Starks out for the year?!?

[Brando19]

http://www.espnmilwaukee.com/common/more.php?m=49&post_id=16161

Oh great......the injuries keep piling up. TT has to address RB in the offseason!

[digitaldean]

Just saw that as well. WTF!?!? Just when we get some SEMBLANCE of a running game.

Green has been OK, but Starks was doing better in the MINNY game.

[Brando19]

http://www.espnmilwaukee.com/common/...&post_id=16161

GREEN BAY – James Starks has to have some of the worst injury luck in Green Bay Packers history.

When Mike McCarthy said on Monday that the medical staff was still evaluating a handful of players – and thus he was unable to deliver a full injury report – apparently one of the players the Packers coach was talking about was the oft-injured running back.

According to an NFL source, Starks was later diagnosed with a knee injury, suffered during Sunday’s 23-14 victory over the Minnesota Vikings, and it’s serious enough that he might not play again the rest of the season. The source said the Packers are mulling placing Starks on injured reserve.

“It’s not an ACL,” the source said, adding that the early evaluation was that the injury would not require surgery. But with only four regular-season games left, the Packers likely will want Starks’ roster spot for a healthy player for the stretch run.

Starks carried 15 times for 66 yards, including a 22-yard touchdown – only the Packers’ third rushing touchdown of the season – against the Vikings. With 5 minutes 22 seconds left in the fourth quarter, Vikings cornerback Josh Robinson hit him flush on the right knee and upended him on a run during the Packers’ 11-minute field-goal drive to seal the game.

Starks limped off the field and came out of the game after that, but he returned for the Packers’ final possession and ran three times, for back-to-back-to-back 3-yard gains.

On Monday, McCarthy said to open his press briefing: “In regards to injuries, we’re still working through our injury report. There’s some more information being gathered so we haven’t released, (Trainer) Pepper Burruss has not concluded our injury report for today.”

Later, McCarthy added that the team had “a couple guys that are being evaluated. Nothing of serious nature. We’ll have it for you Wednesday.”

Starks’ agent, Dave Butz, declined comment when reached Tuesday evening.

Starks’ injury history before this season was well-documented: He missed senior year at the University of Buffalo with a shoulder injury; missed the first half of his rookie season in the NFL with a torn hamstring; and missed much of the second half of last season with nagging knee and ankle problems. But he entered training camp healthy and at the top of the running back depth chart, with his position coach, Alex Van Pelt, talking excitedly about Starks being able to stay healthy for all 16 games.

Instead, he suffered a turf toe injury in the Aug. 9 preseason opener at San Diego, the Packers signed veteran free-agent running back Cedric Benson three days later and Starks was inactive for the season’s first five games. And yet, he kept a positive attitude throughout.

Starks carried five times for 11 yards during the team’s Oct. 14 victory at Houston, then dressed but did not play against St. Louis on Oct. 21 and carried one time for 8 yards against Jacksonville on Oct. 28.

Starks then got an opportunity at extensive playing time and rushed 17 times for 61 yards against Arizona on Nov. 4, then had 25 carries for 74 yards at Detroit on Nov. 18. He had only eight carries for 35 yards against the New York Giants on Nov. 25, but he drew praise from McCarthy for his performance against the Vikings on Sunday.

“I liked what James Starks did. I thought he stepped up,” McCarthy said after the game. “I thought Alex (Green) ran well, I thought John Kuhn played tough like he always does. (But) I thought James was a little cut above today, and that’s why I went with him in the fourth quarter.”

If Starks is done for the year, it leaves Green, Kuhn, and practice-squad call-up DuJuan Harris, a first-year player from Troy, on the roster. Harris played in five games last season as a rookie with Jacksonville, rushing nine times for 42 yards.

The Packers lost Benson to a Lisfranc foot sprain on Oct. 7, and despite being placed on IR with the designation to return, Benson will not play again this season after undergoing surgery last week.

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you have got to be fucking kidding me

[Upnorth]

Seriously??? Does anyone know how many starts we have lost to injury this year? Wow.

[mission]

Shitty.

I guess we'll get to see Harris; at least he has a 4+ ypg (huge sample).

[Guiness]

you have got to be fucking kidding me

or ffs - for fuck sakes

Four years in a row now, back to his senior year of college

[KYPack]

Man oh man.

I was hoping this post was a rib.

We got buzzard luck this year for sure.

[Lurker64]

Bring on DaJuan Harris and Johnny White!

[Joemailman]

Bring on DaJuan Harris and Johnny White!

Johnny White was out last week with a concussion. Hell, guys I didn't even know were on the roster are hurt!

[Bossman641]

This is fucking ridiculous. Can this team ever catch a break?

[Joemailman]

[mraynrand]

That must have been from the play where he propellered and got hit on the same leg twice. Looked like he was going to have a pretty good contusion at least. looking at it again, his leg kinda whips sideways, too. MCL, LCL???

BRING BLACK GRANT!!!

[OS PA]

We should just say screw the running game and line up 6 linemen, 4 wide receivers, and Rodgers. Rotate Finley and Jones depending on the field. Bring Cobb into the backfield every now and then to pretend to run. Jumbo package all the time.

[gbgary]

wow