Report on Raymon Taylor?
I haven't seen a report on Raymon Taylor yet. He looked to be in a lot of pain. Courtney Avery came in and did a nice job, with the Sparty offensive staff clearly looking to pick on him, but Maxwell not seeing anything on Avery's side of the field.
I'm hoping against hope that the report on Taylor won't be too bad.
October 20th, 2012 at 11:53 PM ^
I heard it was a boo boo. Does that help?
October 21st, 2012 at 12:01 AM ^
I think Hoke called it a "boo boo" in the post-game presser.
Interesting that he'd comment on it ... normally he claims he doesn't know details about such things.
October 21st, 2012 at 10:53 AM ^
And the location is "somewhere on his body." We got that part cleared up.
Edit. - Hoke transcript: "...a little boo boo..." So a 'little boo boo'<'[standard] boo boo'. But it may be that all boo boos are little. Just one kind of boo boo. Don't ask.
October 21st, 2012 at 8:50 AM ^
Honey Boo Boo. That would be career ending...
October 20th, 2012 at 11:54 PM ^
Don't know, but I have wondered. we desperately need to avoid another spot on the "Never Forget" Banner.
October 20th, 2012 at 11:54 PM ^
His elbow bent in a way that it probably shouldn't. He hyperextended it, if that's even a legitimate elbow injury, but that's what happened.
October 21st, 2012 at 1:08 AM ^
Ace posted a link on his twitter during the game. It was a gif of his elbow bending the other way. I hope he is okay because the gig made it look bad.
October 21st, 2012 at 6:56 AM ^
.....srsly
October 20th, 2012 at 11:59 PM ^
Terry Richardson, please emerge now as the Blake Countess freshman of 2012.
October 21st, 2012 at 12:06 AM ^
Taylor has emerged as a pretty good corner this year. Would be tough to lose him for an extended period. He not only has good athleticism and coverage ability but is a very physical corner too
October 21st, 2012 at 12:08 AM ^
several times. Looks like he hyper-extended his left elbow when he braced himself falling on that play out of bounds. Whether it's a joint or ligament issue or a torn biceps muscle, either way, it will be tough for him to play the next couple of weeks. The pass rush will have to improve to take the heat off the secondary.
October 21st, 2012 at 1:59 AM ^
He did exactly what Rajon Rondo did in the playoffs. Fell and his arm took too much weight and bent backwards. He should be sore but I'd expect him to maybe miss one week.
October 21st, 2012 at 11:59 AM ^
I did exactly that to myself once. Hyperextended my elbow by falling on it backwards and landing every pound of my weight on it. I had to hold my arm like it was in a sling for about three days (probably should have been in a sling) because I couldn't move my elbow from a 90 degree bend without excruciating pain, and then I gradually got my motion back and it was back to normal about three days after that. If that's what Taylor did then I don't expect him to practice this week but I'd be cautiously optimistic he could play next Saturday depending on the severity.
October 21st, 2012 at 12:11 AM ^
Was it me or JT Floyd played a hell of a game today? I recall some nice pbu's and real nice run support.I think he even took care of the fullback in a 3rd and goal.
October 21st, 2012 at 12:14 AM ^
but he was also 15 yds off the MSU receivers a ton and give up stupid little curl routes for 1st downs a ton. Obviously, this could be defensive play calling but it was driving me nuts
October 21st, 2012 at 3:56 AM ^
The fear of MSU manufacturing 15 play drives through the air isn't there. The fear of 1 or 2 deep balls being the difference in the game was real. Maxwell cant dink and dunk down the field consistently enough to pose a real threat but he does lead tye B1G in 20+ yard completions heading into the game.
October 21st, 2012 at 12:20 AM ^
They sure picked on him a lot.
October 21st, 2012 at 12:22 AM ^
I'm with you. Several important run support tackles. His work in keeping Bell out of the endzone on 3rd down was a +1 or +2.
October 21st, 2012 at 6:43 AM ^
He was much better coming forward than going backward. He let some receivers get open deep, but Maxwell couldn't hit them and Burbridge couldn't reel his in.
October 21st, 2012 at 12:15 AM ^
I'm personally thinking back to the season preview podcast when Brian was happy with our secondary depth because 'corners don't get injured that often'. Now down two starting corners...thanks Brian.
October 21st, 2012 at 12:22 AM ^
Looked like his elbow to me.. It didnt look good.. That sucks, kld was stepping up huge.
October 21st, 2012 at 12:24 AM ^
Rivals douchebag tweets that hoke thinks he will be okay.
Balas...so yeah, grain of salt and all.
October 21st, 2012 at 2:22 AM ^
is there any reason to believe he won't be okay? it hardly seems like a career-threatening injury.
October 21st, 2012 at 12:24 AM ^
Saw this on Ace's twitter: http://gif.mocksession.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/10/HYPEREXTENSION.gif
That can't be good.
October 21st, 2012 at 12:34 AM ^
I had an elbow bend that way taped it up and played. Should have missed a week. High school trainers not close to the level at Michigan. He should be able to play through the pain.
October 21st, 2012 at 12:41 AM ^
...Dislocations, or not. Fractures, or not. Ligament tears, or not. A lot more information, beyond "a boo boo" would help. I expect to learn any relevant details here, as opposed to from a Hoke presser.
October 21st, 2012 at 2:00 AM ^
Dislocation and ligament damage, hurts like hell, but can play through the pain. If it is a fracture he is out.
October 21st, 2012 at 12:54 AM ^
Cringed when I saw it. An elbow shouldn't ever go that way. I hope I didn't see what I thought, but it was when he braced himself on the fall.
October 21st, 2012 at 10:11 AM ^
Yeah, bent backwards. May miss some time.
October 21st, 2012 at 2:12 AM ^
its the week you play Taylor Martinez, am I right?
October 21st, 2012 at 3:34 AM ^
Unfortunately, he leads the Big Ten in passing efficiency.
(BIG TENNNNNNN!!!!!)
October 21st, 2012 at 11:50 AM ^
Outside of one poor performance against OSU, Martinez is having an excellent season throwing the ball. Really a remarkable turnaround for a kid who threw like a 6-year old girl until this year.
October 21st, 2012 at 2:22 AM ^
I took my nephews over to get autographs after the game and saw him. He was in a soft cast. He didn't look like he was in pain signing autographs for all the kids. Though he didn't grab the football/papers with his hurt arm.
October 21st, 2012 at 2:22 AM ^
I took my nephews over to get autographs after the game and saw him. He was in a soft cast. He didn't look like he was in pain signing autographs for all the kids. Though he didn't grab the football/papers with his hurt arm.
October 21st, 2012 at 2:22 AM ^
I took my nephews over to get autographs after the game and saw him. He was in a soft cast. He didn't look like he was in pain signing autographs for all the kids. Though he didn't grab the football/papers with his hurt arm.
October 21st, 2012 at 7:08 AM ^
I hyperextended my elbow before. It sucked that day but besides having to force my elbow to move first thing in the morning it was pretty fine.
October 21st, 2012 at 8:51 AM ^
I'm no doctor, but the look of it suggests to me he won't play for a bit ... quite unlikely this week imo.
With that said, I wonder how the CB rotation looks now? I would guess Avery starts on the outside. Against Nebraska we'll probably play a lot of nickle ... so who goes in at slot corner ... TRich?
October 21st, 2012 at 11:37 AM ^
Has been the go-to nickel back in previous weeks when we were juggling personnel post-Countess. (And yes, the CB job goes to Avery first and foremost. So Avery at CB and Wilson in some enhanced nickel packages.)
btw: Watch Jarrod Wilson on the kickoff return that became the last play of the game. While the Spartans were trying to go all California, Wilson stayed in his lane, watched the next guy to get flipped the ball, and just nailed him with a pure, solid, wrap-up tackle. It was the kind of little play that wins games.
October 21st, 2012 at 10:25 AM ^
The secondary is well coached. We are worlds better from a technique stand point. We have players that may be limited physically, but they are at least in a position to make a play or make the tackle. JT Floyd has really improved. Taylor has started to play with aggressiveness and confidence. I can't wait to see what happens once we coach up these athletes in waiting.
October 21st, 2012 at 10:28 AM ^
You can definitely see he hyperextended his elbow when bracing the ground. Now whether its a minor sprain (no tear/minor tear) or a major sprain/tear of his elbow will determine his return timetable. Hopefully it was just a boo boo.
October 21st, 2012 at 3:28 PM ^
Hoke told the media the standard "he's got a boo boo, he'll be okay hopefully" or something along those lines.
October 21st, 2012 at 3:52 PM ^
It sure seems like Hoke's "boo-boo" descriptor encompasses everything from scrapes to torn ACLs.