Vereen to miss at least 8 weeks

[ctpatsfan77]

Yes who can forget all that great depth. Guys like Earthwind Moreland, Troy Brown and that other guy that all played DB for us.

I believe "that other guy" was UDFA Randall "Blue" Gay. . . .

 

[Bella*chick]

Oh, man, this REALLY sucks.

So we stay fairly injury free during preseason only to be smacked in game one. Cool.

 

[PatsDeb]

Crap. The day just keeps getting worse...

 

[fnordcircle]

Looks like you don't understand the rules. Also, he is essentially out as long as he would be if he were on the PUP.

What is his practice squad eligibility?

 

[mgteich]

That doesn't matter since he would need to pass through waivers, which he clearly wouldn't.

This IR-return designation was made just for this situation.

What is his practice squad eligibility?

 

[Ring 6]

I miss Woodhead now. The Football Gods hate us for some reason.

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[Ozymandias]

Although it's an unfortunate turn of events, I'm not panicking and I doubt the Patriots are either.

There's only two players on the team being out for an extended period of time that should warrant panic: Brady and Wilfork

These circumstances build character and mental toughness in a team. Other players have to step up to fill the void. We'll get to see what these guys are really of made in response to this adversity.

If you want to be a champion in the NFL you're going to have to deal with a lot of adversity, some external, but mostly internal. There's no doubt in my mind that the Patriots will weather this storm.

 

[Brady6]

Re: Re: Vereen to miss at least 8 weeks

Albert Breer ?@AlbertBreer 58s
Patriots place RB Shane Vereen on injured reserve with designation to return -- So he's out at least eight weeks.

Did the surgeon screw something up? Seems like a drastic change in a return timetable.

 

[fnordcircle]

That doesn't matter since he would need to pass through waivers, which he clearly wouldn't.

This IR-return designation was made just for this situation.

Ok, so let's put him on the PUP.

 

[JDot]

 

[Sciz]

What is his practice squad eligibility?

The basic requirement for being practice squad eligible is having played no more than 8 games in any season. Vereen played in 13 last season.

Ok, so let's put him on the PUP.

Any player that has ever practiced is ineligible for PUP for the rest of that season.

 

[juny]

with him being out a min of a few weeks already, and with numerous injuries on the roster already (amendola, gronk, dobson, sudfeld), this move at least frees up a roster spot until he is ready to return. makes sense to me.

 

[fnordcircle]

The basic requirement for being practice squad eligible is having played no more than 8 games in any season. Vereen played in 13 last season.

Any player that has ever practiced is ineligible for PUP for the rest of that season.

Well, can he rush the passer?

 

[Archeryaddict12]

For some reason I still am not very worried. I believe the rookies will make a huge step forward now knowing what a meaningful game is. Something you just can't replicate. I want to see what Dobson can do. I feel like he could become a big contributor.

 

[Wax Frog]

Yep, that's a few It would seem he is day to day... to day to day to day to day...

 

[BlueThunder]

NFL.com Rulebook

Something to while the time away for a certain fan here

 

[coolguy]

Can people stop acting like vereen is better than ridley because of fumbles.

Ridley fumbles shouldn't negate the fact he's a very good and explosive running back.

 

[SVN]

Did the surgeon screw something up? Seems like a drastic change in a return timetable.

Not really . Everything else was just 'sources'.

 

[patsinthesnow]

Brandon Bolden, RB, Ole Miss.

 

[Kontradiction]

Well, can he rush the passer?

I think we should take him off in-season IR and put him on full season IR LOL!