It's Bill Belichick's Fault!

Will this man's reign of terror never end?  

Per Spadaro:

Ryan Moats was injured on the final punt of the game last week in New England when Patriots coach Bill Belichick called three timeouts to give his return man a shot [sic] another shot. Sav Rocca's punt was great and on the sideline, but somehow Moats got hurt and won't have an opportunity to carry the football 15 times in a game he needs to get on film and show the rest of the league what he can still do.

Also, in case you were worried about Bryan Smith:

Smith, by the way, is going to be a very good end. He just needs some time.

So that's settled.

(I will say, in Smith's defense, that I don't think he was 100 percent in that first game he played where he looked Reno Mahe slow out there.  He's been much quicker in the later games.)

Comments

[Eagles Fan in San Fran]

Smith is not in Bob Brookover's final 53 and doesn't even rate a mention in his write-up.
Smith was a generally viewed as a HUGE reach in the 3rd round and Andy is going to have to admit it was by cutting him in favor of Clemons/McDougle/Howard/fill-in-your-pick-for-number-53-here.

[Tracer Bullet]

I'd rather Moats sit this game than get a season-ending injury that keeps him on the payroll. Again. Smith was a reach. If he makes it to the practice squad, it's only because he's looked like a reach so far and nobody will want to put him on the 53-man.

[Eric]

EA has it out for us too! Look at their newest fixes coming out for Madden 09.

12. Stability issue with the Eagles and a full ring meter: We found and fixed a rare issue where the gamer could run into stability issues while using the Eagles in mini-game with a ring meter that was completely full.