Sergio Kindle to Miss All of Training Camp With Fractured Skull
by Zachary Beard on Jul 26, 2010 3:50 PM EDT
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PrintBad news to report; Sergio Kindle's "Head-Injury" turns out to be a fractured skull. He is going to miss all of training camp. Kindle, yet to have signed his contract, will be lucky if he can even play in the pre-season.
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Sergio Kindle, the Baltimore Ravens' first pick in the 2010 draft, will miss all of training camp, coach John Harbaugh said Monday, after fracturing his skull in an accident at a house he was visiting in Austin, Texas.
It's believed that Kindle, a 23-year-old defensive end/linebacker, fell down two flights of stairs Thursday night, according to the team's official Web site. Kindle is listed in stable condition at University Medical Center Brackenridge.
The Carroll County Times reported that Kindle was admitted to the hospital with swelling inside his skull, but his condition has "gotten much better" over the last few days and he is expected to make a full recovery."Members of our medical staff, including Bill Tessendorf and Dr. Andy Tucker, have spoken with doctors in Texas," Ravens general manager and executive vice president Ozzie Newsome said in a statement released by the team on Sunday. "We understand Sergio is stable at this time and that he is being tested and observed."
This is going to greatly affect his impact this year, for he won't be able to learn the playbook until pre-season. In any case, let's all hope he can make a speedy recovery, and come back to Baltimore healthy.
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Get well Sergio...
Looking forward to seeing what you can do in the NFL.
"My ambition is handicapped by laziness"
— Charles Bukowski
A suspension might be a good thing
If Goodell actually decides to do it. Because that would give Kindle some time to learn the play-book.
"Modesty goes a long way, but confidence goes farther" -Me
This is preposterous. On what grounds could Goodell possibly suspend Kindle? The only information we currently have is that Kindle took a wrong turn while staying at a friend’s house. Neither being intoxicated nor having a dangerous accident are punishable under the NFL behavior policies. Unless there’s something substantive that actually backs up your claim, you should remove it from the story.
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I heard somewhere that he was under the influence, but i can’t find it on any official website.
"Modesty goes a long way, but confidence goes farther" -Me
by Zachary Beard on Jul 26, 2010 4:05 PM EDT up reply actions
I just returned from Training Camp
where Harbaugh had his Press COnference and he said Kin dle’s fractured skull came off of a freak accident. According to Harbs, Kindle woke up in he middle of the night and took a wrong turn in a pitch black house and fell. There was no mention of it being alcohol-related, although I’m not saying it wasn’t involved. Harbaugh did NOT mention alcohol in his comments.
This incident actually happened on Thursday night and th eteam has known since Friday, although it didn’t seem to come out to the press until Sunday afternoon, when it was first reported.
As I said in the first post I did on this, for a guy to be in what is now being called “stable” condition, he first had to be in “unstabled” condition, which is not good.
I’ll go a bit further than BW, in that I don’t expect him back for the regular season at all, forget about just missing Training Camp. A fractured skull is a dangerous injury and must heal enough not only to heal the fracture, but to withstand helmet contact for a football player and I just can’t see him getting it healed enough to get in football shape, learn the playbook and unseat any guys ahead of him on the depth chart anytime soon. Best case scenerio for me is the PUP List, and then re-evaluate aftr thos six games before placing him on IR.
The team will still sig him, although they will now wait until the guys in front and behind him have signed in order to slot him and not pay him any more than they would have. Besides, he can’t hold out now, can he?
Not good, not good at all.
aka 'Rexx'
by Bruce Raffel on Jul 26, 2010 4:03 PM EDT reply actions 1 recs
PUP list would be good
Because
A.) it would give him time to recover
B.) He would be able to study the Playbook
C.)He could study Game-film and learn his role
D.)He would be able to come back and make an impact eventually THIS season.
"Modesty goes a long way, but confidence goes farther" -Me
by Zachary Beard on Jul 26, 2010 4:08 PM EDT up reply actions
All of uus can watch game tape and read playbooks, but we can’t imagine our roles on the team vicariously throuugh the players we watch. Kindle will have to learn by practicing and playing, which he won’t be able to do for a long time.
"Cam, we're not going to have any issues because we're going to be winning."
--Joe Flacco
"Just win baby. Yeah, I stole that."
--Jon Gruden
by jackmca on Jul 26, 2010 5:23 PM EDT via mobile up reply actions 1 recs
Honestly, injuries to his skull could affect him the rest of his career. I don’t expect to see him on the field this year. I’m beginning to wonder if rather then getting a “bargain” Ozzie simply didn’t understand why he fell down the board.
Are you saying that 31 other General Managers knew that Kindle was going to fall down some stairs and fracture his skull?
I thought Kindle fell in the draft because of his knee and some minor character concerns. But, then again, I’m not a pro talent evaluator.
Water covers 2/3 of the Earth's surface. Ed Reed covers the rest.
He had a history of fucking up, I wouldn’t call his character concerns minor. This is the kind of thing that happens to fuck ups, not people who have it together.
Between this and the knee Kindle is a big injury risk.
This is the kind of thing that happens to fuck ups, not people who have it together.
Are you saying that normal people don’t fall down the stairs?
Honestly, using this most recent event as some kind of evidence that Kindle is a head case is pretty stupid. Until any further evidence comes to light, this was just an unfortunate accident that could have happened to anybody.
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Said that he woke up in the middle of the night and was going down the stairs to get food or something, and because he was sleepy he might have just been disoriented and tripped on the first step. That’s happened to me before.
"Modesty goes a long way, but confidence goes farther" -Me
by Zachary Beard on Jul 26, 2010 7:57 PM EDT up reply actions
That's the story Harbs told
there was no mention of any poor decision-making besides not turning on the damn lights!
aka 'Rexx'
by Bruce Raffel on Jul 26, 2010 8:46 PM EDT up reply actions
even if we believe his story...
Its still dumb. When I wake up at night in the dark I don’t go wandering around. And If I do have to look around I do it very cautiously.
it just sounds like a freak accident. Like a guy who hurt himself while mowing the lawn. Obviously it’s stupid but it doesn’t speak to some greater character or judgement concern. Everybody has brain farts from time to time, but mostly we’re lucky enough that they don’t fracture our skulls.
"Cam, we're not going to have any issues because we're going to be winning."
--Joe Flacco
"Just win baby. Yeah, I stole that."
--Jon Gruden
right on the money
You could tell about the vagueness of the initial reports in addition to the fact that they sat on it for a few days that this was a real serious problem. If they have to say stable, that’s never good.
"Cam, we're not going to have any issues because we're going to be winning."
--Joe Flacco
"Just win baby. Yeah, I stole that."
--Jon Gruden
by jackmca on Jul 26, 2010 5:14 PM EDT via mobile up reply actions
So would it be wrong to say maybe we should try to sign Adalius Thomas to a 1 yr deal as an insurance policy.
by Raven_all_day on Jul 26, 2010 11:22 PM EDT up reply actions
yes, actually
"Cam, we're not going to have any issues because we're going to be winning."
--Joe Flacco
"Just win baby. Yeah, I stole that."
--Jon Gruden
thanks
And Kruger, even if he’s mostly DE. Plus, we used Pryce at LB at times last year. we’re fine.
"Cam, we're not going to have any issues because we're going to be winning."
--Joe Flacco
"Just win baby. Yeah, I stole that."
--Jon Gruden
Right
If there is one position we could handle an injury at, its LB. As usual, we have outstanding depth there, with or without Kindle.
At this point, I am resigned to hoping he can make a complete recovery by next season. This season is basically lost for Kindle after the news that he will miss all of training camp, at a minimum.
exactly
even if he could come back in week 10, he would probably be disrupting whatever rhythm the other LBs had found in their rotation. The only way he’d be able to work his way into the rotation this year is if someone else got hurt while he was recovering, or if he made some sort of miraculous comeback with incredible work ethic.
"Cam, we're not going to have any issues because we're going to be winning."
--Joe Flacco
"Just win baby. Yeah, I stole that."
--Jon Gruden
My regards
Injuries are part of the game, this is something different and all together much more serious. Terrible news. Hope he is able to come back and take full advantage of this enormous opportunity that he earned but has yet to come to fruition.
It turns out I overestimated my apathy, but not enough to matter.
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