Injury Thread: Taylor, Claiborne, and Hurst...Post any updates

Eh, Reid is at the least even with him. I thought Taylor had been playing well lately, but we didn't miss a beat with Reid. He is the real deal.

Hatcher and Loston have been rotating in as well and I have full confidence we'll be able to replace Taylor with those three.

But it always sucks to lose guys. I really hope we can get Hurst back ASAP. We can probably afford to let Claiborne sit out vs. Monroe.

 

Reid and Taylor are not equal. Reid is talented but raw. This loss hurts bad with Mallet on the horizon. I'm also really concerned about our O line depth....hope Hurst makes it back but anytime you are in a boot on the sideline...not good.

 

I'm not sure how close to Taylor's capability Reid actually is, but you gotta love LSU's recruiting at times like this. The pool of safeties may not have a ton of experience, but there is a ton of talent there.

 

Crazy thing about the Taylor injury is it did not look like a hit caused it. Looked like he was running along, tried to plant and stop, and fell down. Weird looking to me.

 

Exactly right. I watched Jason White do it twice, once to each knee in consecutive years. Part of the reason he played like 23 years at OU. I hope the kid is okay and isn't hurt too badly. We will need him.

 

Which is why I think it's really serious. Non-contact injuries usually means something popped. I'm not a doctor, nor did I stay at a Holiday Inn Express last night, so don't quote me on that, I really hope I'm wrong, but when I first saw how the injury happened I immediately thought the worst.

 

Les said that will blackwell could be back by the ole miss game but not the ulm game. GREAT NEWS!! Hurst and Claiborne are day to day. If we get Blackwell hurst and claiborne back for the ole miss game we will be fine.....oh and the arky game mallet will get his big plays time to time, but against good defenses, which we qualify as!! he throws 2 or 3 picks per game...thats what could cost him!