Chron: Daniels likely out for season with knee injury

Arky · #1 11-01-2009, 05:40 PM

http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl//6697657.html

Tough break. I hope the team gets him some money and he comes back eventually....

WMH · #2 11-01-2009, 05:41 PM

Dammit!!!!!!

From PFT:
Owen Daniels is out for the year
Posted by Mike Florio on November 1, 2009 5:07 PM ET
The good news for the Texans is that their 31-10 win at Buffalo moved Houston's record to 5-3.

It's the first time the Texans are two games over .500 since Week Two of the 2007 season.

The bad news is that they'll have to continue their push for the first playoff appearance in franchise history without star tight end Owen Daniels.

Per Adam Schefter of ESPN, Daniels is out for the rest of the year with a knee injury.

Daniels, a restricted free agent in 2009, will be eligible for restricted free agency again in 2010, absent a new labor deal. The Texans are likely to again apply the highest possible RFA tender, forcing Daniels to prove that he is 100 percent before considering a long-term deal.

TheMatrix31 · #3 11-01-2009, 05:57 PM

Argh! I posted my thoughts in the other thread, perhaps this thread and that one can be merged?

This can hurt. I have no idea if Casey or Dreesen will be able to take the full TE job.

Nconroe · #4 11-01-2009, 06:26 PM

Jeez, I was hoping that OD would have a MRI tomorrow and then they'd say, he needs rest for a few weeks. Doesn't sound encouraging at all right now for OD.

WMH · #5 11-01-2009, 07:16 PM

PFT updating this:

Owen Daniels hopeful, fears torn ACL
Posted by Michael David Smith on November 1, 2009 7:25 PM ET
Houston Texans tight end Owen Daniels said after suffering a knee injury today that he's holding out hope that MRI results will pleasantly surprise him, but that he fears he has torn his ACL.

"My knee doesn't feel good, and I'm really concerned," Daniels said. "There's always a little bit of hope, but the worst-case scenario is that I'll be back and ready to go next year."

Daniels was hurt on an incomplete pass, and he explained afterward, "I was running my route, and I planted and made my cut and felt something."

Daniels tore his left ACL in high school and his left ACL and MCL in college, so he knows what a torn ACL feels like, and he sounded after the game like a man who believes his season is over. He'll go into his MRI Monday hoping for the best but fearing the worst.

cloudwasher · #6 11-01-2009, 10:31 PM

Double Ouch. Really bad news for the Texans, even worse news for my fantasy team