Patriots' Starting Lineup and Injury Report

by MaPatsFan on Oct 2, 2008 8:06 PM EDT

One thing to note about today's injury report is Wes Welker down as "Limited Participation in Practice" with a groin injury. AARRGGHH!! The sky is falling! This is the same injury that kept him out of much of the preseason! Holy crap, we've lost the inside and underneath routes! Relax. He's in the projected starting lineup. Granted, much of this is fiction, but Wes has been a fixture for a long time and I don't see that changing. The little ironman.

CB Lewis Sanders is also on the injury list, but Ellis Hobbs and Deltha O'Neal have those spots locked up as starters. LB Eric Alexander is there as well, but he's mostly on special teams - there's plenty of depth there.

In other news... we were all wondering what Hoodie would do with these back-to-back west coasters. Well, he's wisely staying out west, in my opinion. Why fly back to Boston only to jump on a plane and head back out for San Diego? Maybe they can hook up with Brady after his surgery, projected for October 7th in Los Angeles.

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Phew...

Welker being out would be awful for our Patriots under any circumstance, but particularly bad for Cassel (haven’t seen much/any of O’Connell yet) as he’s trying to get experience and could use more of those slashing underneath routes as an option. Glad he’s projected to start.

And I’ll use this moment to sing his praises one more time — his YAC ability is incredible. I watch him catch balls with corners and linebackers swarming and he always seems able to just dip his head down and strike for another 5, 6, sometimes 10+ yards where other receivers would be hit on the spot. He really is a joy to watch in the passing game.

by jctsai12 on Oct 2, 2008 10:40 PM EDT reply actions

Don't Fret....

You know Welker will start and catch like 5 gazillion passes this year.

On a side night, hi everyone! I can’t get to the pulpit much this year due to firewalls and such, but once every week or two I wander over to the wifi place and log in.

OGOR

by Ogor on Oct 3, 2008 5:12 AM EDT reply actions

Hey

Good to see you around again. I’m thinking that Welker will be playing too. You never know with Belichick and that injury report, someone could be more injured and never see his name on that list like Ellis Hobbs last year, and a bunch of others.

Keep the faith!

by Marima on Oct 3, 2008 7:41 AM EDT up reply actions