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    From PE.com, I didn't know about this.................



    Lito's Injury 'Fairly Significant'
    September 11, 2006
    By BOB KENT


    Andy Reid termed Lito Sheppard's right ankle injury as "fairly significant" and indicated that the Eagles' starting cornerback will likely miss Sunday's home opener against the NFC East rival Giants. Reid said the injury is not a high ankle sprain and, fortunately for Sheppard, it is not the same ankle he had surgically repaired last season.
    "We're going to take it week by week, but this week is not looking good," Reid said. "It's not a high ankle sprain. It's on the inside of his ankle and it is fairly significant."

    Roderick Hood figures to start against Eli Manning and Co. on Sunday. Free agent Joselio Hanson, who signed with the team in the spring and earned a roster spot, steps into the role of nickel cornerback. Both Hood and Hanson were solid in relief Sunday as Houston was held without a touchdown after its first series.

    CB Lito Sheppard was injured on the opening drive of Sunday's game
    Sheppard sprained his right ankle on that first series while attempting to make a play on Texans tight end Jeb Putzier. X-rays taken during the game were negative.

    His situation leaves the secondary a little light at cornerback. And considering the team entered the season with four cornerbacks -- not including the Bruce Perry experiment -- a roster move appears imminent.

    Reid acknowledged that possibility.

    "There's a chance we [bring in a corner], a pretty good chance," Reid said.

    No doubt the team would like to add someone familiar with Jim Johnson's scheme. The most notable candidates are Dexter Wynn and Donald Strickland, both of whom were released when the final roster cuts were made and have yet to catch on with another team.

    Like former Eagles defensive back Al Harris, Reid and his staff view Hood as a starting cornerback -- albeit a third starting corner. And Hood is accustomed to holding down the fort. Filling in for an injured Sheppard in 2005, he posted career highs with three interceptions and 41 tackles.

    "He has an opportunity now to get in that starting role and play," Reid said of Hood.

    Meanwhile, this marks the second ankle injury in the last 12 months for Sheppard. He suffered a severe high ankle sprain against the Giants last November.
    "Philly fans are great....It's the only place where you pull up on the bus and you've got the grandfather, the grandmother, the kids and the grandkids - everybody flicking you off. At other stadiums, they give you the thumbs-down. Here, they give you the middle finger.”
    — Michael Strahan

    "No one likes us, no one likes us, no one likes us, we don’t care, we’re from Philly, F—-ing Philly, No one likes us, we don’t care!”
    - Jason Kelce with the best championship speech ever

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    FFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFfffffffffffffffffffffffff.... .........................
    http://shop.cafepress.com/content/global/img/spacer.gifOK, let's try this again...

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    • #3
      I'm so use to really bad injuries, that this is a blip on my radar. Seriously. The good karma is still flowing..........
      Pedro

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      • #4
        Eagles | Sheppard could miss 4-6 weeks
        Mon, 11 Sep 2006 19:17:16 -0700

        Les Bowen, of the Philadelphia Daily News, reports Philadelphia Eagles CB Lito Sheppard (ankle) will likely miss the team's Week 2 game. Sheppard could miss four-to-six weeks with a "pretty significantly sprained" ankle.

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          ........blip...............
          http://shop.cafepress.com/content/global/img/spacer.gifOK, let's try this again...

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          • #6
            That really sucks, but at least our schedule is favorable early on so I don't think it's going to tank us. Hopefully, they can rest him up and get him healthy for the stretch run and playoffs, when we're really going to need him.

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            • #7
              Hopefully he'll be back by week 5. THAT's when we'll need him the most...
              "You will dress only in attire specially sanctioned by P.E. special services… You are no longer part of the system. You are above the system, over it, beyond it. We're "them." We're "they." We are the Men in Green."

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