Strong safety LaRon Landry said he won’t play in Sunday’s opener vs. the New York Giants, after suffering a setback with his hamstring. He also blamed himself, rather than the training staff as he did on Twitter Tuesday.
“As of now, yeah it looks like I’m going to miss it,” Landry said of the opener.
Landry said he wasn’t sure how much time he would miss, but this is the second time he’s hurt his hamstring.
He said he aggravated his hamstring running either Saturday or Monday. Landry said when he went in for treatment Tuesday, an MRI showed “a setback.” But he also said his Achilles, shoulder and wrist are fine.
“It’s now how much running I was doing, it’s how much I tried to push it,” he said. “I really tried to gauge it and see what I can do and wind up hurting myself more….Hamstrings can be tricky. You come back too soon you can aggravate it, which I did.”
Landry said he didn’t want to test his hamstring at half-speed.
“I’m not going 50 percent,” he said. “I’m not going 80 percent. All I know is 130 percent, full speed and I like to practice at game speed. I was feeling great and I thought I could push it harder, which I did too much and I tugged it.”
On Tuesday, Landry’s frustration showed through on Twitter. He tweeted: “Uuhhh oo it ain’t my fault…blame the genius circus staff for the rush. wouldve been there 2wks ago. Im [sorry] but saga [continues].” The tweet was later deleted.
Three days earlier, he tweeted: “Dont u hate when u absolutely know something 200% and dumb. . . still do the opposite of what u tell them!!! Set backs. . . !!!” That tweet remains on his Twitter feed; it also included profanities.
“Just a little frustrated with the injury,” Landry said. “It was all my fault. It was unprofessional. I take full blame for it. Just a little frustration coming out. I’m ready to play; it’s been a while. Hopefully you understand where I’m coming from.
“I’ve been working with [trainer Larry Hess] for a while. We’ve had ups and downs throughout this whole process. It was a little frustration coming out. Nothing major.”
Landry said he spoke with Hess after Tuesday’s tweet.
“It wasn’t the best communication we had, it wasn’t a good conversation,” Landry said. “We talked today. We’ll get past it.”
