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December, 4, 2012
By Field Yates | ESPNBoston.com
Patriots fourth-year wide receiver Julian Edelman (foot) has been placed on injured reserve, the team announced on Tuesday.
In addition, the Patriots announced that veteran offensive lineman Mitch Petrus has been released, and that the team added offensive linemen Tommie Draheim and Colin Miller to the practice squad.
Petrus played in two games for the Patriots as a reserve lineman after being signed on Nov. 13.
Draheim was originally signed by the Green Bay Packers as an undrafted free agent in 2012 out of San Diego State. He was released following training camp and later spent time as a member of the Seattle Seahawks practice squad.
Miller, a fellow undrafted free agent, originally entered the league in 2011 with the Pittsburgh Steelers out of Central Michigan. He was most recently a member of the Raiders practice squad.
Games played:
11
13
13
9 (now on IR)
This is a guy who's been a backup and played essentially nothing but special teams for most of those years, not one who's out there playing 3/4 of the snaps. In 4 years, 3 as strictly a backup, he'll have lost more than a full season to injury. I don't see how it's unfair to call him "made of glass", given that reality.
A guy misses time for a concussion, a broken hand and a broken foot and there are internet tough guys implying he's soft? What a freaking joke, not to mention an embarrassment.
I guess we just disagree. As a core STer and PR man alone Edelman gets exposed to lots of hits. As a PRer he has to plant and make a lot of cuts, which is how he supposedly rolled his ankle week 3 against the Ravens.
We're not talking muscukoskeletal injuries here. We're talking broken bones. He broke his arm against Tennessee week 6 in the 2009 season, but returned week 10 against Indianapolis, and played the rest of the season and into the playoffs without a problem. That doesn't sound soft to me. He broke a foot against Miami - pretty legitimate injury. We don't know how quickly he would have come back, but generally a broken bone week 13 is going to mean IR for just about anyone. The guy took a brutal hit on a pass over the middle against the Jets and reportedly had a concussion, but didn't miss a game - yet he's labelled as soft? I just don't see it.
Soft and injury prone are two vastly different things. Nobody's calling Edelman "Charmin".
Look at baltimore without Suggs, Webb, and Lewis. Jets without Holmes and Revis. Gronk will be back, Mankins should be back soon, Hern is already back. If losing your punt returner is your worse injury then you aren't hurting too bad. I just think people exaggerate a little too much here. Compared to other years pats are doing pretty well. Anyone remember 05? Now THAT was a bad injury year.
I think NFL wide players have been losing more games to injuries and it's just natural to mainly notice the effect on the team you root for.
Yeah that's more than reasonable just saying I think the pats will be fine. As long as they don't have a ton of season ending injuries. As of now isn't it only Dane Fletcher and Edelman?
A guy misses time for a concussion, a broken hand and a broken foot and there are internet tough guys implying he's soft? What a freaking joke, not to mention an embarrassment.
Has Ebner been tried? A rugby player would seem to be a natural ...