Harper tore up his knee.
 

He's out for the year.

Don't have a link. It was posted on the LSU board.

RE: Harper tore up his knee.
 

can't find any mention of anything on any of the news sites, yet. did they site a source?

Patience Grasshopper.
Rumors abound.
Don't panic.
No link.
No post.
We'll see.

I did a search and found nothing, hopefully it's just a rumor...

Seems if that were true the news would have been out early today..

Re: RE: Harper tore up his knee.
 

Nope. I asked him, and checked wwltv.com, but didn't see anything. I did see a thread on an LSU/Saints combo board, but they didn't have a link, either.

May be premature, and hopefully I just wind up looking like an ass for posting it over here.

Son, You wouldn't be the first to post without a link.

We all want to be Geraldo from time to time.
Fo Sho!

I dont see where hes out for the season. On KFFL he's listed as doubtful.

Saints | R. Harper doubtful for Week 6 Mon, 9 Oct 2006 11:58:33 -0700

New Orleans Saints SS Roman Harper (knee) is doubtful for the team's Week 6 game. FS Omar Stoutmire would replace Harper in the lineup.

i read that it was reported by WWL, but i don't see anything on their website.

its on the 2nd page of kffl.com/hotw/nfl

I also heard he was done for the year.

i was referring to him being out for the year.

what does this do to the D?
 

We get a little slower at safety, but do we also get smarter?

It's all over the SR SuperForum.

Yeah.
And so was .......
SAINTS ARE SOOOOOO CLOSE TO SIGNING DONNIE EDWARDS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Harper may be out for the year but let's chill until we know for sure.
All of us.

according to nola.com

We have like 14 Safety's. Stoutmire will step up. I think he's played solid. Anyone else agree?

http://www.nola.com/newslogs/tpsport...10.html#193171

He walked off the field didn't he? He didn't seem that bad. I hate to see that. I really like him.

I was one of the folks around here that was up in arms because it seemed we had 20 safeties on the roster and kept bringing in more.
I am now happy to have the depth.
I hope Stoutmire can tackle.
I am confident that Payton can coach him up.

I hate to see Harper hurt, he played his butt off in the first 5. But thank goodness we have a coach that understands quality depth in the secondary is crucial down the stretch.

McNabber will challenge our secondary next week like no QB we have faced this season. Somebody gotta step up... including "Bob-Marley" McKenzie.

I think he can tackle. He's a Payton guy. Stoutmire has an INT in the endzone already!

Green Bay - INT off Favre - B. Young speared Favre in the ribs, the pass fluttered, Stoutmire caught that bad boy!

I know I said we had 14 Safety's on the team, but I'm hard pressed to come up with another w/o looking it up.

I'm struggling... Smith gone. Bellamy gone. Mel Mitchell gone. (I still wish we had Sammy Knight) R. Harper is down. Bullocks is starting. Gleason is our gunner on special teams. Stoutmire.

Anyone else?

Bullocks, Stoutmire, and Gleason. Please tell me I'm forgetting some people.

Bryan Scott. Deloatch and Groce are listed at corner, I dunno if they are DB-dextrious.

We need to bring Bellamy back up.

We're really in trouble if that's all that is left. Yuck.

http://msn.foxsports.com/nfl/story/6047234
yeah that sucks

yea its everywhere now.....sux, but i dont think it will hurt us too bad, i think we will be alright, but this week is the test.........

http://sports.yahoo.com/nfl/news?slu...v=ap&type=lgns

***Here's the link on Harper, not good***
 

This is a huge lost for the Saints...

http://sports.espn.go.com/nfl/news/story?id=2619178

RE: ***Here
 

yea i dont see the link, but theres like 4 on an earlier thread.........

RE: ***Here
 

yea i guess they joined the 2.............

Anyone worried about the turf causing these injuries?

The "blades' of this turf are supposedly longer than some of the others around the league. Possible reason for concern?

It's got to be better than the old turf in the dome. I think the problem is that today's athelete's muscles have outgrown the strength that the ligaments and tendons were designed to handle. Until human beings evolve to have stronger tendons/ligaments or medical science finds a way to generate these artificially we will continue to see these injuries to the knees of atheletes rise.

Harper is the first such injury, and he doesn't cut nearly as much as say Reggie Bush. I don't think there's any reason to be concerned over the dome turf. It's one of the best surfaces in the league. Anyone else from this team, Atlanta, or Tampa blow out their knee there? Anyone from Tulane or their opponents? Just a freak thing.