Globe says surgery will NOT effect Maroney's season

[danny88]

Just heard it on the sports flash

 

[ironwasp]

Here's the good news, in technicolour, from Mike Reiss:

On the news front, running back Laurence Maroney underwent shoulder surgery after the AFC Championship Game. That Maroney underwent surgery was first reported by the Boston Herald, and has been confirmed. Maroney will naturally be limited in the team's offseason program, but the injury isn't expected to threaten his 2007 season.

 

[ironwasp]

Classy of Reiss, by the way, to attribute the story to a good scoop from John Tomase.

 

[rabthepat]

It will be great if he is 100% at the start of the season. Maybe this explains why he tapered off at the end of last season.

 

[MoLewisrocks]

Since the other Maroney injury thread has turned into a pissing contest about draft picks and injuries, I guess it's better to put this here. A poster on Indy Star (a resident Pat's troll who seems to have sources on player info) posted this about Maroney's injury on a thread there:

I heard that he had surgery right after the season was over. He had a problem with the shoulder subluxing (popping out and back in) during the season. I heard that it also happened to him in college. This particular type of surgery is done all the time in the NFL. This should fix it, and it shouldn't be a big deal. He should be ready for camp.

This type of surgery is called a Bankart repair. They are relatively common in football. I would say that the average NFL team has a couple of them done every off season. Most of the time you never even hear that it was done. Maroney will be fine.

 

[patsgo]

Since the other Maroney injury thread has turned into a pissing contest about draft picks and injuries, I guess it's better to put this here. A poster on Indy Star (a resident Pat's troll who seems to have sources on player info) posted this about Maroney's injury on a thread there:

tomase is making a big deal about nothing, moroney will be fine

 

[patchick]

Here's the good news, in technicolour, from Mike Reiss:

On the news front, running back Laurence Maroney underwent shoulder surgery after the AFC Championship Game. That Maroney underwent surgery was first reported by the Boston Herald, and has been confirmed. Maroney will naturally be limited in the team's offseason program, but the injury isn't expected to threaten his 2007 season.

Great news, absolutely.

But may I say this made me grin a little, remembering that just yesterday in a thread about Reiss I wrote:

"There does seem to be a trend of Reiss suddenly appearing with an extremely detailed inside view on a topic the team typically doesn't want to talk about...3 hours after the story is broken by somebody else."

Mike isn't in the habit of breaking news about injuries, even though he always knows the score. That's his MO, for better or worse. Personally, I'm glad to have both a Tomase playing "bad cop" and Reiss playing "good cop."

 

[DefenseRules]

Great news, absolutely.

But may I say this made me grin a little, remembering that just yesterday in a thread about Reiss I wrote:

"There does seem to be a trend of Reiss suddenly appearing with an extremely detailed inside view on a topic the team typically doesn't want to talk about...3 hours after the story is broken by somebody else."

Mike isn't in the habit of breaking news about injuries, even though he always knows the score. That's his MO, for better or worse. Personally, I'm glad to have both a Tomase playing "bad cop" and Reiss playing "good cop."

Mike Reiss has the best Patriots source in the business: Bill Belichick. I'll bet money that the minute this story broke, he went to the "SOURCE" to confirm it and get more detail.

 

[He Ban Me]

Regardless, I am worried about the production at the RB position. But, let's hope he comes back 100% and kicks some butt next season.

 

[DefenseRules]

http://story.scout.com/a.z?s=121&p=2&c=630001

According to Patriots Insiders, the Pats have set up a private workout with Chris Henry and they appear to be VERY interested in him.

 

[Pat_Nasty]

Mike Reiss has the best Patriots source in the business: Bill Belichick. I'll bet money that the minute this story broke, he went to the "SOURCE" to confirm it and get more detail.

See, this is what I'm talking about, PatsChick, when I complain of the unjust praise Reiss tends to get around here.

This guy acts like Tomase and his editors would possibly have not bothered to contact the Patriots' FO and BB himself to comment on the report. Does he think the Herald doesn't have BB's number? Do you think they just didn't think to ask him?

Basically, it works like this: Tomase gets the scoop, reports it out. In the process, he contacts the Patriots, and sees if they will confirm his information, and even add to it. The Pats stonewall; they're waiting to see what Tomase actually knows, what he has solid enough info to print, and what he's just bluffing about. There's no advantage for them to comment until after they see what Tomase actually feels he can run with. They read Tomase's article in the paper, spend a few hours trying to find out how much else is out there, and then confirm how much of it is true -- to Reiss, knowing that he will politely print their vague statement "but the injury isn't expected to threaten his 2007 season" without pushing further with questions, the most important being "if you know enough about the injury to not expect it to threaten his '07 season, why don't you tell us?"

It's funny -- we wouldn't have heard a thing about this deal if Tomase hadn't come out with it, and yet Reiss gets praised for simply receiving confirmation that the Pats' FO should really have given Tomase from the start.

 

[sebman2112]

http://story.scout.com/a.z?s=121&p=2&c=630001

According to Patriots Insiders, the Pats have set up a private workout with Chris Henry and they appear to be VERY interested in him.

Good, he's a rock. I made a thread about him in the draft section with links to four different scouting reports.

 

[zippo59]

Good, he's a rock. I made a thread about him in the draft section with links to four different scouting reports.

I hope he's better behaved than the other Chris Henry.

 

[danny88]

woo hoo..................

 

[patsox23]

tomase is making a big deal about nothing, moroney will be fine

IN WHAT WAY DID TOMASE "make a big deal about nothing?" Can we please have some standard of equilibrium here, not to mention a sense of irony. He just reported the story. It seems like YOU guys are the ones overreacting.

 

[danny88]

IN WHAT WAY DID TOMASE "make a big deal about nothing?" Can we please have some standard of equilibrium here, not to mention a sense of irony. He just reported the story. It seems like YOU guys are the ones overreacting.

The herald sucks

 

[zippo59]

IN WHAT WAY DID TOMASE "make a big deal about nothing?" Can we please have some standard of equilibrium here, not to mention a sense of irony. He just reported the story. It seems like YOU guys are the ones overreacting.

I agree. The only ones who were making a big deal out of it were people here and to some extent PFT but they make a big deal out of eveything.

 

[DW Toys]

http://story.scout.com/a.z?s=121&p=2&c=630001

According to Patriots Insiders, the Pats have set up a private workout with Chris Henry and they appear to be VERY interested in him.

Cousins,
They needed another RB anyway regardless of the Maroney injury. They lose Pass and Dillion and only pick up Morris. This Henry guy is an athlete for an RB with a lot of tread left as he played slightly but was good when he did.
There is no way the Pats let Dillion walk IMO is Maroney looks like a PUP casualty. So that says quite a bit.
Morris is a 30 year old ST guy who will catch some passes and can run the ball 6 to 8 times a game to give Maroney a breather. In this age of a two back system, He is not the answer but a compliment. I think Henry is a bigger back than both but with break away speed actually faster than Maroney. A faster Dillion perhaps.
DW Toys

 

[He Ban Me]

Any chance Dillon comes back?? He's still available, no?

 

[zippo59]

Cousins,
They needed another RB anyway regardless of the Maroney injury. They lose Pass and Dillion and only pick up Morris. This Henry guy is an athlete for an RB with a lot of tread left as he played slightly but was good when he did.
There is no way the Pats let Dillion walk IMO is Maroney looks like a PUP casualty. So that says quite a bit.
Morris is a 30 year old ST guy who will catch some passes and can run the ball 6 to 8 times a game to give Maroney a breather. In this age of a two back system, He is not the answer but a compliment. I think Henry is a bigger back than both but with break away speed actually faster than Maroney. A faster Dillion perhaps.
DW Toys

PUP? They just said he would be fine for the season.