the game that they decided to keep him out to give him hamstring more time to heal - he said that AE was told he had made the team and didn't need to play ---

firemoose · Unread post by **firemoose** » Fri Aug 30, 2013 6:28 am

WVAPPeer wrote:
Appftw wrote:Well, I just got back from the game. So many terrible towels. So little AE. Zero AE actually.

I'm confused. Why would Rivera (and Lafell, and Smitty, and the Observer) hype him up so much and then not give him a single chance yet again?
Read where one of the reporters tweeted around the start of the game that they decided to keep him out to give him hamstring more time to heal - he said that AE was told he had made the team and didn't need to play ---

That's correct. I just put a post up about that in my "Apps Grinding Tonight" thread. AE didn't help himself much when it comes to the #3 receiver spot but better to rest the injury and show out in practice and games when he's 100% (as he's was doing before he was hurt) than to risk making things worse and miss most of the season. He's proven he can compete with Ginn, Hixon,and Gettis and when he's back to 100% he'll do it again.