Will Eifert be back vs Cowboys?

[Brownshoe]

Will Eifert be back this week? I haven't heard any news on this, but I'm assuming he is. Kinda scary we haven't heard any updates though.

[Gohards]

If he isnt, im gonna take it super personal im not gonna lie. My fantasy team is plagued with injuries right now and i am relying on Eifert to play vs cowboys

[*rfaulk34*]

(10-04-2016, 12:05 AM)Brownshoe Wrote: Will Eifert be back this week? I haven't heard any news on this, but I'm assuming he is. Kinda scary we haven't heard any updates though.

My vote is yes. He seems to have been ready, or as close to ready as possible this past week. Seems they just wanted to play it safe and give him a few more days. 

[*TheLeonardLeap*]

My vote is Eifert will not be back until he is on the field before the snap. Until then I refuse to speculate or read anything from Bengals/Cincinnati writers about him.

Might need to start treating him like the Browns treat Josh Gordon. Don't rely on him, don't expect anything from him, but if he's there and is ready to do something, great.

[*bengalfan74*]

Heard Lapham on 700 WLW today saying it's still a wait and see how practice goes this week, but most likely he will.

[jeremydc]

Nope.

[Thundercloud]

I'm guessing, but YES!

[Trademark]

Probably not till the Patriots game on my opinion

[Whacked]

^agreed.

[Daddy-O]

I had numerous ankle injuries during my playing days, some severe and others not as bad. Truth is another week is not going to help the ankle heal any more than it already has. With most joint injuries the biggest obstacle is mentally.

On one occasion I had a very nagging ankle injury that was kind of like Eifert's I suppose. One of our local well known doctor's who I won't name (but consider to be a surgery factory) suggested I have surgery. Prior to doing so I sought the opinion of another local foot and ankle specialist who basically gave me a few different options, which ranged from doing nothing to surgery. I chose to do nothing because he said I couldn't do any more damage and it was essentially just a comfort thing - how much pain I could take.

I went back to my routine figuring I'd be very limited. After a full practice going very hard and essentially saying to myself "what the hell", for whatever reason the ankle joint loosened up and the pain for the most part went away. I have never had any additional problems other than some discomfort here and there. What changed I don't know, maybe it was just having the mental mindset to push through.

Not saying the Eifert injury is the same but he needs to put his head down and plow through the initial stages of getting back. It will take just getting immersed in the game to truly put it behind him. But staying out is not going to make it heal any more, he now just needs to get over the mental hurdle. It's time to start that process so he can be a valuable asset to his team as the season goes along.

[BengalFanInNJ]

I think they'll hold him out another week.