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Report: Rob Ninkovich Tears Triceps, Won’t Need Surgery

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And here we thought we were losing Julian Edelman today. Nope, turns out it’s Rob Ninkovich that had the more significant injury, tearing his triceps according to Mike Reiss of ESPNBoston.com.

Ninkovich has been an ironman for the Patriots since signing with the team in mid-August of 2009. Since 2010 he’s played in every game and been a true stalwart in every sense of the word. Losing him for any length of time is a big blow, both off the field and on it. But with no surgery required, Ninkovich could be back as early as October which will give the Pats a chance to develop more depth at a critical position. 

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Tweets of Note: Patriots Training Camp Practice #11

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By now you’ve probably heard, Julian Edelman left practice on Tuesday after throwing his helmet down in frustration with an apparent injury. Trainers were looking at Edelman’s left foot, the same one that he broke last season. Edelman did walk to the locker room under his own power, a better sign than if he was carted off, but it appears he’s suffered a setback, though Ian Rapoport is reporting that it’s not serious (phew?)…

That wasn’t the only injury buzzkill on Tuesday, as Rob Ninkovich also left practice with trainers looking at his upper arm. Arms are usually less worrisome than feet when it comes to injuries, however Nate Solder was lost to IR last year due to a torn biceps.

So we hold our breath and wait to hear what the prognosis on both is. Unfortunately, since it’s training camp, we might not get any immediate answers. Edelman and Ninkovich will likely be missing from practice tomorrow and we’ll have to wait for sources to leak what’s going on before Bill Belichick will tell us anything.

Here are the tweets of note if you want to re-live the first shitty practice of training camp.

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Training Camp Update: Patriots Depth Chart Reset

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Patriots Depth Chart

The Patriots and Saints will get underway with joint practices this morning. This is always a great way to get a new look at the players who have settled in over the last 12 days of training camp. It’s hard to believe it’s going by so quickly!

But in that time we’ve had some definite movement on the depth charts. The Pats have been fairly lucky so far with injuries, but that can change quickly. Still, the overall depth is promising, since there hasn’t been much juggling on the low end of the roster. That means we should see some quality performances out of the guys who are under-the-radar.

So before things get crazy with joint practices and games, let’s take a quick look at how the depth chart looks here as we stand on August 9th, just 33 days away from the season opener in Arizona!

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