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Breaking: Austin Ekeler Is Ruled OUT For Week 4 vs ARI
news on the fan is brought to you by Beck QL. Smarter bets start with bet QL get three free days of bet QL access by downloading the bet QL app or visiting bet QL dot com Danny the breaking news Dan Quinn telling reporters just minutes ago Austin Echler has already been ruled out will not play in Arizona that obviously means he's likely not going to make the trip to Arizona as well. Clue and Farrell already ruled out interestly enough so that injury he suffered last week more serious than just a day to day situation but more importantly maybe the star early on of this offense for the commanders through three games Austin Echler ruled out will not play on Sunday. He will be on our show at 5 p.m. on Friday. So we'll get an update on how he's feeling will preview the game with him at that time. Yeah certainly been their most effective per touch player. Right. I mean just the burst he's shown the kind of the easy button taking some of the short little you know I don't want to call him gimmicky things but that are meant to just help move the chains a little bit or stay ahead of the chains. He's converted their first downs. I mean you saw the start of the game right eight yard carry eight yard little flip pass that they get your first down later on a bubble screen that he takes for 15 16 yards. He's been so effective and is such a weapon for this offense. You can't overuse it right. You can't have him bash between the tackles like Brian like you do Brian Robinson because of wearing tear just to such a bummer man because he was off to such a blistering start for this offense. I agree that you don't want to overuse it. I do think still there's a big gap between how much they're using him and overusing him agreed to the point where I would push the gas pedal down a little more. I know someone will say he just got hurt. It was a flooky thing. He got hit in the side of the helmet. It was a concussion. It wasn't like it was a usage fatigue thing. He had two carries against the box. I'd like to see that number be in the five to seven range. He had eight against the Giants averaged about five yards per. Then he had three for 35 with a 24 yard touchdown and a half against the Bengals. We were probably on our way to a five or six carry game for him against Cincinnati if he didn't get hurt, which is kind of the floor of where I want it to be. The good thing is as a receiver four catches in week one three catches in week two two catches in week three well on his way in week three and a half a football that would have been a five six catch game perhaps like the touches are going to be there. Six in week one, eleven in week two, five and a half of football in week three. They just got to find a way to incorporate him but not having him is going to be a significant blow. We'll talk a lot more as the week goes on about how they try to replace him. The next man up at running back is Jeremy McNichols. McNichols had a really nice blitz pickup where he just de-cleated a linebacker that's gone viral in one of the few plays where he was noticeable on the field on Monday night football but it's a lot more Brian Robinson thumping and Robinson catching the football out of the backfield. You would think it could be a really, really big game for him in terms of touches and opportunities against Arizona. But Austin Echler ruled out this was Dan Quinn with reporters just a bit ago. Yeah, Austin won't make it for the game and it's the right call for him not on our short week to go. We'll have a chance to see what next week looks like then but we do have a lot of confidence. It's one of the groups that we have a deep crew that can roll strong. And so when called upon, we're certainly ready to do that. And we're also excited for Jay Mack. He's somebody, you know, hasn't got a lot of touches, a lot of opportunities but I do know that he is somebody when given those chances he does not miss his ops. That's Dan Quinn from earlier today. Remember they're out in Arizona where they're practicing at a college campus for a few days and at a Sunday game now with the Cardinals. Bummer man. Yeah, it just stinks. I feel for the guy. I do like though finding out this early in the week in terms of planning. We've had Jay Grood on our show for three years now. Scoop point. One of the things that's come up a few times is with ink, you know, really instrumental parts of the offense, he would have to tear up his play plan, his play sheet and his, his game plan right before a game sometimes when a guy would be ruled out that they thought was trending in the right direction or if there was no game time decision, let's say where they thought, hey, if he gets clear, we're going to fly him out here, we're going to play him. You would have to do two game plans. There's only so many hours in the day. So I actually think possibly maybe this is just me being optimistic, but by knowing on Wednesday that he's not going to play if you're Cliff Kingsbury from really last night on, all systems are go on a be Rob heavy to make Nichols friendly game plan where you're, you're not trying to do Echler things with somebody else. You're doing what they do. Well, that might be okay. Yeah, it's you can recover better that way for sure. And just to magnet specifically, you saw in the preseason, now he is not Austin Echler. Okay, they don't make many of that guy, but he's the most Austin Echler like among those running back candidates that that was that we thought might make the team from the preseason, either go wily or Chris Rodriguez or some of the other guys that were kind of vying for that spot. And this was a McNichols is that blitz pickup, third down back style guy who's, you know, kind of backing up Echler figuratively, right? And he made the club and you saw his impact once Echler went out. He's not going to put up huge numbers, but that's why he's here is, you know, to enhance the passing game in the fast paced world of attacking speed is everything. And that's where the fear on seven plus shines engineered for accuracy and precision at a rapid pace. It's your secret weapon on the pitch experience, overall comfort and precise striking, even in the games fastest moments, the nylon outsole with his V shape stud configuration is designed for firm ground, giving you the grip you need to out maneuver your opponents, step up your more attacking game and learn more and purchase the fuel on at newbalance.com.