Thursday Injury Report: Ravens v. Bengals

[TL24x7]

RAVENS

DID NOT PARTICIPATE
T Jah Reid (leg)

LIMITED PARTICIPATION
S Sean Considine (head)

FULL PARTICIPATION
LB Courtney Upshaw (shoulder)

BENGALS

OUT
CB Dre Kirkpatrick (knee)

DID NOT PARTICIPATE
CB Jason Allen (quad)
DE Carlos Dunlap (knee)
RB Bernard Scott (hand)

LIMITED PARTICIPATION
TE Donald Lee (thigh)

FULL PARTICIPATION
QB Andy Dalton (R. biceps)
DE Robert Geathers (knee)
TE Jermaine Gresham (knee)
LB Dan Skuta (head)

[wickedsolo]

Not having Kirkpatrick is going to hurt for sure. Odds are he'd easily become their 2nd best corner behind Leon Hall.

I also read that Scott, Dunlap, and Allen likely won't play Monday night.

[palukaraven]

By the sounds of it, the Ravens will have Pitta and/or Dickson back on the field, which I see as being huge. I know they're both game time decisions, but I would certainly hope for at least one of them to play.

[LukeDaniel]

My projected inactives for Monday night:

Reid
Harewood
Bajema
Doss
Tyson
Hall
Considine

[Jsmoove]

My projected inactives for Monday night:

Reid
Harewood
Bajema
Doss
Tyson
Hall
Considine

So we cut Gorrer for a guy who's going to be inactive?? And Doss is still inactive?? this kills me

[leachisabeast]

Why would Doss be inactive for Monday? He's currently listed as the #4 receiver on the depth chart. If any WR is made inactive it's Deonte.

[ActualSpamBot]

So we cut Gorrer for a guy who's going to be inactive?? And Doss is still inactive?? this kills me

1. That's a fan's guess, not any kind of official list.

2. We cut Gorrer for Ihedigbo, who is not on that fan list.

3. Get off the Gorrer ball washing. 31 teams had a shot at him and passed. Guy is a mediocre depth corner who can't contribute on special teams and plays 4 snaps a game unless some one gets hurt, in which case, he is still available to resign seeing as how no team thought enough of him to do so.

[NOLARavenFAN]

We need to put up points on these guys.....red zone productivity is a must for us.

[Paintballguy]

here is my inactive list guess

reid
considine
thompson
jackson
brown
rainey
gradkowski

[leachisabeast]

here is my inactive list guess

reid
considine
thompson
jackson
brown
rainey
gradkowski

The only problem I have with that is, Gradkwoski and Rainy. I think the Ravens are going to use both Pierce and Rainy as back ups to Rice, not just one. I think they will go a more comite approach in the new up temp offense. Gradkowski is the only other center on the roster, so I think they will keep him in backing up Birk.

[LukeDaniel]

here is my inactive list guess

reid
considine
thompson
jackson
brown
rainey
gradkowski

I doubt Gradkowski is inactive. He's the only backup C on the roster. Rainey could be inactive. I had considered it.

[LukeDaniel]

Why would Doss be inactive for Monday? He's currently listed as the #4 receiver on the depth chart. If any WR is made inactive it's Deonte.

Well, it depends on who they trot out there on special teams. I have a feeling we could be in the same position as last year with regards to Doss where he is inactive in favor of less-talented WRs who can play special teams.

We only carried 8 LBs this year versus the normal 10 we carry. Obviously, Kruger, Kindle, Upshaw, and Lewis aren't going to be playing special teams. I'm not positive that McClain or McClelland will either, since both are starters. That leaves Ellerbe (not a strong ST guy) and Ayanbadejo for special teams. We aren't using Webb or Cary on STs, and I doubt Jimmy either.
If we deactivate Brown or Asa Jackson that cuts further into that ST depth. Laquan Williams will surely be active and in on ST, where he played decently last year. I just don't see us deactivating Deonte, Chykie, and Asa.

Unlike in past years where we used some of our TEs on special teams, I don't see that happening either.

Who do we really have that can cover kicks?

BA
Ellerbe
Asa Jackson
C. Thompson
D. Thompson?
Ighedibo (sure I spelled that wrong)
Considine (but he's likely out)
LaQuan
Deonte?
Graham

I'm just totally guessing here until we see the final alignment of who is on special teams, but I am thinking that Doss is going to be inactive. If the Ravens are looking for that 4th WR, they have Laquan and Deonte around who can play the position in a pinch and play on STs.

[LukeDaniel]

here is my inactive list guess

reid
considine
thompson
jackson
brown
rainey
gradkowski

Also, not to pick on you, but there is really no chance that the Ravens would keep all 7 D-linemen active. Tyson is almost definitely going to be inactive, as might be Hall. Tyson and Hall are like the #5 and #6 run stopping DTs on the roster (third stringers essentially). Neither really helps the team in pass rushing situations either. Since neither plays special teams, keeping both active would be pointless. Unless there are more than 2 injuries at the DT position (highly unlikely), they aren't going to help us on Monday.

[Baltimoreboy]

It would be a bummer for Gradkowski if he's inactive.
Heard he's getting like 25 tickets.
His whole family will be there as his brother is Daltons backup.

[LukeDaniel]

It would be a bummer for Gradkowski if he's inactive.
Heard he's getting like 25 tickets.
His whole family will be there as his brother is Daltons backup.

Gino needn't worry. With Reid's inactivity all but guaranteed, the Ravens aren't going to de-activate their only backup C in order to keep Harewood. They will go into the game with 7 O-linemen with Gino and Osemele/McKinnie being the backups.


BTW have we heard who our starting LT is going to be? I haven't seen anything definite stated yet.

Anyways, 7 o-linemen is sufficient. The Ravens have a backup and a 2nd backup for pretty much every scenario they can encounter injury wise. KO can play LT, RT, or LG. Gradkowski can play LG,C, RG. So even if two of our 3 interior O-linemen were to get hurt, we'd have a capable backup available. If a tackle gets hurt, we have 3 guys who can play LT (oher, KO, McKinnie) and 3 who could play RT (KO, Oher, Yanda). The versatility from Yanda, Gradkowski, KO, and Oher make keeping an 8th O-lineman active unnecessary.

[arnie_uk]

Agree with everything Luke has said thus far about st and doss, and oline and gino

[Baltimoreboy]

BTW have we heard who our starting LT is going to be? I haven't seen anything definite stated yet.

McKinnie's still listed as 1'st on the depth chart.

Off topic but;
It's suppose to cool down by Monday but it's kinda nice they get to play at night instead of the heat of the day.

[BcRaven]

It is probable that my sister-in-law will be "inactive" too. She's been inactive since 1984... Bc

[GOTA]

I have a feeling that Bajema is going to be active. He's the only one who really played this preseason and he did well. I could see them going 3 tight ends and 4 receivers for this game.

[WhoDey14to18]

Not having Kirkpatrick is going to hurt for sure. Odds are he'd easily become their 2nd best corner behind Leon Hall.

I also read that Scott, Dunlap, and Allen likely won't play Monday night.

New poster/Bengal fan here. I come in peace by the way, not to talk smack lol. Knowledgeable fan, not a knucklehead.

Not having Kirkpatrick isnt going to hurt as bad as you think. Nate Clements would be the #2 CB even if Kirkpatrick wasnt hurt. At least for the first few weeks.

Bernard Scott and Carlos Dunlap are for sure out and I'm not sure about Allen to be honest.

My main concerns for this game is stopping Ray Rice.
Dude is a beast and a Bengal Killer for sure!!

My other concern is the Center position for the Bengals.
We lost Kyle Cook for at least 6-8 weeks and in the last preseason game started a rookie free agent from Notre Dame (Trevor Robinson) who has never played Center before in his life. He was a Guard at Notre Dame. We did however sign Jeff Faine. He may not be All-Pro but he's a wily vet with 100 plus starts in the NFL. Certainly better than an undrafted FA playing Center for the first time in his life. Even though Robinson held his own.
Anyways I feel better about Faine being in there against the like of Ngata etc etc than I do Robinson!!

My other concern is the lack of a running game from the
Bengals standpoint in preseason. We dumped Cedric Benson because of his fumbling habits towards the 2nd half of last season and signed BenJarvis Green-Ellis in FA, who has never fumbled in a regular season game in his career. Not to mention he's a waaaaaaaaaay better pass catcher out of the backfield than Cedric ever was or will be. Which is important in the West Coast Offense
that the Bengals are now running with Jay Gruden being the Offensive Coordinator. We pretty much ignored the RB position in the draft until Rd. 6 or 7 when we took "Boom" Herron from OSU. He's on the practice squad.
The Bengals averaged like 2.3 yds a carry during preseason which scares me even though it was only preseason. That $hit wont cut it, especially in the AFC North!!

Anyways, Good Luck Monday Night and even though were fans of the "other" team, lets ALL root for an injury free game!!!

Peace