I can't recall many other seasons where we have had so many injuries!!!

[stcjones]

Every team has dealt with some injuries this year just like every season....but this seems to be one of the ....if not THE ....WORST year we have had for injuries on both sides of the ball...

So what is the deal this year?! Poor strength and conditioning?! Just plain bad luck!? Going to be a tough game tomorrow instead of a cakewalk......All I care about is getting EVERYONE back for the playoffs....

Amazing what this team has been able to achieve with all the injuries they have sustained!! GO PATS!

 

[PatsFanInVa]

Short memory, stc?

2001: You remember when we disastrously lost our franchise starting quarterback in 2001, and filled his spot with this unproven "system" quarterback/game manager? Then when "the kid" becomes the star... ankle injury in AFCCG - and back comes Bledsoe. Oh yeah, and best receiver on the team deactivated, because Belichick didn't jack around with "motivating" a guy by using feminine pronouns.

Most important position on the field, twice. Super Bowl. But you're looking for quantity.

2003: Non-injury news - Lawyer "This Team Hates Its Coach" Milloy shuffles off to Buffalo.

Pats go on to start 42 different players, the NFL record for a division winner until the 2005 Pats start 45.

And don't even get me started on how long Brady's been toughing out that shoulder injury

However, if you want to go on the suicide watch...
Football Injury News and Analysis - Rotoworld.com

So yeah we're banged up. Some of that goes away by two weeks from this weekend, when we have to play an important game. Some of it doesn't. Next man up.

 

[fnordcircle]

Take away losing Dion Lewis and Solder and we're actually looking like we can potentially have our first playoff game with a reasonably healthy bunch.

 

[1960Pats]

Short memory, stc?

2001: You remember when we disastrously lost our franchise starting quarterback in 2001, and filled his spot with this unproven "system" quarterback/game manager? Then when "the kid" becomes the star... ankle injury in AFCCG - and back comes Bledsoe. Oh yeah, and best receiver on the team deactivated, because Belichick didn't jack around with "motivating" a guy by using feminine pronouns.

Most important position on the field, twice. Super Bowl. But you're looking for quantity.

2003: Non-injury news - Lawyer "This Team Hates Its Coach" Milloy shuffles off to Buffalo.

Pats go on to start 42 different players, the NFL record for a division winner until the 2005 Pats start 45.

And don't even get me started on how long Brady's been toughing out that shoulder injury

However, if you want to go on the suicide watch...
Football Injury News and Analysis - Rotoworld.com

So yeah we're banged up. Some of that goes away by two weeks from this weekend, when we have to play an important game. Some of it doesn't. Next man up.

That 2003-2004 stretch was all that more remarkable because of the record amount of injuries the Pats sustained and still went on to break NFL records for wins. Until the rules were Polianed the Pats DEFENSE was unstoppable, and now the same has been true for the OFFENSE. All while having the NYJFL trying to knock us off our perch. No wonder they hate us.

 

[signbabybrady]

89 kinda sucked.

08 was brutal too.

 

[One-If-By-Sea]

That 2003-2004 stretch was all that more remarkable because of the record amount of injuries the Pats sustained and still went on to break NFL records for wins. Until the rules were Polianed the Pats DEFENSE was unstoppable, and now the same has been true for the OFFENSE. All while having the NYJFL trying to knock us off our perch. No wonder they hate us.

Last year we only had Nink and Chandler and they made it through. This year we only have Butler and Ryan and fingers crossed they will make it through. There is always a silver lining. I hope Donta stayed home too.

 

[PatsFanInVa]

Yeah 1960... the JEST and the Lolphins spy and "That's Football." The Pats play the same game and "OMG THE GAME IS AT RISK!!!!!"

Meanwhile, Cheaton Manning is "innocent until proven guilty." Brady, on the other hands, appears to face a Hobson's choice between the Rules and the Law... and I mean the Ideal Gas Law.

Can't wait for the next big headline.... "Pat's punter's ball drops accelerating earthward at 9.8 meters per second per second!!!!!! League Confiscates 1st rounder!"

 

[PatsFanInVa]

Back to the main point...

We could lose an important (for seedings) game. But we can't miss the playoffs.

We could also win the game. We might even see some good play from backups... not an unheard-of situation in New England.

We get to see some intriguing performances when fate deals us a crap hand. And that Jackson guy? Maybe he's got enough in the tank to get us through a game or two

 

[1960Pats]

Take away losing Dion Lewis and Solder and we're actually looking like we can potentially have our first playoff game with a reasonably healthy bunch.

Yeah, except for Easley.
And Vollmer.
And Blount.
And Chung and McCourty.
Not to mention Edelman and Amendola.
Oh yeah, and Hightower and Jones.
Wendall too.
And Devlin.
But other than we're as healthy as an Ox.

 

[1960Pats]

Yeah 1960... the JEST and the Lolphins spy and "That's Football." The Pats play the same game and "OMG THE GAME IS AT RISK!!!!!"

Meanwhile, Cheaton Manning is "innocent until proven guilty." Brady, on the other hands, appears to face a Hobson's choice between the Rules and the Law... and I mean the Ideal Gas Law.

Can't wait for the next big headline.... "Pat's punter's ball drops accelerating earthward at 9.8 meters per second per second!!!!!! League Confiscates 1st rounder!"

I've said this from the beginning but it bear's repeating.

I look at all of this crybaby cheating stuff the same way as I would having someone accuse me of cheating on my wife. I couldn't care less because I know I didn't do it.

If anything, the Pats get an edge having all of these dopes searching for bugs in the locker room and all the other crap. Hell, PEDton Manning and Preacher Dungy used to have conversations outside their locker room at Gilette. Money can't buy that space in another team's head.

 

[Triumph]

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.

Brian Tyms WR Injured Reserve Foot Tyms is on injured reserve with a foot injury and will miss the 2015 season.
LeGarrette Blount RB Injured Reserve Hip Blount suffered a hip injury and has been placed on the season-ending injured reserve list.

Dominique Easley DL Injured Reserve Thigh Easley has been placed on the season-ending injured reserve list due to a left thigh 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 is recovering from a broken foot and will not play Sunday against the Dolphins.

Sebastian Vollmer T Out Leg Vollmer left the last game with a left leg injury and will not play Sunday against the Dolphins.

Chandler Jones DE Questionable Toe Jones suffered a toe injury and is questionable to play Sunday against the Dolphins.

Jonathan Freeny LB Questionable Wrist Freeny has a wrist injury and is questionable to play Sunday against the Dolphins.

Justin Coleman DB Questionable Concussion Coleman has a concussion and is questionable to play Sunday against the Dolphins.

Danny Amendola WR Questionable Knee Amendola has a sprained knee and is questionable to play Sunday against the Dolphins.

Rob Ninkovich DL Questionable Ankle Nikovich has an ankle injury and is questionable to play Sunday against the Dolphins.

Devin McCourty DB Questionable Ankle McCourty has an ankle injury and is questionable to play Sunday against the Dolphins.

Patrick Chung S Questionable Hip Chung has a hip injury and is questionable to play Sunday against the Dolphins.

Josh Kline OL Questionable Shoulder Kline has a shoulder injury and is questionable to play Sunday against the Dolphins.

LaAdrian Waddle T Questionable Undisclosed Waddle left the last game with an undisclosed injury and is questionable to play Sunday against the Dolphins.

Brandon LaFell WR Probable Foot LaFell is sidelined with a foot injury but is expected to play Sunday against the Dolphins.

 

[fnordcircle]

Yeah, except for Easley.
And Vollmer.
And Blount.
And Chung and McCourty.
Not to mention Edelman and Amendola.
Oh yeah, and Hightower and Jones.
Wendall too.
And Devlin.
But other than we're as healthy as an Ox.

Blount I can handle. Devlin makes me sad.

Chung, McCourty, Vollmer, Edelman, Amendola, Nink, Hightower and Jones are all looking likely to be ready to play at full or near full speed by our first playoff game. Which is what I was getting at. We've had a ton of injuries but if things pan out right we could be as health as we've been since like, game 4 when we host the first game in Foxboro.

 

[Ochmed Jones]

Every team has dealt with some injuries this year just like every season....but this seems to be one of the ....if not THE ....WORST year we have had for injuries on both sides of the ball...

So what is the deal this year?! Poor strength and conditioning?! Just plain bad luck!? Going to be a tough game tomorrow instead of a cakewalk......All I care about is getting EVERYONE back for the playoffs....

Amazing what this team has been able to achieve with all the injuries they have sustained!! GO PATS!

I have never seen anything like this year when it comes to injuries. I think the job the coaching staff has done this year is beyond comparison.

It is so hard to live the "next man up" mantra when the next man up should be working as a bouncer at a third rate night club.

 

[SammyBlueCat]

Injuries are a huge part of football however when this season is over, every training method needs to be evaluated.

 

[TheBostonStraggler]

Can't speak for the number of injuries but I believe it was 1989 in the second game of the season we lost Tippet, Lippett and was it......Fryar to season ending IR???
Anyway that is equivalent of losing Collins, Butler and Jules for the season in the same damn game in September......and that isn't counting any other of the 15 games that had injuries.

((forgive my inaccuracies -- long time ago -- think it's pretty close to accurate though))

 

[TheBostonStraggler]

Injuries are a huge part of football however when this season is over, every training method needs to be evaluated.

Completely agree with the caveat that reevaluation is a normal part of BB's (and other teams) process. It is starkly unlikely the injuries this year are due to anything more than normal NFL business and bad luck.

 

[stcjones]

No suicide watch ...just noting the extraordinary amount of KEY players we have lost this year....to your point I know you are mentioning the loss of 1-2 key starters in a season (see Gronk in 2011 SB..,.believe that was year he was out). But this year the sheer MULTITUDE of players at key positions including many of our offensive weapons....is alarming. Next man up for sure....but tough to truly REPLACE a lot of these Key players.....Hope they can get it done Sunday .....NEED the home field t/o....

Short memory, stc?

2001: You remember when we disastrously lost our franchise starting quarterback in 2001, and filled his spot with this unproven "system" quarterback/game manager? Then when "the kid" becomes the star... ankle injury in AFCCG - and back comes Bledsoe. Oh yeah, and best receiver on the team deactivated, because Belichick didn't jack around with "motivating" a guy by using feminine pronouns.

Most important position on the field, twice. Super Bowl. But you're looking for quantity.

2003: Non-injury news - Lawyer "This Team Hates Its Coach" Milloy shuffles off to Buffalo.

Pats go on to start 42 different players, the NFL record for a division winner until the 2005 Pats start 45.

And don't even get me started on how long Brady's been toughing out that shoulder injury

However, if you want to go on the suicide watch...
Football Injury News and Analysis - Rotoworld.com

So yeah we're banged up. Some of that goes away by two weeks from this weekend, when we have to play an important game. Some of it doesn't. Next man up.

 

[Huckleberry1]

Take away losing Dion Lewis and Solder and we're actually looking like we can potentially have our first playoff game with a reasonably healthy bunch.

This is how i have been looking at it. The patriots were fortunate the injuries feel into a time frame when, they could get almost all of them, back in pretty good shape, and on time for the playoffs. Off this happens I'll take them against anyone anywhere.

They have done a masterful job of managing the team and games to reach the record they have and the shot at HFA. I think they'll be reach to go and will get to San Jose and win another Lombardi.At which point the football media will have no choice but to finally acknowledge that Tom Brady is actually better than Daunte Culpeper.

 

[RayClay]

2003 and 2004 there were a ridiculous amount of injuries, I think more in 2003. 2005 our only running back was running sideways pogo sticking on one leg into the line. Lost Bruschi, Harrison and Law, injury related. [Law foot injury vs contract, Bruschi stroke victim, not effective].

2005, I thought there were double digit IRs just from the secondary, but i can't verify.

 

[RayClay]

Can't speak for the number of injuries but I believe it was 1989 in the second game of the season we lost Tippet, Lippett and was it......Fryar to season ending IR???
Anyway that is equivalent of losing Collins, Butler and Jules for the season in the same damn game in September......and that isn't counting any other of the 15 games that had injuries.

((forgive my inaccuracies -- long time ago -- think it's pretty close to accurate though))

Garin Veris, who was hot then at DE [I think]. Made you sick, though. I thought it was the last preseason game.