J.R. Reed injured jumping fence, out indefinitely

[Philly_Crew]

Tebucky Jones is getting cut by the Saints.  Has a good Philly nickname of T-Buck.  Goes with our own C-Buck.

[Wingspan]

Tebucky Jones is getting cut by the Saints.  Has a good Philly nickname of T-Buck.  Goes with our own C-Buck.

i farging hate those 1st intitial-first sylable nicknames. (no offense to you p-crew)

[rjs246]

Tebucky Jones is getting cut by the Saints.  Has a good Philly nickname of T-Buck.  Goes with our own C-Buck.

Niether of which should be on the Eagles.

[WEST is GOD]

I heard on WIP earlier pretty much what Dave said. It doesn't look good, and this is career threatening.

There is a big possibility he won't be ready for the season. 

[Don Ho]

Tebucky Jones is getting cut by the Saints.  Has a good Philly nickname of T-Buck.  Goes with our own C-Buck.

That is bucking funny!

[PhillyGirl]

DNL just said that rumor is, Reed was being chased in the yard by a dog?

[MadMarchHare]

He's still a farging idiot.  He made it to be an important role player on an NFL team from South Florida.  And he potentially ends his career jumping over a fence?

Reminds me of Brian Griese twisting his ankle tripping over his dog.

[PhillyGirl]

He's still a farging idiot.  He made it to be an important role player on an NFL team from South Florida.  And he potentially ends his career jumping over a fence?

Reminds me of Brian Griese twisting his ankle tripping over his dog.

Hmm, so if you were being chased by a dog, hypothetically...and it was get bit or try to get over a fence, would YOU be an idiot because you jumped over the fence.

Can you not call someone a farging idiot without knowing the whole story please?

It makes you sound like, well, a farging idiot.

[WEST is GOD]

Would you rather him have sat and picked his ass while the dog tore him to shreds?

[Wingspan]

He's still a farging idiot.  He made it to be an important role player on an NFL team from South Florida.  And he potentially ends his career jumping over a fence?

Reminds me of Brian Griese twisting his ankle tripping over his dog.

shtein happens. i know they have to be careful in the offseason, but i really don't expect an nfl player to wrap themselves in charmin for 6 months.

hell for all we know he could have been running with his dog, playing. or he could have just been running to keep in shape, using the fence as a hurdle to train with. or maybe we'll find out the truth because the whole thing will be on COPS next friday.

whatever happened. i would bet any amount of money that he has jumped that fence dozens, if not hundreds of times before. or at least ran and hurdled that height, if not that exact fence.

hey, it's life, shtein happens. i feel bad for the guy.

the only way i wont is if the story is, that JR Reed yelled to his bud, "Hey, want to see me ruin my leg??? watch this!" and then jumped into the fence.

[PhillyPhreak54]

What the farg...

I hope he makes it back. Perhaps stash him on one of the many lists they have at their disposal (IR, reserve-nonfootball injury, etc) for a year and hope they get it right during surgery and rehab.

Sucks for JR because he really had a lot of potential.

And if his career is over, he can always get a job at Fleer. I remember they did an interview thing with JR on Comcast where they took him to the Fleer factory and the guy said JR's knowledge of the card business was amazing.

[EagleGreen]

Stupid, Stupid, Stupid 

Well I guess that football players don't typically rank amoung the top members of the intellect gene pool, but this the football equivalent of a Darwin Award.

EG

[PhillyPhreak54]

HARD TO REED

By LES BOWEN
bowenl@phillynews.com

AGENT JONATHAN KLINE vowed yesterday that client J.R. Reed "will play again,'' but of course, as much as Kline believes in Reed, he really can't guarantee that; Kline has no control over the 1-millimeter-a-day pace of nerve regeneration.

Reed, who showed promise last season as a rookie kick returner and backup safety for the Eagles, cut the back of one of his knees Feb. 22 jumping a fence on his property near Tampa, Fla., the team announced yesterday. Reed damaged the peroneal nerve, which affects movement and sensation in the lower leg and foot. The team said Reed underwent exploratory surgery March 1 in Baltimore, by Dr. Tom Graham - coincidentally, the doctor who told the Phils' Pat Burrell he did not need wrist surgery last year.

Graham did not return a call seeking comment, but two Philadelphia orthopedists contacted by the Daily News underlined the seriousness of the injury.

"If that nerve does not come back, he won't play again,'' said Dr. John D. Kelly IV, vice chair of orthopedic surgery and sports medicine at Temple University Hospital. But Kelly said that given Reed's youth, if the damage is relatively slight, he has "a reasonable chance of recovery.''

"If he lacerated his peroneal nerve, that's a serious threat to his career,'' said Dr. Art Bartolozzi, former Eagles and Flyers team orthopedist, who added that the nerve is very close to the skin as it runs along the back of the knee.

Neither Kelly nor Bartolozzi could recall a professional athlete suffering such an injury. Sometimes when athletes suffer serious knee-ligament injuries, the peroneal nerve is stretched or compressed, but it's rarely lacerated, they said. Sometimes people with serious peroneal nerve injuries undergo graft procedures, if part of the nerve is damaged beyond repair or is missing, they said.

Kelly stressed that nerve recovery is "not uniformly predictable.''

The team supplied no details about why Reed was jumping a fence, which leg was injured, when the Eagles found out about the injury, or why the surgery - which Kline said the Eagles arranged - wasn't announced before yesterday. It seemed likely that the Eagles didn't want rivals to know they were missing their top kick returner as they prepare for the April 23-24 draft, but rumors about Reed's mishap were beginning to circulate among the media, forcing the team's hand.

"I was trying to jump over a fence, but unfortunately, I got caught on top of that fence and cut my leg,'' Reed said in a statement released by the team. "It's a bad situation, but I'm going to be very positive about it going forward. I'm in the process of trying to get my leg working again. I believe in Dr. Graham and I believe in myself that I will get better.''

Reed, who is believed to be staying in the Philadelphia area while he recovers, could not be reached for further comment. Because his is a non-football-related injury, there is a chance the Eagles could opt out of paying him, though the team had no comment on that possibility last night.

Kelly and Bartolozzi said an athlete with a peroneal nerve injury would be unable to run, because he wouldn't be able to lift his foot. Bartolozzi emphasized that gaining the degree of recovery required to run the way a kick returner has to run could take quite a while, if it occurs at all. At a millimeter a day, Reed might need something like 200 millimeters of nerve regrowth, from his knee to his foot, Bartolozzi said.

Kline, the agent, emphasized that Reed has about 4 ½ months before the start of training camp, and a positive attitude toward doing the necessary work.

"J.R. is a fantastic person and a hard worker,'' Kline said. "I'm very hopeful he can be ready by training camp.''

Reed, 23, was the Eagles' fourth-round pick last year out of South Florida. His flowing dreadlocks and slashing return style quickly gained fans' approval. Reed returned 33 kickoffs for a 23.1-yard average and made 17 tackles. Rod Hood showed promise returning kicks toward the end of the season, but the Birds might need to think about a returner in the draft. They almost certainly have to think about a safety, with Quintin Mikell now their only healthy backup at either safety spot.

"I feel terrible for J.R.,'' coach Andy Reid said in a statement. "He's worked his entire life to try to make it this far. And to have a major setback like this occur in such a freak circumstance is awful.''

[PhillyGirl]

After just about every doctor under the sun (who never saw TOs injury) had comment that he could do further damage and there would be no way for him to play, etc....I'll just choose to wait and see and wish JR the best in his recovery. With all due respect to the doctors who commented, they have no actual idea of how he'll recover.

[MURP]

The team supplied no details about why Reed was jumping a fence, which leg was injured, when the Eagles found out about the injury, or why the surgery - which Kline said the Eagles arranged - wasn't announced before yesterday. It seemed likely that the Eagles didn't want rivals to know they were missing their top kick returner as they prepare for the April 23-24 draft, but rumors about Reed's mishap were beginning to circulate among the media, forcing the team's hand.

geez, they dont mess around do they.