Shawn Springs Placed on injured reserve, Mike Rumph Released

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Originally Posted by dgack

Why don't we just save ourselves a lot of time and anguish and just put Springs on the IR for next season now, while we're at it. Seriously, someone's just going to sneeze in his general vicinity next season and cause him to suffer a season-ending cerebral hemmorhage or something.

I'm going all Sam Jackson in "Unbreakable" and hereby dubbing Springs "Mr. Glass".

I don't think that's being fair. Here's his games played history:

1997: 10
1998: 16
1999: 16
2000: 16
2001: 8
2002: 15
2003: 12
2004: 8
2005: 15
2006: 9

He's never missed anything more than a half a season, and those times were rare. Most of his seasons, including 2005 for us, were long and successful.

He is getting older, that's for sure. Which is why moving him to safety makes a lot of sense from a health standpoint. The groin issue cleared up this year, once they treated it properly with the surgery. And I don't see how you can call a guy "Mr. Glass" for breaking a shoulder blade. Do you know how much of a freak thing that is?

I think he's been a tough player for us, and I like him to come back strong next year and be an effective CB/S for us.