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Jul 30, 2007 Injury bug, RB free-for-all, Undrafted Free Agent watch list
Chris Taylor’s knee hates him. EDIT: Taylor underwent surgery for a torn meniscus on Sunday and he was placed on the IR, meaning he is lost for the season.
Taylor’s value to the team was two-fold. One, he showed some flashes of talent as a starting RB (99 yds, 1 TD v. Cleveland). Two, he can also play FB, meaning your lead-blocker is about as fast as your RB in those packages. That’s a nice weapon to have. At least it would have been a nice weapon to have.
In place of Taylor (and the PUPed Jameel Cook), the team brought in Quentin Griffin and Patrick Pass for workouts, signing Pass. They also re-signed the recently cut Darius Walker.
Signing Pass makes sense to me; he’s a versatile back (RB and FB, like Taylor), he’s a solid receiver out of the backfield, and he’s played on a winner before. (That last fact is always a plus on any roster.) Re-signing Walker, however, confounds the hell out of me. We let him go (or he asked to be released) because the odds were not good that he would make the team and because, at least according to one source, he’s not very good. Even if the loss of Taylor slightly improves Walker’s odds, I don’t think it will suddenly also make him an NFL-quality back.
In other injury news, Roc Alexander cracked his kneecap and was placed on IR. This isn’t overly important.
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July 30th, 2007 at 3:52 pm
Not really important to the gist of the article, but Alexander is the one who cracked his kneecap.
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July 30th, 2007 at 4:33 pm
Oh. You’re right. Thanks.