Harrell thinks he tore his ACL

[Tarlam!]

I feel really awful for the guy. As a couple others have pointed out, when the guy did get on the field, he was effective. I also don't care for the way the JSO dismissed the injury as unimportant in its article on injuries from the game.

The guy was in the rotation. Imagine having him and Neal as backups this season. That would m ake for a powerful offensive line and help greatly the defensive backfield. It was a piece of bad luck for Harrell and the team. Not as bad as injuries to other players; nonetheless, it was important.

I'm going to be in the minority, probably, but I'm going to agree with gbgary and say put the guy on injured reserve, and bring him back next year. You have very little to lose.

Good post Fritz (except offensive line?).

I will join the minority and hope they bring him back next year.

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i don't agree with bringing him back. move on from him and draft some more help on the d-line

this isn't just a recent little problem for him, this is something that dates all the way back to high school. and we're not talking about little nagging injuries that he can learn to play through. we're talking major injuries that happen almost every year for the past 10 years or so.

the kids body just wasn't built to play football or carry all that weight or something

you could bring him back to camp next year but i don't see how you can give him a roster spot over another guy and rely on him to stay healthy

[mmmdk]

Bad luck on the field but you'll always be a Packer...unless you become a Viking player I'm guessing though that JT's got more than just a pocketful of change from his NFL experience.

[imscott72]

on his facebook, jarius posted about "going back to work tomorrow"
this was about an hour ago.... probably Ted and co. called his ass up right when Harrell got hurt in the 1st Quarter.

I would sure hope so.

[swede]

Bad luck on the field but you'll always be a Packer...unless you become a Viking player

Heh heh

The list of ex-Packers who haven't been invited to play for the Vikings keeps growing smaller.

[retailguy]

been looking around for a story all morning and don't see anything. Has the team announced anything related to him yet?

[red]

it's official

torn ACL, done for the year
grant will also miss this weeks game

[Patler]

MM at his press conference today confirmed Harrell is out for the season (ACL).

I’ll start off with the two significant injuries that occurred in yesterday’s football game. Justin Harrell suffered an ACL injury. He will be placed on IR. Justin will be lost for the season. And Ryan Grant also had a significant ankle injury. We’re still in the process of gathering all of the information. I know Ryan will not be available this week against Buffalo. I really do not have a timetable because we’re still doing more testing.

[retailguy]

it's official

torn ACL, done for the year
grant will also miss this weeks game

Thanks, I just found McCarthy's press transcript like 5 minutes ago. Sucks. I thought he'd get hurt before the 1st preseason game, then I started to believe that it might be like Mike Flanagan's career where finally he got it turned around. Not so.

(How’s Justin Harrell?)
I’ll start off with the two significant injuries that occurred in yesterday’s football game. Justin Harrell suffered an ACL injury. He will be placed on IR. Justin will be lost for the season. And Ryan Grant also had a significant ankle injury. We’re still in the process of gathering all of the information. I know Ryan will not be available this week against Buffalo. I really do not have a timetable because we’re still doing more testing.

[gbgary]

well dang it. let him rehab that puppy and make him play in knee braces (plural) and maybe he'll be ok. one more chance.

[mmmdk]

it's official

torn ACL, done for the year
grant will also miss this weeks game

Damn! IR it is but will Pack keep him beyond this season? I mean, won't it [now] come down to a question of money? I'd think so.

[HarveyWallbangers]

Trgovac said that he would support the star-crossed Harrell fully in an attempt to come back from a second season on injured reserve. Harrell has had two back surgeries and played in just 14 games since being drafted in the first round in 2007.

"I really mentally want to work hard with this kid," Trgovac said. "He's been through a lot. If he was just taking the money and running that would be one thing. But he's totally the opposite of that. I'm going to stay positive with him. He can be a really good football player."

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heres the problem i have with keeping him. you plan to have him, he gets reps that someone else loses, he gets a roster spot over someone else and then he gets hurt right off the bat

he's gonna get hurt, he always gets hurt, if it's not one thing it will be something else. god just didn't build him to be a football player.

he's been slow to heal in the past so chances are he won't be able to participate in the offseason stuff and at the least he would be limited in training camp and preseason. so would almost have to give him a roster spot without working him out.

a clean break would force the team to focus on others

and if i'm JH i retire before he becomes a cripple before he's 30. he should have a nice nest egg if he didn't blow all his money. go enjoy life, maybe get into coaching

he shouldn't feel like he let the team down or took the teams money and ran. TT knew what he was getting when he drafted him and he took a big gamble that didn't turn out. justin gave it his all, no question there. just wasn't ment to be

[Brandon494]

I was pulling for the guy but enough is enough, time to move on.

[Smidgeon]

heres the problem i have with keeping him. you plan to have him, he gets reps that someone else loses, he gets a roster spot over someone else and then he gets hurt right off the bat

he's gonna get hurt, he always gets hurt, if it's not one thing it will be something else. god just didn't build him to be a football player.

he's been slow to heal in the past so chances are he won't be able to participate in the offseason stuff and at the least he would be limited in training camp and preseason. so would almost have to give him a roster spot without working him out.

a clean break would force the team to focus on others

and if i'm JH i retire before he becomes a cripple before he's 30. he should have a nice nest egg if he didn't blow all his money. go enjoy life, maybe get into coaching

he shouldn't feel like he let the team down or took the teams money and ran. TT knew what he was getting when he drafted him and he took a big gamble that didn't turn out. justin gave it his all, no question there. just wasn't ment to be

As long as this part is known, I'm indifferent to whether GB moves on or not. I was getting tired of people (in general) blaming him for not doing everything he could to get on the field. So despite his talent, I'm okay if this is it.

It's my opinion that it wasn't a wasted draft pick. Especially since his injuries are all unrelated. But most especially because Raji and the Claymaker are both hits.