Easley to IR

[Soul_Survivor88]

Player Pos Status Injury Comment
Dane Fletcher LB Injured Reserve Knee Fletcher was placed on the PUP list due to a torn ACL.
James Develin RB Injured Reserve Shin Develin broke his right tibia during the preseason and was placed on the injured reserve list.
Darryl Roberts DB Injured Reserve Wrist Roberts will miss the 2015 season after being placed on injured reserve with a wrist injury.
Rufus Johnson LB Injured Reserve Illness Johnson has been placed on the injured reserve-non-football illness list and could miss an extended amount of time.
Tarell Brown CB Injured Reserve Foot Brown has been placed on the injured reserve with a foot injury.
Nate Solder T Injured Reserve Elbow Solder has been placed on the injured reserve list with an elbow injury and will miss the remainder of the season.
Aaron Dobson WR Injured Reserve Ankle Dobson has been placed on the injured reserve with an ankle injury.
Dion Lewis RB Injured Reserve Knee Lewis has been placed on the season-ending injured reserve list due to a torn left ACL.
Ryan Wendell OL Injured Reserve Knee Wendell has been placed on the injured reserve with a knee injury.
Trey Flowers DL Injured Reserve Undisclosed Flowers was placed on the season-ending injured reserve list due to an undisclosed injury.
Brandon Gibson WR Injured Reserve Knee Gibson was placed on injured reserve with a torn ACL and will miss the entire 2015 season.
Julian Edelman WR Out Foot Edelman has suffered a broken foot and will miss an extended period of time.
Brian Tyms WR Out Foot Tyms suffered a serious foot injury during the preseason and is in danger of missing the entire 2015 season.
Dominique Easley DL Questionable Thigh Easley is questionable to suit up against the Titans on Sunday due to a left thigh injury. IR
Dont'a HightowerLB Questionable Knee Hightower has missed the last three games with a knee injury and is questionable to return Sunday against the Titans.
Josh Kline OL Questionable Shoulder Kline has a shoulder injury and is questionable to play Sunday against the Titans.
Jonathan Freeny LB Questionable Wrist Freeny exited the last game due to a wrist injury and is questionable to return to the lineup Sunday against the Titans.
Devin McCourty DB Questionable Ankle McCourty left the last game due to an ankle injury and is questionable to return to action against the Titans on Sunday.
LeGarrette Blount RB Questionable Hip Blount is questionable to return Sunday against the Titans due to a hip injury....IR

2015 NFL Current Injuries | Pro-Football-Reference.com

Damn

 

[aluminum seats]

He never even went into the locker room, he was on the stationary bike on the sidelines. What the hell happened? fuuuuuuuuuuuck. Our DL depth is/was one of the huge strengths of this team. Look at how dominate they were against the Texans. This is a big blow. We were able to rotate in so many fresh quality guys all game. Will we still be able to do that?

Yeah, but one less guy to do it.

Sucks, but they'll be OK once HT comes back if IT WOULD JUST STOP NOW.

 

[willard]

4 significant IR players: Solder, Lewis, Easley, T. Brown. Could include Devlin because he brought a lot to the offence. A number of depth players were also lost to IR.

This is the deepest Patriots team I have seen and with the games lost to injury it is a good thing. Because the Patriots play more games than anyone else they see more football wear and tear. BB ability to manage injuries and having a system in place which maximizes the talents of the players on the field is remarkable year in and year out. I honestly have thought he was the coach of the year every year and pretty much everyone knew it, but it is one of those awards they pass around.

Did not look good with Easley to see him laying still for so long. The replay had him angling in low and then just going down. I did not see anything specific, but you know I was in game mode.

Defensive line is definitely our deepest position. D. Easley, C. Jones, Flowers and R. Johnson is some real talent on IR and I still think we have one of the best DL in the league.

Despite our injuries I think we are the best team in the AFC and with our experience every fan base must admit we are the favorite for a return to the Superbowl.

 

[DaBruinz]

how many on IR now...Ravens got 18.

Easley makes 17 for the Pats. This includes Chris Jones and Dane Fletcher who were moved there when they weren't activated from the Reserve/PUP list.

EDIT: Miguel has us at 18. He may be counting Rufus Johnson who is on the Reserve/ NFI list..

The others are:
Nate Solder
Dion Lewis
Ryan Wendell
James Develin
Tarell Brown
Darryl Roberts
Aaron Dobson
Trey Flowers
Tyler Gaffney
Brandon Gibson
Brian Tyms
A.J. Derby
Josh Boyce (NFLPA site has him still on Patriots Roster)
Kevin Hughes (NFLPA site has him still on Patriots Roster)

EDIT #2: The number will be 19 if the reports of Blount going to the IR come true on Wednesday.

 

[skspikex2]

Thank god Hicks is playing well.

 

[IcyPatriot]

Easley makes 17 for the Pats. This includes Chris Jones and Dane Fletcher who were moved there when they weren't activated from the Reserve/PUP list.

The others are:
Nate Solder
Dion Lewis
Ryan Wendell
James Develin
Tarell Brown
Darryl Roberts
Aaron Dobson
Trey Flowers
Tyler Gaffney
Brandon Gibson
Brian Tyms
A.J. Derby
Josh Boyce (NFLPA site has him still on Patriots Roster)
Kevin Hughes (NFLPA site has him still on Patriots Roster)

We're 11-2 and the Ravens are 4-9 ...

Belichick is the league MVP ......

 

[DaBruinz]

Hopefully by signing here. I'd love Branch, Hicks, Easley, Brown to be our interior DL next year.

While I'd love Hicks to re-sign with the Pats, I'm not sure they can afford to do so with needing to give contracts to Collins, Hightower, Jones, Butler and Sheard over the next 2 years..

 

[rochrist]

To be a season ending injury, Must be another knee injury, poor guy is cursed. He was really coming along, looked like the explosive college star was becoming and explosive pro star. Really sad situation. Loved the way he was playing.

No, it doesn't need to be a knee injury. There are plenty of things that would hold him out long enough to make putting him on IR this late in the season.

 

[rochrist]

He may be one of those athletes whose frame just cannot support the massive muscles.

Just speculating ........

Or, you know, he might just be unlucky, the way JE was. The way Gronk was. The way Amendola was.

 

[manxman2601]

While I'd love Hicks to re-sign with the Pats, I'm not sure they can afford to do so with needing to give contracts to Collins, Hightower, Jones, Butler and Sheard over the next 2 years..

Don't forget that giving extensions to Jones and Hightower almost certainly saves money next season. And then any extension to Hicks in year two and beyond is probably paid for by losing Branch in 2017. I think it's do-able.
As an aside, two other names I'd consider adding to your list are Ryan and Harmon. The way Ryan is playing at the moment, he's increasing his future contract value on a week by week basis.

 

[SVN]

we have a deep DL but cant have enough of them. he was really playing well too

 

[SVN]

Matt Chatham ?@chatham58 38m38 minutes ago
Important to consider change in Easley's status from a day ago *may* not mean a change in severity of the injury, but need 4 the roster spot
Jeff Howe ?@jeffphowe 29m29 minutes ago
Easley's injury won't have any long-term effects once he recovers, which is a good sign for next season. IR decision came after MRI.

 

[pheenix11]

Well, next man.....ahhh screw it!

Actually of all the positions we could lose someone, this one hurts us the least. Let's get all these injuries out of our system before the playoffs.

 

[VrabelJr]

What's the status on Chris Jones? He was on the PUP and had to be activated. I didn't follow what we did with him. He's the only other "true" 3 tech DT we have besides Easley.

 

[Mack Herron]

What's the status on Chris Jones? He was on the PUP and had to be activated. I didn't follow what we did with him. He's the only other "true" 3 tech DT we have besides Easley.

IR. They chose not to activate him at the deadline. Might regret that now obviously.

 

[VrabelJr]

dude has two sacks this year.

Thats good enough production for the amount hes getting paid right now, if he has another IR year next year the chances of them picking up his option is slim to none.

And at least 4 of Chandler Jones' sacks are because of pressure Easley generated.

 

[Joker]

Jerry Thornton is reporting Blount is also done...IR

 

[JarOfMayo51]

Easley's running out of chances. Not his fault though. Just can't stay on the field. Idk how this affects our dl depth. Didn't look all that bad

His first year was a red shirt year, they basically drafted him expecting to get limited production while he recovered from his knee surgery. He played in a lot of games for them this year and was starting to play really well, showing why he was picked in the 1st round of the draft and then just got an unlucky injury.

He is far from running out of chances... if they gave Dropson 4 years to get his **** together, they'll definitely give Easley that

 

[Mack Herron]

Jerry Thornton is reporting Blount is also done...IR

Link? not seeing that.

 

[IcyPatriot]

And at least 4 of Chandler Jones' sacks are because of pressure Easley generated.

Yup ... CJ just lost some next contract coin .............