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Pass rusher Carter just one vet coming off injury who may be a steal – NFL – CBSSports.com News, Rumors, Scores, Stats, Fantasy

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Pass rusher Carter just one vet coming off injury who may be a steal – NFL – CBSSports.com News, Rumors, Scores, Stats, Fantasy

Carter was seen in Foxboro last week, let’s hope the Pats bring him back, eventhough their bases are covered if they don’t.

Now, a little more than a month before the start of training camp, Carter’s hard work is paying off again. With the free-agent market largely already picked clean, Carter is nearing a return – he vows to be ready by camp – and he is one of a handful of players who may have fallen off the overall NFL radar, but who are being monitored closely by executives.


“It would be great, it would be great,” Carter said of a potential New England reunion. “But as you know it’s a business as well. I’m just training my mind and body to prepare for another season, and hopefully a team will be interested in me and take a chance and I can go out and perform the best way I can. If it’s New England, that would be awesome.”


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Free-agent defensive end Andre Carter, who turned in a 10-sack season in 2011 with the Patriots, was present at Gillette Stadium on Wednesday, Mike Reiss reports.

Andre Carter checks in with Pats – New England Patriots Blog – ESPN Boston

It’s pretty safe to say that Patriots fans universally want Andre Carter back in the fold. It’s tough to know exactly what to expect from him, perhaps it’s reasonable to think the team would like to get him back in the fold now to start the team building process since he’s a great leader. Ultimately I think we could be looking at him starting the season on the PUP list. There are enough options at RDE (or Elephant) to start the season with Trevor Scott being the early front runner. Perhaps Chandler Jones can give you something there as well though I wouldn’t expect to see much of him on early downs in September.

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And now a brief word on Andre Carter and torn quads…

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I don’t think we ever got official word on what exactly Andre Carter’s quad injury was, but I think the general assumption is that it was a torn quad.

Carter was only on a one year deal, and not a great fit for Belichick’s preferred 3-4 defense, so his future was already a little murky with the Patriots. Still, he was one of the biggest bright spots of the 2011 regular season, both on the field and off it, with Bill Belichick laying praise on him that he rarely lays on anyone.

But just how big of a hurdle would recovery from a torn quad be? Here’s what I found, and again, this is all speculative, assuming he did in fact suffer a torn quad:

A quadriceps tear often occurs when there is a heavy load on the leg with the foot planted and the knee partially bent. Think of an awkward landing from a jump while playing basketball. The force of the landing is too much for the tendon and it tears.

Most people with complete tears will require urgent surgery to repair the torn tendon.

Surgical repair reattaches the torn tendon to the top of the kneecap. People who require surgery do better if the repair is performed early after the injury. Early repair may prevent the tendon from scarring and tightening in a shortened position.

Complete recovery takes at least 4 months. Most repairs are nearly healed in 6 months. Many patients have reported that they required 12 months before they reached all their goals.

This would theoretically put Carter’s recovery out into April or May at the earliest. Given his physical condition and work ethic I’d expect he could be ready by September, though starting on PUP could definitely be a possibility, especially given his age. Sitting out the first six weeks of the season would give his quad nearly 10 months to recover.

The big question will be if the Patriots are able to get enough of an evaluation of his recovery by March to feel comfortable offering him a contract. It should be one of the most interesting storylines of the off-season.

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Patriots move Andre Carter to IR

Thanks for 13 plus great games and a lot of big sacks that we’ve been waiting far too long for. Might take a lot of factors to get him back on the Patriots next year but I’m sure every Patriot fan will be rooting for him to come back.

https://www.patspropaganda.com/patriots-move-andre-carter-to-ir-thanks-for-13/

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The sad thing is that no matter how this game turns out it still looks like we’ll be without Andre Carter for a significant amount of time, barring a miracle. It’s the ultimate buzz kill. Especially so close to the playoffs. The saddest part is that Carter was only on a one year deal. What happens now? Painful loss, even if they do wear a hat and t-shirt after the game.

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Two sacks and a forced fumble for Andre Carter yesterday, who continues to progress as a defensive end. For all the talk of needing a pass rusher it appears here in week seven that the secondary and pass coverage by our linebackers is the area that needs the most improvement.

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