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    How great is it we snagged Maroney when we did?
    You can never be to deep at RB.
    I bet all those Pats fans who said "good riddance" when we traded for Maroney...
    are crying about it now.

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    Patriots runningback Kevin Faulk took quite a shot which knocked him out of the game during the fourth quarter of Sunday’s 28-14 loss to the New York Jets, and apparently two days later the news isn’t good.


    The Patriots appear to have lost Kevin Faulk to an ACL injury.

    Ian Rapoport of The Boston Herald reported on Tuesday that Faulk has suffered a torn ACL, which will likely sideline him for quite some time.

    As of Tuesday the team has yet to announce a roster move, but one would have to believe the prognosis for the 34-year old veteran can’t be very good. At Faulk’s age while anything is possible, it’s asking a lot for him to recover in time to come back before the end of the season.

    Even Wes Welker, who was injured back on January 3rd of this year, needed six months to get back in time to be healthy enough for contact. Welker started training camp on the active PUP list at the start of training camp and it took a while before he was finally ready to start taking hits.

    To make matters worse Welker’s injury happened on a non-contact play. Faulk was hit hard as he had his legs swept out from underneath him, so while we don’t know officially the severity of his injury – it definitely didn’t look good.

    Needless to say even with a “best case scenario” outlook – it’s doubtful that Faulk is going to be able to exceed the miracle return we saw from Welker.

    Sadly it looks like New England just took a big blow offensively as one would have to believe he’s likely lost for 2010. At this point all we can hope for at his age is that he’s able to come back and perform at a high level next season.
    - Go Broncos 2017 and Beyond! -

    Super Bowl 50 CHAMPIONS!

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    Watch Belichek scoop up Larry Johnson now...
    - Go Broncos 2017 and Beyond! -

    Super Bowl 50 CHAMPIONS!

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      I feel bad for him, honestly. He took his role as a 3rd down back seriously and was a huge part of their success even though he has a very specific role. Was amazing seeing him come in on 3rd down and getting the feeling like 'theres no way they can stop them'. Plus the way he reacted after getting hit you knew it was serious

      Just goes to show you its not just the broncos with injury woes..just part of football

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      • #4
        Who cares. It's the cheating patsies.

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          If I were the Pats, I would sign Larry Johnson, just to add some depth on the roster, and have 3 RB ready to play at all times.
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          • #6
            Thats sucks for them he is such a underrated RB he's great to use when it's 3rd down. He's a very good player that some people dont hear about.
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            • #7
              We've got 4 RB's on our roster. Hmmmmm....
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              Thank you to my grandfather jetrazor for being a veteran of the armed forces!

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              • #8
                Originally posted by PAINTERDAVE View Post
                How great is it we snagged Maroney when we did?
                You can never be to deep at RB.
                I bet all those Pats fans who said "good riddance" when we traded for Maroney...
                are crying about it now.

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                Patriots runningback Kevin Faulk took quite a shot which knocked him out of the game during the fourth quarter of Sunday’s 28-14 loss to the New York Jets, and apparently two days later the news isn’t good.


                The Patriots appear to have lost Kevin Faulk to an ACL injury.

                Ian Rapoport of The Boston Herald reported on Tuesday that Faulk has suffered a torn ACL, which will likely sideline him for quite some time.

                As of Tuesday the team has yet to announce a roster move, but one would have to believe the prognosis for the 34-year old veteran can’t be very good. At Faulk’s age while anything is possible, it’s asking a lot for him to recover in time to come back before the end of the season.

                Even Wes Welker, who was injured back on January 3rd of this year, needed six months to get back in time to be healthy enough for contact. Welker started training camp on the active PUP list at the start of training camp and it took a while before he was finally ready to start taking hits.

                To make matters worse Welker’s injury happened on a non-contact play. Faulk was hit hard as he had his legs swept out from underneath him, so while we don’t know officially the severity of his injury – it definitely didn’t look good.

                Needless to say even with a “best case scenario” outlook – it’s doubtful that Faulk is going to be able to exceed the miracle return we saw from Welker.

                Sadly it looks like New England just took a big blow offensively as one would have to believe he’s likely lost for 2010. At this point all we can hope for at his age is that he’s able to come back and perform at a high level next season.
                pats fans aren't crying about maroney, he'd become pretty worthless there

                they're crying about how bad their defense has become
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