Shaun Ellis Will Play On Sunday
by David_Wyatt on Jan 18, 2010 3:02 PM EST
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Jenny Vrentas reports that Shaun Ellis will need surgery on his broken hand, but he intends to play in the AFC Championship game on Sunday. Ellis injured his hand on the first play of the game and had to have it heavily wrapped to finish the game. He did miss a sack on Rivers because he was unable to wrap him up.
On the very first play of the Jets' divisional playoff game against the Chargers Sunday, Jets defensive end Shaun Ellis said he went to engage the opposing offensive lineman. Then, "my hand just gave out," he said."I tried to just finish that series. Then, once I got to the sideline, I said. 'You know what, my hand is broken,'" Ellis said on a conference call with reporters today. "Then they checked and were like, 'Yeah, you're right, it is.' "
Ellis got X-rays after the game and said he'll need surgery to put screws in the broken left hand. But he will wait until after the Indianapolis game and will play this week with his hand "clubbed up" in a cast -- the same way he finished out the Chargers game. He ended with one tackle but did miss a sack on Chargers QB Philip Rivers because he couldn't wrap him up.
Having surgery this week was an option, Ellis said, but the skin wouldn't have healed up in time and he would not have been able to play this week.
"The skin would burst back open," Ellis said. "So I have to suck it up, cast it up again and go back and play."
Wrapped or unwrapped, Ellis gives us the best chance on Sunday, sure it will be painful but it will take more than a broken hand to keep a lineman out of the Championship game. If only we had drafted a DE/OLB who could be relied on to come in and rush the passer.
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Tough guy. Good stuff.
Who knows? Dave, maybe your were right and Vernon has been waiting for just the right moment to turn it on. If he did then I know it’s destiny that we win it all.
Big Credit
to anyone willing to postpone surgery and play with a broken hand. Ellis is a man.
I still don't understand what went or is wrong with Ghoulston
that he can’t even be used as a 3rd down pass rush specialist. He’s big enough, strong enough and fast enough to play in the NFL, so what’s the problem? Is his technique that bad that he can’t even be asked to run straight ahead 10 times a game and try and tackle the QB? He was dominant his last year at OSU, even notched a sack against Jake Long ,who gave up like 10 his whole college career. I was a big fan of the pick, thought he had all the tools to be a DeMarcus Ware or Adalius Thomas.
So what went wrong?
Strikeouts are boring- Besides that, they're fascist. Throw some ground balls - it's more democratic.
by CasanovaWong on Jan 18, 2010 3:46 PM EST via mobile reply actions
I think that is the question that everyone is asking, and it seems to me at least, that nobody, coaches included have an answer. Sometimes players just can’t adapt to the NFL, like you say he has the intangibles, he just can’t get off blocks, and if you can’t do that in the NFL, then you really are not going to do much in the league. I was similar to you CW, I supported the pick at the time, had just seen him really perform at OSU, I watched his combine and was amazed. Supported him through his first year struggles, and even supported him for much of this year. However sometimes you just have to call a spade a spade, and this might be one of those situations.
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