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The Jerm!
05-07-2009, 11:45 AM
BOSTON (AP) - New England Patriots third-round draft pick Tyrone McKenzie will miss the 2009 season with a torn ligament in his right knee.

The outside linebacker from South Florida tore his anterior cruciate ligament during rookie minicamp on Saturday and will be sidelined for the year, a person familiar with the injury said Wednesday night on condition of anonymity because the team did not make an announcement.

http://msn.foxsports.com/nfl/story/9546112/Patriots-draft-pick-McKenzie-out-for-season
jackacid
05-07-2009, 11:49 AM
Welcome to the NFL.
9ernation94
05-07-2009, 11:49 AM
:laugh:

Sucks for the player but I'm glad it happened to the Patriots!
Benji
05-07-2009, 12:14 PM
sucks but I really liked McKenzie as a prospect
esanton
05-07-2009, 12:17 PM
Man that has to be rough. You finally achieve your dream of getting drafted into the NFL and now you have to miss the season.

I hope he gets better.
greenblood25
05-07-2009, 01:06 PM
Yeah that sucks, I hope we have a good healthy TC this year
xraided25
05-07-2009, 07:56 PM
sucks but I really liked McKenzie as a prospect

Glad crabtree can't practice just kidding imagine that though....
NinersFanatic
05-07-2009, 08:19 PM
What a bust.
NinerLifer
05-08-2009, 12:55 AM
Man that has to be rough. You finally achieve your dream of getting drafted into the NFL and now you have to miss the season.

I hope he gets better.

Jay Moore?
gnoix
05-08-2009, 10:41 AM
Sucks... and it is just like Jay Moore.
Eric 80
05-08-2009, 11:56 AM
As far as contract negotiations are concerned, he has no leg to stand on.
kingshmegland
05-08-2009, 12:26 PM
As far as contract negotiations are concerned, he has no leg to stand on.


Don't quote me but when the player before and after him get their contracts, he would be slotted the equivalent salary for one year. Without hurting the cap. I think.
Samson jR 80818
05-10-2009, 03:15 PM
:laugh:

Sucks for the player but I'm glad it happened to the Patriots!

Basically..
NY2ThaBay08
05-10-2009, 03:29 PM
first chad jackson now him....sux 4 them
keehner87
05-11-2009, 08:14 AM
:laugh: Sucks for the player but I'm glad it happened to the Patriots! My thoughts exactly. I feel bad for him but it couldn't have happened to a better team.
NinerCapHell
05-11-2009, 08:36 AM
:laugh:

Sucks for the player but I'm glad it happened to the Patriots!

makes little to no impact for them. he wasn't going to play much anyway.

plus they will be adding Jason Taylor and/or Julius Peppers within the next couple of months.
TheWiz
05-11-2009, 10:21 AM
I wonder if they'll still sign him...

So they don't sign him. Next year no rookie wants to work out for the Patriots until they get their deal. Otherwise they too could easily get hurt and miss out on hundreds of thousands of dollars.

Don't quote me but when the player before and after him get their contracts, he would be slotted the equivalent salary for one year. Without hurting the cap. I think.

The players union would revolt. If he got signed to a regular deal and then got hurt, he would be entitled to an injury settlement. A team has every right to not extend or pull back and offer on a contracted player who gets hurt but going cheap on a rookie who got hurt working out for your team, that could be a new low.

If he signs for 1 year then next year he would be a RFA. The Patriots would need to drop the ~800k+ one-year salary tag on him just to bring him back in year 2 or else they just wasted a 3rd rounder and he signs elsewhere (and he would after NE stiffed him). I can say this much, even his signing bonus and base salary for a 1-year rookie minimum and a base-tender offer would be more expensive than a 3-year deal with the bonus he would get anyhow.
NinerCapHell
05-11-2009, 10:48 AM
it already states in the CBA that if a rookie player gets injured during a voluntary training camp, the team is expected to sign him to an unbiased (meaning assuming if he were not injury) contract pertaining to the slot he was drafted.
Rollonubears
05-13-2009, 10:02 AM
it already states in the CBA that if a rookie player gets injured during a voluntary training camp, the team is expected to sign him to an unbiased (meaning assuming if he were not injury) contract pertaining to the slot he was drafted.

Always wondered about that and these voluntary workouts before players are signed. Didn't know if they were insured somehow or what, but it never made sense. Now it does with this agreement in the CBA.
IowaNinersFan
05-13-2009, 03:09 PM
Jay Moore?

Ricky Watters.