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Fred Taylor Having Surgery (1 Viewer)

twbillingsley

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Not sure if this has been reported already.

Source: RB Taylor needs ankle surgeryComment Email Print Share By Mike Reiss

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The New England Patriots are preparing for life without their leading rusher, as Fred Taylor's injured right ankle will require surgery, according to a source close to the situation.

The surgery is not expected to sideline Taylor for the season, assuming there are no complications.

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Taylor injured the ankle on his final carry of Sunday's 27-21 win over the Ravens, a 3-yard rush in which he came up hobbling after charging hard into the middle of the Baltimore defense. He has been held out of practice the past two days.

The 33-year-old Taylor, who is in his first season with the Patriots after spending the first 11 years of his career with the Jaguars, has been instrumental in helping provide more balance to a New England offense that skewed heavily toward the pass the first two weeks of the season.

In a Sept. 27 win over the Falcons, he rushed for 105 yards on 21 carries, logging the team's only individual 100-yard performance of the season. In the process, he moved past John Riggins into 15th place on the NFL's all-time rushing list.

The Patriots have been rotating their backs this season, but Taylor has totaled a team-high 45 carries for 201 yards (averaging 4.5 yards).

Laurence Maroney (27 carries), Kevin Faulk (16) and Sammy Morris (13) also have shared some of the load, while second-year player BenJarvus Green-Ellis -- who has been active for just one game this season -- is another option to pick up some of the slack.

Mike Reiss covers the Patriots for ESPNBoston.com.

http://sports.espn.go.com/boston/nfl/news/story?id=4542936

 
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your title is misleading. the article specifically says he is probably not out for the year.

 
twbillingsley said:
Not sure if this has been reported already.

Source: RB Taylor needs ankle surgeryComment Email Print Share By Mike Reiss

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The New England Patriots are preparing for life without their leading rusher, as Fred Taylor's injured right ankle will require surgery, according to a source close to the situation.

The surgery is not expected to sideline Taylor for the season, assuming there are no complications.

Patriots blog

ESPNBoston.com's Mike Reiss covers the New England Patriots in his blog. You can send questions and comments to his mailbag.

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Taylor injured the ankle on his final carry of Sunday's 27-21 win over the Ravens, a 3-yard rush in which he came up hobbling after charging hard into the middle of the Baltimore defense. He has been held out of practice the past two days.

The 33-year-old Taylor, who is in his first season with the Patriots after spending the first 11 years of his career with the Jaguars, has been instrumental in helping provide more balance to a New England offense that skewed heavily toward the pass the first two weeks of the season.

In a Sept. 27 win over the Falcons, he rushed for 105 yards on 21 carries, logging the team's only individual 100-yard performance of the season. In the process, he moved past John Riggins into 15th place on the NFL's all-time rushing list.

The Patriots have been rotating their backs this season, but Taylor has totaled a team-high 45 carries for 201 yards (averaging 4.5 yards).

Laurence Maroney (27 carries), Kevin Faulk (16) and Sammy Morris (13) also have shared some of the load, while second-year player BenJarvus Green-Ellis -- who has been active for just one game this season -- is another option to pick up some of the slack.

Mike Reiss covers the Patriots for ESPNBoston.com.

http://sports.espn.go.com/boston/nfl/news/story?id=4542936
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Seems to contract your "Out For Year" thread title.
 
twbillingsley said:
Not sure if this has been reported already.

Source: RB Taylor needs ankle surgeryComment Email Print Share By Mike Reiss

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The New England Patriots are preparing for life without their leading rusher, as Fred Taylor's injured right ankle will require surgery, according to a source close to the situation.

The surgery is not expected to sideline Taylor for the season, assuming there are no complications.

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You may want to edit your title.
 
CRAP, I saw the first post and without reading the ENTIRE thing dropped Fred for Maroney. UGH. OH well, my fault for not reading the whole thing and trusting the thread title.

 
Adam_Schefter tweet ESPN's Mike Reiss reporting that Pats RB Fred Taylor needs surgery on his right ankle and will be out indefinitely.

8 minutes ago from UberTwitter

 
sdsjr3 said:
CRAP, I saw the first post and without reading the ENTIRE thing dropped Fred for Maroney. UGH. OH well, my fault for not reading the whole thing and trusting the thread title.
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I wouldn't fret too much. Taylor is probably going to miss a significant chunk of the season.
 
thehornet said:
Adam_Schefter tweet ESPN's Mike Reiss reporting that Pats RB Fred Taylor needs surgery on his right ankle and will be out indefinitely.8 minutes ago from UberTwitter
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Whew!I was worried it wouldn't be ***Official*** without the obligatory Twitter conformation update. The new source of all trust-worthy news.
 
TitusIII said:
Morris, imo...
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Morris and Maroney will be given the first shot but you can't forget about BJGE. Morris is an injury risk himself and Maroney always seems to be fighting something. Green-Ellis could emerge out of this if Maroney doesn't show enough. After some of the comments he made about his O-Line he might be on his back counting snowflakes in Denver this weekend:)
 
munchkin said:
TitusIII said:
Morris, imo...
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Morris and Maroney will be given the first shot but you can't forget about BJGE. Morris is an injury risk himself and Maroney always seems to be fighting something. Green-Ellis could emerge out of this if Maroney doesn't show enough. After some of the comments he made about his O-Line he might be on his back counting snowflakes in Denver this weekend:)
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:hot: It's rare I actually LOL at a post, but this made me chuckle. Definitely a funny image.

 
A view from the Boston Globe (bolding, obviously, mine):

FOXBOROUGH -- Patriots running back Fred Taylor underwent surgery today to repair severe ligament damage in his right ankle and could miss the rest of the season, according to a league source.

The 33-year-old Taylor, who is the team's leading rusher this season through four games with 201 yards on 45 carries and two touchdowns, is facing the likelihood of being done for the year, according to the source. But there is a small chance that Taylor could return during the final month of the regular season depending on how his recovery progresses.

Taylor sustained an eversion ankle sprain -- meaning he rolled his ankle to the outside -- on his final carry in the Patriots' 27-21 win over the Baltimore Ravens on Sunday. Taylor, who finished the game with seven carries for 25 yards, hobbled to the sideline following the 3-yard run with under five minutes left in the fourth quarter.

He did not return and was absent from practice on Wednesday.

Taylor's ankle surgery was done by Dr. George Theodore, the same surgeon who reconstructed the ruptured peroneal tendon sheath of former Red Sox pitcher Curt Schilling in 2004, after Schilling famously pitched in the playoffs and World Series that year with sutures to hold the tendon in place, allowing him to help the Red Sox to their first World Series title in 86 years.

Taylor, who is in his 12th NFL season, joined the Patriots this season, signing a two-year, $5 million deal. He had spent the previous 11 seasons with the Jacksonville Jaguars. In 2005, he missed four games for Jacksonville with what was initially referred to as a sprained right ankle, but after further tests the Jaguars re-classified the injury as a bone bruise.

The last time Taylor played in all 16 games of a season was 2003, when he was in the middle of a stretch of 46 consecutive starts. However, in both 2006 and 2007 he played in 15 games, and in '07 the only game he missed was the season-finale, when he was a healthy deactivation as Jacksonville prepared for the playoffs.

Last season, Taylor missed three games with a torn ligament in his thumb.

His absence leaves the Patriots with Laurence Maroney, Kevin Faulk, Sammy Morris and BenJarvus Green-Ellis, who has been a healthy inactive in three of the team's four games, including the last two, as their stable of running backs.

 
They still have 4 capable RBs without Taylor. Is it guaranteed they sign another RB if he's IR'ed?

Patriots backfield wont have any more than RB3 value unless there is massive injuries and they forced to play only one or two RB, but even then I wouldn't be surprised if they just bring people off the street and inject them into the committee.

 
I think if they signed someone it would be for depth and not to actually start or have any negligible impact fantasy wise.

 
munchkin said:
JD8p said:
http://www.boston.com/sports/football/patr...n:twit:patriots

They are saying he "could be done for the season".

I would jump on Morris. I dropped Davone Bess for him.
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Green-Ellis may actually be the play here. Morris is obviously the experienced veteran but Ellis could have the upside here.
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If Green-Ellis had upside, he would have been on the active roster. He was last on the depth chart and inactive 3 out of 4 games. The Patroits weren't saving him for the playoffs.The upside is split between Maroney and Morris. Morris has been more effective over the last couple of years. But Maroney is still the 1st round draft pick, and they keep giving him chances.

 
This is good news for Moss and Welker owners....more passes for sure. Belichick will not do what is not working...he does not care if that means 50 passes a game.

 
I doubt the Pats will go to a primary back philosophy when then didn't have that approach to begin with. But I would guess that Maroney will get first dibs on more carries and will still be Maroney and by extension Morris will get more work because he generally is more effective at what the Pats want him to do. Morris and BJGE are similar backs, so I don't think Law Firm will leap frog over people at this point.

The weekly leader in carries so far this year has been 10, 8, 21, and 7. I suspect that are will be bigger fish to fry elsewhere for people looking for RB help. If someone else were to get injured then we might be able to start talking about someone getting a decent workload . . .

 
Former Jaguar Fred Taylor says he'll bounce back stronger after surgery

Submitted by Michael C. Wright on Thu, 10/08/2009 - 21:47.

Florida Times Union

Riding back home to Providence, R.I. after undergoing a two-hour ankle surgery in Boston, New England Patriots running back Fred Taylor wasn’t in the best of spirits when I spoke to him Thursday night by phone.

But that didn’t stop the former Jaguar from showing his optimistic side in dealing with the latest setback.

“I will bounce back stronger,” Taylor said. “I know it. I've prayed on it.”

Taylor, 33, sustained an ankle injury on his final carry Sunday in New England’s 27-21 win over the Ravens, a game in which he finished with 25 yards on seven carries. Taylor had been held out of practice the last two days, before undergoing surgery Thursday afternoon.

In his first season with the Patriots after spending the last 11 in Jacksonville, Taylor seemed to bring stability to a club that appeared recently to have become too reliant on the pass.

Taylor rushed for 105 yards (the club's only 100-yard rushing day of the season so far) in a Sept. 27 Patriots victory over the Falcons. Taylor believed that with his performance in that outing, he'd finally gained the trust of the Patriots coaching staff.

“I had just started to feel comfortable with the coaching staff and the offense,” Taylor said. “I had just gotten to where I felt like they trusted me. I needed to have that 100-yard game to prove to them they could trust me. That’s the part that hurts the most about the whole situation.”

Taylor surpassed former Redskins running back John Riggins to move into 15th place on the NFL’s all-time rushing list with his 105-yard performance against Atlanta. Through four games, Taylor averaged 4.5 yards per carry, and ran the ball a team-high 45 times (for 201 yards) despite playing in a rotation.

Taylor said that Thursday’s surgery was “more serious than a scope,” but doesn’t expect the surgery to sideline him the entire season. Taylor said he sustained a high ankle sprain and tore “a couple of ligaments” that needed to be repaired surgically.

Taylor didn’t have a clear timeframe for his return. But you can bet he’s hoping to come back in time to play against his former team on Dec. 27 at Gillette Stadium.

“I’m blessed, man,” he said. “I’ve already been through so much that this is just a minimal setback

 
morris4903 said:
They still have 4 capable RBs without Taylor. Is it guaranteed they sign another RB if he's IR'ed? Patriots backfield wont have any more than RB3 value unless there is massive injuries and they forced to play only one or two RB, but even then I wouldn't be surprised if they just bring people off the street and inject them into the committee.
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If you are going to use old RBs, you might as well have a big group of them because of their odds of getting hurt. I was wondering how many NE backs would miss time this year. One down. There will be another casualty or two. This could still be a 4 headed monster without Taylor. I still dont even see RB3 value.
 
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