Sammy Morris has been a great WW fill-in (1 Viewer)

[burd]

Morris really helped fill the void on my team when Westy went out. Maronery has been exposed ... besides his health issues, he hasnt been great when hes played.

/jordan is supposedly due back in the starting lineup and im worried that he'll seriously cut into Morris' workload or maybe even surpass Morris on the depth chart. i think these last two games have solidified Morris as a legit back for the Pats, but im wondering what people predict about the chances of RBBC coming into play here? is it worth it to carry both guys if theres room on the bench in RBBC situation?

 

[omally]

How is Morris's knee?

 

[Anthony Borbely]

A healthy Morris >>>> a healthy Jordan.

 

[Trap Play]

Hopefully, David Yudkin will have an update on Morris' knee later this week because Lord knows Belichick won't.

 

[TheBradyBunch]

Projo.com

A small update from Projo:

By JIM DONALDSON

Journal Sports Writer

FOXBORO -- The Patriots' recent "running back by committee" appears to have become a committee of one: Sammy Morris.

On a night that began with the announcement that Laurence Maroney -- the Pats' first-round draft choice in 2006 and leading rusher last season -- would be spending the rest of the year on the injured reserve list with a shoulder injury, Morris made it seem as if Maroney wouldn't be missed.

Hitting quick-opening holes at high speed, making sharp cuts and breaking tackles, the 31-year-old Morris ran like he was 21, rushing for a career-high 138 yards and a touchdown on 16 carries.

He didn't play in the second half, held out of action with what the club said was a knee injury. But, unlike veteran safety Rodney Harrison, whose career appears to be in jeopardy after being carted off the field at the end of the third quarter with an injured knee, Morris was seen walking out of the locker room last night without even a limp.

"Sammy runs as good and as hard as anyone," said Logan Mankins, the Pats' All-Pro left guard. "He hits the holes."

 

[Tackling Dummies]

A healthy Morris >>>> a healthy Jordan.

Morris the best kind of late round selection/WW fill in. A) They have an easy schedule the rest of the way out B) Virtually no competition for every down carries, whatever that translates to in a Belichick offense C) Witha newbie QB, the 08 run/pass ratio is not lopsided as last seasonD) Can be used in GL situationsE) Can be used in 3 down situations

 

[Texican]

Projo.com

A small update from Projo:

By JIM DONALDSON

Journal Sports Writer

FOXBORO -- The Patriots' recent "running back by committee" appears to have become a committee of one: Sammy Morris.

On a night that began with the announcement that Laurence Maroney -- the Pats' first-round draft choice in 2006 and leading rusher last season -- would be spending the rest of the year on the injured reserve list with a shoulder injury, Morris made it seem as if Maroney wouldn't be missed.

Hitting quick-opening holes at high speed, making sharp cuts and breaking tackles, the 31-year-old Morris ran like he was 21, rushing for a career-high 138 yards and a touchdown on 16 carries.

He didn't play in the second half, held out of action with what the club said was a knee injury. But, unlike veteran safety Rodney Harrison, whose career appears to be in jeopardy after being carted off the field at the end of the third quarter with an injured knee, Morris was seen walking out of the locker room last night without even a limp.

"Sammy runs as good and as hard as anyone," said Logan Mankins, the Pats' All-Pro left guard. "He hits the holes."

Well that is promising. Hopefully more news comes out sooner rather than later.

 

[Wooderson]

 

[packersfan]

Hopefully, David Yudkin will have an update on Morris' knee later this week because Lord knows Belichick won't.

Agreed. This is where Yudkin earns his salary this week. The fact Morris reportedly left the game last night without limping is a positive though I still remember the year Deuce McAllister walked off Lambeau Field without limping and the next day we found out he'd torn his ACL. I hate being a pessimist.

 

[fourd]

Is Lamont Jordan ever healthy?

 

[burd]

glad to hear that Morris' knee appears to be non-serious.

i thought Morris was a beast last year as well until he bruised his sternum and im glad to see that he's doing well this year too.

however, i watched that Pats game where Jordan had some carries and he seemed equally impressive, although i admit it was only on a few carries. I also remember reading a lot of others were impressed w/ Jordan as well.

anyway, Morris' productivity would garner him holding onto the starting role on any other team. But were talking about the Pats here and anything is possible when Bellichick is involved. I can totally see Belli peppering in Jordan more and more as the season goes on. I hope this doesn't happen obviously. Someone mentioned that a healthy Morris is better than a healthy Jordan and I agree. Hopefully Belli thinks the same way.

 

[Magnum]

Hopefully, David Yudkin will have an update on Morris' knee later this week because Lord knows Belichick won't.

Agreed. This is where Yudkin earns his salary this week. The fact Morris reportedly left the game last night without limping is a positive though I still remember the year Deuce McAllister walked off Lambeau Field without limping and the next day we found out he'd torn his ACL. I hate being a pessimist.

Must be nice taking home six figures for talking Fantasy Football all day.

 

[David Yudkin]

Hopefully, David Yudkin will have an update on Morris' knee later this week because Lord knows Belichick won't.

Agreed. This is where Yudkin earns his salary this week. The fact Morris reportedly left the game last night without limping is a positive though I still remember the year Deuce McAllister walked off Lambeau Field without limping and the next day we found out he'd torn his ACL. I hate being a pessimist.

I poked around this morning. No additional news on Morris yet from my end. We should know a little more tommorow. While Morris looked great against the Broncos, I'm tempering my enthusiasm until 1) he shows he's healthy and 2) he puts up some numbers against a team that can stop the run and 3) the Pats go away from the committe approach they've been uimplementing. The Pats looked like the old Cornhuskers against some undermanned A & T school. And the Pats run offense is not that good. If healthy, Morris probably creeps up to a borderline RB2 in the RB20-25 range.

 

[David Yudkin]

Hopefully, David Yudkin will have an update on Morris' knee later this week because Lord knows Belichick won't.

Agreed. This is where Yudkin earns his salary this week. The fact Morris reportedly left the game last night without limping is a positive though I still remember the year Deuce McAllister walked off Lambeau Field without limping and the next day we found out he'd torn his ACL. I hate being a pessimist.

Must be nice taking home six figures for talking Fantasy Football all day.

Amount I get paid to provide info on the Pats. Zero dollars and zero cents.

 

[SleeperPix]

IF Morris is alright, I would assume he is the starter of the committee. Would Jordan or Ellis be the next in line (with Faulk picking up the 3rd down/passing situation downs)?

 

[ratdog]

Hopefully, David Yudkin will have an update on Morris' knee later this week because Lord knows Belichick won't.

Agreed. This is where Yudkin earns his salary this week. The fact Morris reportedly left the game last night without limping is a positive though I still remember the year Deuce McAllister walked off Lambeau Field without limping and the next day we found out he'd torn his ACL. I hate being a pessimist.

Must be nice taking home six figures for talking Fantasy Football all day.

I think anyone who works "hard" and gets in on something they love and then they make a ton of money is what this country is all about and I love these guys for it. They have a great product and they do it better then anyone else. BRAVO!!!Trust me it's not all fun and games for these guys. The only way to stay on top is to work hard because if you don't someone will take you down. kinda like football.

 

[H.K.]

Hopefully, David Yudkin will have an update on Morris' knee later this week because Lord knows Belichick won't.

Agreed. This is where Yudkin earns his salary this week. The fact Morris reportedly left the game last night without limping is a positive though I still remember the year Deuce McAllister walked off Lambeau Field without limping and the next day we found out he'd torn his ACL.

I hate being a pessimist.

Very true. Did Morris ever return to the sideline last night? If he was hanging around in his uniform as an insurance policy, that would have been a positive to me because it meant he could have played if necessary.

The game was only 20-0 at the half, even though everything was going NE's way the entire two quarters, the score wasn't big enough to justify pulling Morris or at least keeping him available if needed.

If Morris was in street clothes after the half, then it would be a real bad sign IMO>

 

[stbugs]

Hopefully, David Yudkin will have an update on Morris' knee later this week because Lord knows Belichick won't.

Agreed. This is where Yudkin earns his salary this week. The fact Morris reportedly left the game last night without limping is a positive though I still remember the year Deuce McAllister walked off Lambeau Field without limping and the next day we found out he'd torn his ACL. I hate being a pessimist.

Must be nice taking home six figures for talking Fantasy Football all day.

Amount I get paid to provide info on the Pats. Zero dollars and zero cents.

Amount of appreciation you receive for info on the Pats. Priceless.

 

[packersfan]

Hopefully, David Yudkin will have an update on Morris' knee later this week because Lord knows Belichick won't.

Agreed. This is where Yudkin earns his salary this week. The fact Morris reportedly left the game last night without limping is a positive though I still remember the year Deuce McAllister walked off Lambeau Field without limping and the next day we found out he'd torn his ACL. I hate being a pessimist.

I poked around this morning. No additional news on Morris yet from my end. We should know a little more tommorow. While Morris looked great against the Broncos, I'm tempering my enthusiasm until 1) he shows he's healthy and 2) he puts up some numbers against a team that can stop the run and 3) the Pats go away from the committe approach they've been uimplementing. The Pats looked like the old Cornhuskers against some undermanned A & T school. And the Pats run offense is not that good. If healthy, Morris probably creeps up to a borderline RB2 in the RB20-25 range.

Thanks David. I know you'll keep us posted.I find it interesting that you and Dodds are so far apart in how you view Morris. I didn't check the Top 250 going forward list this week but Dodds had Morris ranked around 24th or 25th among RBs last week and that was before Maroney got shut down for the season.

 

[Trap Play]

I poked around this morning. No additional news on Morris yet from my end. We should know a little more tommorow. While Morris looked great against the Broncos, I\'m tempering my enthusiasm until 1) he shows he\'s healthy and 2) he puts up some numbers against a team that can stop the run and 3) the Pats go away from the committe approach they\'ve been uimplementing. The Pats looked like the old Cornhuskers against some undermanned A & T school. And the Pats run offense is not that good. If healthy, Morris probably creeps up to a borderline RB2 in the RB20-25 range.

Thanks David. I know you'll keep us posted.

I find it interesting that you and Dodds are so far apart in how you view Morris. I didn\'t check the Top 250 going forward list this week but Dodds had Morris ranked around 24th or 25th among RBs last week and that was before Maroney got shut down for the season.

Sounds like they're on the same page to me.

 

[stbugs]

Hopefully, David Yudkin will have an update on Morris' knee later this week because Lord knows Belichick won't.

Agreed. This is where Yudkin earns his salary this week. The fact Morris reportedly left the game last night without limping is a positive though I still remember the year Deuce McAllister walked off Lambeau Field without limping and the next day we found out he'd torn his ACL.

I hate being a pessimist.

Very true. Did Morris ever return to the sideline last night? If he was hanging around in his uniform as an insurance policy, that would have been a positive to me because it meant he could have played if necessary.

The game was only 20-0 at the half, even though everything was going NE's way the entire two quarters, the score wasn't big enough to justify pulling Morris or at least keeping him available if needed.

If Morris was in street clothes after the half, then it would be a real bad sign IMO>

Just do your job next time and take care of Jeff. Man, Haseley must have made a deal with the devil. I would be 6-1 with his schedule (7-0) had I played Ronnie Brown his huge week instead of Sammy Morris/Kevin Smith. I am still pissed I lost to you because of that. By the way, please let Morris be healthy. Without Maroney and Jordan, he is a nice spot starter now. 2 weeks in a row he has been a very nice play and their schedule is pretty nice the next two weeks (Rams and Indy).

 

[Cenobite]

Hopefully, David Yudkin will have an update on Morris' knee later this week because Lord knows Belichick won't.

Agreed. This is where Yudkin earns his salary this week. The fact Morris reportedly left the game last night without limping is a positive though I still remember the year Deuce McAllister walked off Lambeau Field without limping and the next day we found out he'd torn his ACL. I hate being a pessimist.

Must be nice taking home six figures for talking Fantasy Football all day.

Amount I get paid to provide info on the Pats. Zero dollars and zero cents.

Net or gross? I appreciate your posts and hopefully we will hear something regarding Morris' alleged injury.

 

[stbugs]

I poked around this morning. No additional news on Morris yet from my end. We should know a little more tommorow. While Morris looked great against the Broncos, I\'m tempering my enthusiasm until 1) he shows he\'s healthy and 2) he puts up some numbers against a team that can stop the run and 3) the Pats go away from the committe approach they\'ve been uimplementing. The Pats looked like the old Cornhuskers against some undermanned A & T school. And the Pats run offense is not that good. If healthy, Morris probably creeps up to a borderline RB2 in the RB20-25 range.

Thanks David. I know you'll keep us posted.

I find it interesting that you and Dodds are so far apart in how you view Morris. I didn\'t check the Top 250 going forward list this week but Dodds had Morris ranked around 24th or 25th among RBs last week and that was before Maroney got shut down for the season.

Sounds like they're on the same page to me.

Apples and Oranges. Dodds was before Maroney was completely shut down. Morris alone all season is much different than Morris alone for a week or two and then RBBC the rest once Maroney is healthy.

 

[puckalicious]

Did Green-Ellis show enough to garner a share of the carries going forward?

 

[bollocks28]

Hopefully, David Yudkin will have an update on Morris' knee later this week because Lord knows Belichick won't.

Agreed. This is where Yudkin earns his salary this week. The fact Morris reportedly left the game last night without limping is a positive though I still remember the year Deuce McAllister walked off Lambeau Field without limping and the next day we found out he'd torn his ACL. I hate being a pessimist.

Must be nice taking home six figures for talking Fantasy Football all day.

Amount I get paid to provide info on the Pats. Zero dollars and zero cents.

Just add 5 or 6 zeros... much more impressive. /I tip my hat to you for the fine work you do.

 

[Kuz]

Hopefully, David Yudkin will have an update on Morris' knee later this week because Lord knows Belichick won't.

Agreed. This is where Yudkin earns his salary this week. The fact Morris reportedly left the game last night without limping is a positive though I still remember the year Deuce McAllister walked off Lambeau Field without limping and the next day we found out he'd torn his ACL. I hate being a pessimist.

I poked around this morning. No additional news on Morris yet from my end. We should know a little more tommorow. While Morris looked great against the Broncos, I'm tempering my enthusiasm until 1) he shows he's healthy and 2) he puts up some numbers against a team that can stop the run and 3) the Pats go away from the committe approach they've been uimplementing. The Pats looked like the old Cornhuskers against some undermanned A & T school. And the Pats run offense is not that good. If healthy, Morris probably creeps up to a borderline RB2 in the RB20-25 range.

Thanks David. I know you'll keep us posted.I find it interesting that you and Dodds are so far apart in how you view Morris. I didn't check the Top 250 going forward list this week but Dodds had Morris ranked around 24th or 25th among RBs last week and that was before Maroney got shut down for the season.

I wouldn't put much stock in the top 250 lists. Easily the worst part of the subscriber content IMO.. Having Lendale White ranked like 31st among RB's & Holt still around # 20. absurb if you ask me..

 

[CrossEyed]

Amount I get paid to provide info on the Pats. Zero dollars and zero cents.

Sounds like you'll qualify for the Obama tax cut.

 

[The_U]

I wouldn't put much stock in the top 250 lists. Easily the worst part of the subscriber content IMO.. Having Lendale White ranked like 31st among RB's & Holt still around # 20. absurb if you ask me..

What's an 'absurb'? Anyhow, I actually agree with you that the 250F has seemed awfully slow changing to me this season, but I've found it usually works itself out by season's end in years past. You also need to use it more as a PIECE of your preparation versus say a gospel of sorts and I think you can find value in it. After years of subscribing I've learned to know who Dodds seems to favor and on whom he is better able to be a bit more impartial. I don't think the 250F is by any means "easily the worst part of the subscriber content" though.

 

[John Mamula]

If healthy, Morris probably creeps up to a borderline RB2 in the RB20-25 range.

Anyone who is scraping the bottom of the barrel for a bye week / injury fill in would be ecstatic with that.And by anyone, I mean this guy.<------------------------

 

[Trap Play]

Apples and Oranges. Dodds was before Maroney was completely shut down. Morris alone all season is much different than Morris alone for a week or two and then RBBC the rest once Maroney is healthy.

The latest Top 250 Forward (Sorted by Pos) still has Morris in the 20-25 range, which is what I was referring to.

 

[belljr]

Did Green-Ellis show enough to garner a share of the carries going forward?

is he rosterable in Dynasty

 

[David Yudkin]

If healthy, Morris probably creeps up to a borderline RB2 in the RB20-25 range.

Anyone who is scraping the bottom of the barrel for a bye week / injury fill in would be ecstatic with that.And by anyone, I mean this guy.<------------------------

I had to start Morris and Mewelde Moore this week with byes and injuries and ended up starting a QB, 2 RB, 2 WR, and a DEF that were all waiver wire pickups since the start of the season. Had my best scoring week of the year. Sometimes you gotta do what you gotta do . . .

 

[puckalicious]

If healthy, Morris probably creeps up to a borderline RB2 in the RB20-25 range.

Anyone who is scraping the bottom of the barrel for a bye week / injury fill in would be ecstatic with that.And by anyone, I mean this guy.<------------------------

I had to start Morris and Mewelde Moore this week with byes and injuries and ended up starting a QB, 2 RB, 2 WR, and a DEF that were all waiver wire pickups since the start of the season. Had my best scoring week of the year. Sometimes you gotta do what you gotta do . . .

Yeah, but did you win? I often have a season high week, only to get beat by the guy with the BETTER season high week. I'm starting to loathe head-head format.

 

[David Yudkin]

If healthy, Morris probably creeps up to a borderline RB2 in the RB20-25 range.

Anyone who is scraping the bottom of the barrel for a bye week / injury fill in would be ecstatic with that.And by anyone, I mean this guy.<------------------------

I had to start Morris and Mewelde Moore this week with byes and injuries and ended up starting a QB, 2 RB, 2 WR, and a DEF that were all waiver wire pickups since the start of the season. Had my best scoring week of the year. Sometimes you gotta do what you gotta do . . .

Yeah, but did you win? I often have a season high week, only to get beat by the guy with the BETTER season high week. I'm starting to loathe head-head format.

Yes. But it took me into MNF to do it . . . my 4th week in a row winning on MNF production.As for your scoring and losing dilemna, I would suggest an all-play format where each team plays every other team each week. For example, in a 12-team league you would play 11 games and could go anywhere from 11-0 to 0-11.

 

[SofaKings]

Amount I get paid to provide info on the Pats. Zero dollars and zero cents.

Sounds like you'll qualify for the Obama tax cut.

Except FBG is still in a hole after writing "individual" checks to the Chosen One's campaign.

 

[Englishteacher]

If healthy, Morris probably creeps up to a borderline RB2 in the RB20-25 range.

Anyone who is scraping the bottom of the barrel for a bye week / injury fill in would be ecstatic with that.And by anyone, I mean this guy.<------------------------

I had to start Morris and Mewelde Moore this week with byes and injuries and ended up starting a QB, 2 RB, 2 WR, and a DEF that were all waiver wire pickups since the start of the season. Had my best scoring week of the year. Sometimes you gotta do what you gotta do . . .

Our league has small rosters and I picked up Morris and Moore this week. With a bye for Michael Turner and Fargas and McFadden sharing carries I started both. Man I'm happy I did. Would have been even better if Morris had played the second half.

 

[H.K.]

From cbs:

Sammy Morris, RB NENews: During a conference call with the media Tuesday, Patriots coach Bill Belichick would not get into details over the knee injury RB Sammy Morris suffered before halftime in Week 7 vs. Denver. Before the injury, Morris had 138 yards rushing and a touchdown. "I really can't say too much about it," the coach said. "When we go to practice (Wednesday) we'll see where all the players are. ... We will just have to wait and see on a day-to-day basis how everybody is doing. So we'll call Sammy day-to-day."

As usual, BB laying all his cards on the table with the media...

 

[David Yudkin]

From cbs:

Sammy Morris, RB NENews: During a conference call with the media Tuesday, Patriots coach Bill Belichick would not get into details over the knee injury RB Sammy Morris suffered before halftime in Week 7 vs. Denver. Before the injury, Morris had 138 yards rushing and a touchdown. "I really can't say too much about it," the coach said. "When we go to practice (Wednesday) we'll see where all the players are. ... We will just have to wait and see on a day-to-day basis how everybody is doing. So we'll call Sammy day-to-day."

As usual, BB laying all his cards on the table with the media...

That's basically what I was told almost verbatim. I will check around tomorrow to see what the skinny is at practice.

 

[packersfan]

With any other head coach I'd view the lack of commentary to be a sign Morris isn't going to play this week. Why not just say he's ready if he's ready? But with Belichick there's no way to know what the hell the truth is.

I'm guessing we'll be here right up until the Sunday deadline wondering what's going on with Morris this week.

 

[WheelsCT]

David-

Any idea how close Jordan is? Is he an option this week if Morris can't go or are we really looking at Faulk/Green-Ellis?

Thanks in advance.

 

[BustedKnuckles]

With any other head coach I'd view the lack of commentary to be a sign Morris isn't going to play this week. Why not just say he's ready if he's ready? But with Belichick there's no way to know what the hell the truth is. I'm guessing we'll be here right up until the Sunday deadline wondering what's going on with Morris this week.

had a chance to grab him today off the ww and backed off...let someone else deal with BillB and a sure rbbc

 

[David Yudkin]

David-Any idea how close Jordan is? Is he an option this week if Morris can't go or are we really looking at Faulk/Green-Ellis?Thanks in advance.

Won't know until practice tomorrow but will post updates then.

 

[packersfan]

With any other head coach I'd view the lack of commentary to be a sign Morris isn't going to play this week. Why not just say he's ready if he's ready? But with Belichick there's no way to know what the hell the truth is. I'm guessing we'll be here right up until the Sunday deadline wondering what's going on with Morris this week.

had a chance to grab him today off the ww and backed off...let someone else deal with BillB and a sure rbbc

Depends who you're dropping for him. If Morris can stay healthy I think he can be a rock-solid RB2 the rest of the way. I'm loving his potential. But obviously now we have to deal with the injury situation. I only dropped Fred Taylor for him two weeks ago so the decision was an easy one and even if Morris flames out now, at least he gave me two weeks of great production which is a helluva lot more than Taylor was producing.

 

[BustedKnuckles]

With any other head coach I'd view the lack of commentary to be a sign Morris isn't going to play this week. Why not just say he's ready if he's ready? But with Belichick there's no way to know what the hell the truth is. I'm guessing we'll be here right up until the Sunday deadline wondering what's going on with Morris this week.

had a chance to grab him today off the ww and backed off...let someone else deal with BillB and a sure rbbc

Depends who you're dropping for him. If Morris can stay healthy I think he can be a rock-solid RB2 the rest of the way. I'm loving his potential. But obviously now we have to deal with the injury situation. I only dropped Fred Taylor for him two weeks ago so the decision was an easy one and even if Morris flames out now, at least he gave me two weeks of great production which is a helluva lot more than Taylor was producing.

i would have dropped chris perry ...which i did but grabbed M.Moore(who was on the ww...wow!)as i own FWP. Just cant see rolling the dice with jordan due to return and faulk there also...eeny meeny miny moe try and guess who`s good to go

 

[Trap Play]

I'm not generally an optimistic person, but for some reason I am concerning Sammy Morris' injury. I hope I'm right and not jinxing the situation, but I think Belichick is just being extra coy given the fact that he has to 'make do with less' this year. Anyway, I am anxiously awaiting this week's practice reports.

 

[The Future Champs]

From cbs:

Sammy Morris, RB NE

News: During a conference call with the media Tuesday, Patriots coach Bill Belichick would not get into details over the knee injury RB Sammy Morris suffered before halftime in Week 7 vs. Denver. Before the injury, Morris had 138 yards rushing and a touchdown. "I really can't say too much about it," the coach said. "When we go to practice (Wednesday) we'll see where all the players are. ... We will just have to wait and see on a day-to-day basis how everybody is doing. So we'll call Sammy day-to-day."

As usual, BB laying all his cards on the table with the media...

That's basically what I was told almost verbatim. I will check around tomorrow to see what the skinny is at practice.

Is there a chance he isn't really injured? Given BB's history of playing games with injury updates, might he have just totally made it up or completely exaggerated a minor bump? From what I have heard (and read) no one seems to be able to figure out when he injured it [i was off getting a beer celebrating a FF victory thanks to Morris' first half, so I didn't see it]. Given the Pats health issues at RB, I thought there was a chance that Morris might sit in the second half of that rout. Denver's run D was lousy, I figured the Pats didn't need to risk their top remaining RB to continue to run roughshod over Denver last night.

 

[-baller]

unless yudkin can get some kind of inside scoop you guys will just have to be patient through the week for practice participation --- don't expect any other kind of updates, unless it's the going in for surgery kind.

 

[Jackal King]

From cbs:

Sammy Morris, RB NE

News: During a conference call with the media Tuesday, Patriots coach Bill Belichick would not get into details over the knee injury RB Sammy Morris suffered before halftime in Week 7 vs. Denver. Before the injury, Morris had 138 yards rushing and a touchdown. "I really can't say too much about it," the coach said. "When we go to practice (Wednesday) we'll see where all the players are. ... We will just have to wait and see on a day-to-day basis how everybody is doing. So we'll call Sammy day-to-day."

As usual, BB laying all his cards on the table with the media...

That's basically what I was told almost verbatim. I will check around tomorrow to see what the skinny is at practice.

Is there a chance he isn't really injured? Given BB's history of playing games with injury updates, might he have just totally made it up or completely exaggerated a minor bump? From what I have heard (and read) no one seems to be able to figure out when he injured it [i was off getting a beer celebrating a FF victory thanks to Morris' first half, so I didn't see it]. Given the Pats health issues at RB, I thought there was a chance that Morris might sit in the second half of that rout. Denver's run D was lousy, I figured the Pats didn't need to risk their top remaining RB to continue to run roughshod over Denver last night.

As a Morris owner...I'd love for that to be the case. But...pulling back is not in BB's DNA. He's had Brady on the field running hurry up when up by 40+.

 

[packersfan]

I'd love to believe this is just Belichick being Belichick but I think Morris has a legitimate injury. I'm not sure when the hell it happened either because he looked great on his last run and wasn't hobbling around or anything after that. And while the game was in New England's favor, I don't think Belichick would have taken a chance and sat out a red-hot RB to start the third if he wasn't hurt. I think if Morris was healthy he would've been back on the field and Belichick would have kept pounding him to try and deliver the knockout blow.

So I think he has a legitimate injury. But it's anybody's guess as to the severity of it.

I will say that this is where Yudkin's info about the Patriots is an invaluable resource for this forum. It was his info about Maroney's lack of standing with the team that helped persuade me to go after Morris on the WW. I didn't see that type of info anywhere else and it was pretty huge.

Yudkin should have his own pay forum for Patriots' info only. I'd bet he'd do well.

 

[NJ]

When I was driving into work this morning, I was listening to Boomer and Carton on WFAN and at one point Esiason was talking about all of the Patriot injuries and he said something to the effect of "Maroney is out for the season, it looks like they are going to lose Harrison for the season, and it looks like they've now lost Sammy Morris for an extended period of time". He didn't give specifics, but he said it so confidently that I fully expected to get into work and read that Morris had some torn ligaments or something along those lines, but then I get in and there is basically no info anywhere on the injury so I have no idea where he got his info or why he would say something like that. I guess it was just purely speculation on his part? But that is a pretty big leap to go from the Pats basically revealing no info to someone saying that Morris is going to be out for a while. I was pretty puzzled by the comments. No real info here, just repeating what I heard because I am still struggling to understand why Boomer would have said it if the Pats aren't releasing any info?