Phil Taylor Torn Pec

professor_g

All over twitter. Mary Kay says agent has confirmed.

This sucks so bad.

brownfish

I can not remember hearing about so many torn pecs in the NFL are these guys just trying to overdo it during workouts? Is our training staff inept? I'm glad someone in the organization is clairvoyant and picked up Old Man "john hughes"

confirmed happened during weight room training... the trainers should be fired 20 years working as an athletic trainer and never had a kid tear a muscle under my watch.

i'm hoping it wssn't a complete tear off the sternum...just don't understand why they aren't using narrow grips and using a bump plate on their chest...when those kids where doing reps at the combine i saw two kids out of like 12 that day not doing it correctly and wouldn't you know it one of those kids tore his pec...not the kids fall that trainer should have gotten punched in the face for letting them do that.

cambridgeho

Now huges and Winn seem pretty smart picks. If its torn he should be back by Oct-Nov.

professor_g

I was thinking of Hughes as a back-up for Rubin, and Grossi seems to agree:

http://espncleveland.com/common/more.php?m=49&post_id=1081

Zombo

Browns defensive tackle Phil Taylor could be lost for the season after suffering a pectoral muscle injury during the team’s offseason conditioning workout on Thursday.

The Browns confirmed the injury, first reported by Fox 8’s John Telich, but would not speculate on whether the injury is a complete tear. A torn pectoral would sideline Taylor for the season.

“(Taylor) injured his left pectoral today lifting weights as part of the club’s offseason program. He will be further evaluated on Monday to determine a course of treatment,” said the club’s statement.

Linebacker D’Qwell Jackson missed the final 10 games of 2009 when he suffered a torn pectoral muscle. The next training camp, Jackson tore the pec on the other side of his chest and missed the entire season.

Taylor, the Browns’ No. 1 draft pick in 2011, was hoping to elevate his game from what was universally considered a good rookie season. He started all 16 games and finished seventh on defense with 59 tackles. He added four sacks and one forced fumble. Taylor was voted to severall all-rookie teams.

Taylor played the so-called “three-technique” tackle spot next to “one-technique” tackle Ahtyba Rubin. Theoreticaly, Taylor would be freed up to shoot his gap between center and guard and apply more pressure on the quarterback. Rubin had five sacks in his role, however, facing more double teams.

The injury could thrust sixth-round draft pick Billy Winn into competition for the starting spot with returning backup Scott Paxson. Third-round pick John Hughes, also a tackle, most likely was earmarked to be Rubin’s backup, though he could join the competition, too.

http://www.espncleveland.com/common/more.php?m=49&action=blog&r=17&post_id=1081

Bills-n-Browns-Fan

No, not Phil. His twitter account is sooo funny, he seems like he would be a cool guy to hang with.

halfsane

NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO

Bills-n-Browns-Fan

@halfsane said:

NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO

Here, I made it easier for you. no button

Zombo

@bills-n-browns-fan said:

Here, I made it easier for you. no button

I just pressed it 15 times ... did not make me feel any better.

Zombo

Bills-n-Browns-Fan

Zombo said:

I just pressed it 15 times ... did not make me feel any better.

Zombo

You were supposed to press it 16 times...

cambridgeho

Do you think they are on the phone with Albert Hanesworth yet?

choco

Dems da breaks

Bills-n-Browns-Fan

@professor_g said:

All over twitter. Mary Kay says agent has confirmed.

This sucks so bad.

Oh yeah, Daquan Bowers just tore his ACL, wow players can't catch a break lately.

The Gipper

Yes, I agree that there is no way that these guys should be overdoing it so much that they would tear or rip muscles.

Something is wrong with the training if that is happening.

And yes, now The Sausage King really may now have to stand and deliver.

The Gipper

@bills-n-browns-fan said:

Oh yeah, Daquan Bowers just tore his ACL, wow players can't catch a break lately.

Is Daquan Bowers one of ours? Don't recall that name.

miktoxic

these guys need to stay on some type of physical regiment all year long. not saying that taylor or most don't, but to sit around for 4 months and eat bon bons and the next day you're thrust back into the gym trying to outdo numbers in the weight room from last years end of season numbers is ridiculous.

isn't that why they play preseason games, to get these guys up to speed? why not the same with conditioning?

someone needs to get fired over this shit.

cambridgeho

@bills-n-browns-fan said:

Oh yeah, Daquan Bowers just tore his ACL, wow players can't catch a break lately.

His was an achilies i think, either or shit is insane. Had to figure the Browns were doomed.

calfoxwc

"grumble....dammit.....demote the strength and conditioning coach to assistant to the assistant.....son of a ...."

Harry Buffalo

@brownfish said:

I can not remember hearing about so many torn pecs in the NFL are these guys just trying to overdo it during workouts? Is our training staff inept? I'm glad someone in the organization is clairvoyant and picked up Old Man "john hughes"

confirmed happened during weight room training... the trainers should be fired 20 years working as an athletic trainer and never had a kid tear a muscle under my watch.

i'm hoping it wssn't a complete tear off the sternum...just don't understand why they aren't using narrow grips and using a bump plate on their chest...when those kids where doing reps at the combine i saw two kids out of like 12 that day not doing it correctly and wouldn't you know it one of those kids tore his pec...not the kids fall that trainer should have gotten punched in the face for letting them do that.

Well I assume you don't have kids who are putting up 300-400 pounds on a consistent basis. The more weight the higher risk of injury. They also don't use narrow grip because that is an isolated tricep lift, the wider the grip the more the chest is used. The chest is needed more in pushing motions on the football field. You also don't want to use pump plates, planks, ect, because the point is to lift something you can handle. When you use those planks and plates it takes away from your stabilizing muscles which are very important when it comes to sports.

When it comes down to it injuries like this happen. Training staff can't be blames for freak accidents. I tend to completely ignore barbell bench because of the strain it puts on my chest and shoulder with my hands being in a fixed position. I only use the barbell bench for declines and that is still rare. I always use dumbbells instead because you get a better range of motion on the chest because you can bring the weights together and there is less strain on the shoulders and chest because you can move the weights out to the side and drop them if they get too heavy. But dumbbells don't build bench strength like barbells do and they are necessary for the sport of football.

Bills-n-Browns-Fan

How severe is the tear.