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09-10-2007, 11:06 PM
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My reality check bounced.
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Originally Posted by Steve19
One wonders if this isn't the end of his playing career. It's been a long time for a lineman his size and playing the central role that he has. Best wishes to OP!
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Orlando will just be 32 this November 4th (which incidentally is the birthday of a lot of great people). He could play for another 4 or 5 years. Offensive linemen seem to have longer NFL careers than most other positions. Hell, didn't Bruce Matthews play for 20 years?
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09-11-2007, 07:43 AM
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Rams lose offensive line anchor Pace for season
Associated Press
Updated: September 11, 2007, 1:19 AM ET
ST. LOUIS -- St. Louis Rams offensive tackle Orlando Pace will miss the rest of the season with a torn labrum and rotator cuff in his right shoulder suffered in the season opener Sunday.
The injury is Pace's second season-ender in two games, after tearing his left triceps last November. Coach Scott Linehan said this one could be career-threatening.
Team physician Dr. Matt Matava estimated a six-month rehab period while calling it a "correctable injury."
"I think it's too soon to say what implications there are for his future," Linehan said. "I would think it's all up to the mind-set of Orlando and how he responds to another recovery to a season-ending injury.
"He's got to go through it again."
An MRI exam Monday revealed the damage to the seven-time Pro Bowl player who was the first overall pick of the 1997 draft, and coach Scott Linehan said surgery will be scheduled. The 31-year-old Pace was injured on the first play after the two-minute warning while pass-blocking against the Panthers' Julius Peppers, minor jostling that didn't appear out of the ordinary.
"I feel very bad, obviously, for Orlando," Linehan said. "He had a real unfortunate injury and we'll have to pick up the pieces.
"Come Sunday, we'll have our best five out there."
After watching a tape of the play, Linehan wasn't sure what happened. Offensive coordinator Greg Olson said Pace told him he "just felt it give out."
"You really can't see it, but it must have been a pretty dramatic blow to have that kind of damage," Linehan said. "It was a very unusual injury, but pretty severe."
Pace injured his triceps last year, also while pass blocking on an innocent-appearing play, landing him on injured reserve for the final seven games.
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ESPN - Rams tackle Pace (shoulder) done for season - NFL
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09-11-2007, 11:37 PM
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Boom Goes the Dynamite
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Shame.
Let's hope for a speedy recovery.
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09-23-2007, 08:59 AM
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Surgery for Pace
By Jim Thomas
ST. LOUIS POST-DISPATCH
09/23/2007
For Orlando Pace, the Rams' perennial Pro Bowler at left tackle, the long road back to the playing field began Thursday in Texas. Pace underwent surgery to repair injuries to the rotator cuff and labrum of his right shoulder at St. Luke's Hospital in Houston. Dr. Walt Lowe performed the surgery.
Pace is due back in St. Louis on Monday. The expected recovery time for the surgery is six to eight months, which would take Pace into April. Pace suffered the injury blocking late in the first half of the Rams' regular-season opener Sept. 9 against Carolina.
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10-26-2007, 08:55 AM
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Pace dismisses retirement talk
By Jim Thomas
ST. LOUIS POST-DISPATCH
10/26/2007
Sept. 9, 2007-- Rams left tackle Orlando Pace leaves the playing field during a game between the Rams and the Carolina Panthers.
(Chris Lee /P-D)
Is he retiring? Everybody in his family has asked. Several of his friends, too.
It's a fair enough question. Orlando Pace has been in the NFL for 11 seasons. He turns 32 on Nov. 4. But now he has suffered season-ending injuries two years in a row.
So ... ?
"I'm going to come back and play," Pace told the Post-Dispatch. "I will play. Initially, (retirement) crosses your mind. You think, 'Man, I can't go through another year like this.'"
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But like many players, Pace wants to leave the game on his own terms. In fact, he's adamant about it.
"I have a lot of pride in wanting to do that," Pace said. "I've done a lot of good things in the league, and I want to continue to do more. I don't want to have an injury force me out, or somebody else telling me: 'You can't play anymore.'
"So that's the one thing that really drives me, and that's going to drive me to play another couple years, hopefully
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11-04-2007, 02:56 AM
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This Week, In Sam I Trust
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Happy birthday to tOSU's "Pace" setter of the mid 90s, the only offensive lineman IN MY LIFETIME that got Heisman consideration.
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02-13-2008, 08:20 AM
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Injury update
By Bill Coats
ST. LOUIS POST-DISPATCH
02/12/2008
Defensive lineman Adam Carriker, who suffered a torn labrum in his shoulder in the final game of the season and underwent surgery, will be sidelined until training camp. But most of the rest of the Rams regulars whose seasons ended prematurely because of injuries are expected to participate in some, if not all, of the spring workouts.
That includes three starters on the offensive line: tackle Orlando Pace (shoulder), guard Mark Setterstrom (knee) and center Richie Incognito (knee).
Scott Linehan reported that Incognito is almost completely recovered. He said that Pace had regained about 80 percent of his strength and that Setterstrom was at about 75 or 80 percent.
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02-23-2008, 09:29 AM
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Rams on pace: The St. Louis Rams plummeted from 8-8 to 3-13 last season in large part because starting left tackle Orlando Pace was lost in the season opener to a shoulder injury and has started just nine games the last two seasons due to injury.
Rams coach Scott Linehan said Friday that the seven-time Pro Bowler is expected to make a full return to the starting lineup.
"Orlando is in a very good position to come back and have a very good year for us," Linehan said. "He's close to 100%. Physically, he feels good. It's a matter of avoiding that bad luck.
"Two years ago, he had a triceps injury and last year a shoulder injury. Hopefully, he got them out of the way."
One thing the Rams will be looking to improve in the draft, possibly with the second overall pick, is a weak pass rush. Rams defensive ends combined for just 4? sacks last season.
"We have to come up with at least one guy ? whether it's in free agency, whether it's in the | | |
