Eagles' Curtis to have surgery for hernia, return unknown

Rookie MS Member Number of posts : 192 Registration date : 2008-08-07

WR Curtis Out With Sports Hernia

Wide receiver Kevin Curtis Eagles' Curtis to have surgery for hernia, return unknown Relatedicon

will "be out for a while" and will undergo surgery Thursday for a sports hernia, head coach Andy Reid said Wednesday. Reid had no specific timetable for Curtis' recovery, other than that he expects Curtis back with the team during the regular season.
Curtis suffered the injury during last Friday's game against Carolina, and tried to play through it.
"We're trying to not wait and do that whole thing," Reid said. "We're trying to get on it. We've identified (the hernia) as the problem, and we're trying to get it taken care of."
Reggie Brown will miss his second consecutive preseason game with a hamstring strain. DeSean Jackson will start in Brown's spot Friday in New England, while Greg Lewis and Hank Baskett will rotate at Curtis' spot. Reid said the team currently had no interest in free agent wide receiver Joe Horn, and would not comment on trade possibilities.
The Eagles are no strangers to sports hernias, but there seems to be no trend in accurately diagnosing a recovery time for Curtis. Donovan McNabb missed the final seven games of the 2005 season after undergoing surgery for the injury. L.J. Smith was hampered with one in 2007. But, on the flip side, both Sheldon Brown and former running back Duce Staley played through the injury.
Additionally, Reid said guard Shawn Andrews will start on Friday in New England.
More from Reid soon.

Exclusive Member Number of posts : 460 Registration date : 2008-08-19

Wow.. that's great.. well looks like another good season for us Birds.. ugh..

All-Pro MS Member Number of posts : 359 Registration date : 2008-06-20

well this sucks Brown and Curtis both out...another good season :smh: well hopefull everything can get better

Moderator Number of posts : 4368 Registration date : 2008-03-12

yo don't even trip...everythings gonna be good (hopefully we get boldin)

Rookie MS Member Number of posts : 191 Registration date : 2008-03-12

I drafted Curtis late in my draft last year, and earlier this year but bad news about his hernia =(

All-Pro MS Member Number of posts : 359 Registration date : 2008-06-20

I been hearin about the boldin stuff since april homie,i don think it's ever gonna happen lol...Hopefully it will tho

Rookie MS Member Number of posts : 191 Registration date : 2008-03-12

I don't see Boldin getting traded, I think he'll get a new contract on the Cards

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