Another bad "break" for Philly on the injury front....

[newlander]

sorry, couldn't help it. This kid is a local yocal to me. He's from Ravenna, MI which is about 35 minutes from my house. Yeah, I know who cares....:laugh2:

Report: Ravenna's Todd Herremans will miss Eagles' season opener with broken foot

by Brian VanOchten | The Grand Rapids Press Friday August 28, 2009, 3:15 PM


Todd Herremans of Ravenna, the starting left guard for the Philadelphia Eagles, will miss the NFL regular-season opener with a broken foot, according to published reports.
He was scheduled to undergo surgery Friday to repair a stress fracture in his left foot, the Philadelphia Inquirer reported.
The injury, sustained early in training camp, forced Herremans, a fifth-year pro from Saginaw Valley State, to miss the Eagles' first three preseason games. The team initially thought it was a stress reaction in the foot, but a magnetic resonance imaging test this week revealed the fracture.
Eagles coach Andy Reid said Herremans should miss the first two regular-season games.
"He'll miss a couple games here," Reid said. "We'll see how the surgery goes."

BTW: TWO games my foot (again: sorry, just too easy) I bet this compromises/screws up the season for him. Ask Kyle Kosier, Yao Ming and others how easy it is to recover from a break in your foot: it takes a LONG time usually...............

 

[TellerMorrow34]

If he winds up having the issues that Kosier did with his foot last year this could turn out to be much worse for them then one regular season game.

 

[jobberone]

If they put a plate it to stabilize it then he should be able to play on it in 2+ weeks. But you're right. Stuff often happens and after two weeks it'll still be sore most likely.

 

[newlander]

Couldn't agree more guys: when you're 300lbs or thereabouts, you just don't recover from stuff like this in two weeks; he COULD but I seriously doubt it. Feet are underrated and very important as we found out last year w/ Kosier and Felix.

 

[silverbear]

BTW: TWO games my foot (again: sorry, just too easy)

That's OK, I think we're all just glad that Todd didn't have a hemorrhoid problem...

 

[JackMagist]

Maybe we could ship them Proctor to fill in for him while he is out.

 

[silverbear]

Maybe we could ship them Proctor to fill in for him while he is out.

Sounds like a hell of a good idea to me... I like the way you think...

The Boys should be generous, settle for a sixth round pick in return...

 

[SaltwaterServr]

Sounds like a hell of a good idea to me... I like the way you think...

The Boys should be generous, settle for a sixth round pick in return...

Generous would be settling for a half-eaten milk-sogged Oreo cookie. Highway robbery would be a sixth round pick for Proctor, but I won't look a gift pick in the mouth.

 

[BIGDen]

If they put a plate it to stabilize it then he should be able to play on it in 2+ weeks. But you're right. Stuff often happens and after two weeks it'll still be sore most likely.

Technically maybe. I can't help but think that these guys need more time for it to truly be ready for what they need to do. 300+ lbs pounding on those little metatarsals as well as other players occasionally landing on the foot. It may be "stable" after a few weeks, but fully healed and ready to handle the demands of an NFL lineman...I'm not convinced of that.