OT - Dominique Easley suffers knee injury - probably IR'ed

[BobDigital]

It is early but the reports on the field is it looked bad during and after in the locker room.

When the Pats drafted him in the first they knew there was a risk he knees could blow out but he did have close to Aaron Donald like talent though perhaps a lack of commitment and love for the game as well (arguable).

Hope he gets to see the field again but with his history who knows.

Edit: I see it was in the injury thread. On second thought this thread may as well get deleted.

 

[jmt57]

College:
2011: torn ACL, meniscus injury to left knee
2012: missed two games due to swollen left knee
2013: torn ACL, meniscus tear to right knee

NFL:
2014: finished season on IR (knee)
2015: finished season on IR (torn quad; previously had thigh and hip injuries)
2016: waived, signed w/Rams
2017: doesn't sound good

In the last six years Easley has been injury-free only once (ironically, the year the Pats let him go), and been able to finish the season on the field just twice.

Hopefully this is nothing serious. Sad story to see somebody so snakebit.

 

[doesntmatter1]

If you just look at his body type, you wouldn't expect him to be able to play the way that he does in the first place. I have never seen someone that small consistently not give ground the way he does. Way too much pressure on his legs.

 

[Kontradiction]

College:
2011: torn ACL, meniscus injury to left knee
2012: missed two games due to swollen left knee
2013: torn ACL, meniscus tear to right knee

NFL:
2014: finished season on IR (knee)
2015: finished season on IR (torn quad; previously had thigh and hip injuries)
2016: waived, signed w/Rams
2017: doesn't sound good

In the last six years Easley has been injury-free only once (ironically, the year the Pats let him go), and been able to finish the season on the field just twice.

Hopefully this is nothing serious. Sad story to see somebody so snakebit.

I think he's done, unfortunately. That's a lot of season-ending surgeries in the same knee.

 

[DarrylS]

College:
2011: torn ACL, meniscus injury to left knee
2012: missed two games due to swollen left knee
2013: torn ACL, meniscus tear to right knee

NFL:
2014: finished season on IR (knee)
2015: finished season on IR (torn quad; previously had thigh and hip injuries)
2016: waived, signed w/Rams
2017: doesn't sound good

In the last six years Easley has been injury-free only once (ironically, the year the Pats let him go), and been able to finish the season on the field just twice.

Hopefully this is nothing serious. Sad story to see somebody so snakebit.

Can you imagine him at age 50?? Hopefully even if he recovers he decides to walk away while he still can...

 

[Captain Cliche]

Recall reading Michael Lombardi talked BB into taking him.

 

[Gwedd]

Can you imagine him at age 50?? Hopefully even if he recovers he decides to walk away while he still can...

I met John Hannah a couple years or so after he retired. Man was soft spoken, a real gentleman, but he looked like he'd been run over by a truck. Limping on both legs, grimacing every now and then as he walked along talking to me. I was thrilled to meet him, but really shocked at what the game had done to him.

 

[Sicilian]

He was an oddity in the history of BB drafting. Usually guys with all-world talent but a red flag (injury, character, etc), are taken in the 2nd or 3rd round. First rounders always seem to be "safer" bets, and if those don't exist they trade down. Easley was a departure from that philosophy and it didn't work out unfortunately.

Here's hoping he makes a strong recovery and does what's best for him in regards to his playing career.

 

[PatsBoy12]

Stick a fork in this guy. He's done.

 

[long distance]

Hopefully took insurance . no gtd on 1st rd tender..

(the deal with tenders is too cruel . NFLPA should go for the change more here)

 

[IllegalContact]

Rams lose Dominque Easley for season

guy could have been a stud......too bad

 

[varjao]

When he got cut from the Patriots the word was that he didn't want to follow the program that the team doctors designed for him. He wanted to do his thing. Among other problems like those dog bites he's had.

A basket case. I don't understand BB taking that risk, I remember, there was a HUGE need for a pass rusher that could create havoc from the inside but there was too many red flags not only the knees.

 

[Hael]

He's a good player. PFF had him ranked as the 30th best inside linemen in the league last year, despite all of the injuries. He's even better as a third down specialist.

I think other than the injury and character fit problems, BBs experiment with small passrushing DTs came to an end and was going back to big linemen. I think he simply prefers it for his D

 

[shmessy]

Stick a fork in this guy. He's done.

Wow, that's pretty cold.

You do know he is someone's child, right?

His career in the NFL might be over, but he is a human being.

.

 

[PatsBoy12]

Wow, that's pretty cold.

You do know he is someone's child, right?

His career in the NFL might be over, but he is a human being.

.

And I was referring to him as an NFL player and the fact that he has had something like four ACL tears dating back to college. Thanks for your sanctimony though.

 

[TheFlyingWedge]

The knee is a poorly designed part of the human body... especially for Football

 

[jah]

And I was referring to him as an NFL player and the fact that he has had something like four ACL tears dating back to college. Thanks for your sanctimony though.

Still his job/livelihood. That's not how you'd talk about some random person whose career was ruined.

 

[Deus Irae]

Still his job/livelihood. That's not how you'd talk about some random person whose career was ruined.

Why would you expect that to be the case? We see similar expressions all the time.

 

[captain stone]

And maybe Easily wouldn't have had all of his injuries if he had listened to the advice of his coaches about the best rehab methods available.

Terrible, terrible draft pick. Period.

 

[SammyBlueCat]

Wish him well