Allen in Rainey out

[papasmurfbell]

Whats up with that? I don't know is they will get Rainey back. Also Allen looked good as a runner. An OL that actually blocks and he can get the job done.

[cravnravn]

No way in hell Rainey clears waivers, have you seen Picksburgs running game???

[vmax]

I guess are hoping Rainey clears waivers and then they can put him on the practice squad. Hope...because he's a Ray Rice clone who would really help if Ray misses a game or 2.

They probably want more power in the #2 RB position, but you can't put a RB on the field who can't pass protect...something Allen struggles with.

[yagersports]

Rainey was put on the PUP or IR I believe wasn't he? I remember reading something that he took a hell of hit the last preseason game and something in his back has swelled.

 

The article said that Rainey wasn't going to seek and injury settlement to move to another team.

[papasmurfbell]

OK I didn't have any details. I just went by what happened during the game. They said Rainey was cut.

[yagersports]

I may be thinking of another guy, but I think that's what happened to Rainey. Things happen so fast though.

[cravnravn]

Rainey is back in, cant believe he cleared waivers..Ravens sign him to the practice squad

[papasmurfbell]

Shocking.

 

Chick must have been thinking of another guy.

[oldno82]

Am I mistaken or can another team sign your practice squad player even after waivers??

[papasmurfbell]

Yep they can. If they do the player has to be on the active roster for some number of weeks that I can't remember.

[oldno82]

Oh so the catch is that they have to be active. Got it!

[papasmurfbell]

Yeah. They can't just grab him and stock him away. You can bring them up in your system and send them down without issue I think.

[yagersports]

It was Damien Berry I was thinking of, had the RBs mixed up.

[papasmurfbell]

I see the problem. They both have an R, E, and Y in their names. It could be confusing for someone liek you.

[vmax]

Rainey is back on the practice squad.

 

Rainey, who is similar in stature to 5-8 Ray Rice, was a better receiver out of the backfield, faster than Allen and a much better blocker in pass protection. Running backs coach Wilbert Montgomery lauded Rainey for being advanced as a blocker for a rookie, something that Allen failed at miserably during the preseason.

 



With special teams coverage being a possible weakness for the Ravens, however, Harbaugh felt compelled to make the move. He'd already lost Emanuel Cook for the season to a broken leg on a special-teams play. It's the one area where Allen was better than Rainey.

 



"We just did it for special teams reasons, pure and simple," Harbaugh explained Monday night. "Anthony Allen has done a great job on special teams and we made a strategic roster move we hope works out for us."

http://www.csnbaltimore.com/football-baltimore-ravens/ravens-talk/Rainey-resurfaces-with-practice-squad?blockID=771639&feedID=6703

[cravnravn]

Am I mistaken or can another team sign your practice squad player even after waivers??

 

 

Yes they can, remember we lost Derrick Anderson to Leaveland that way

Edited September 12, 2012 by cravnravn