Arizona Cardinals News: Rookie LB Cody Brown May Miss Entire Season

by Andrew602 on Aug 24, 2009 9:25 AM MDT in General Arizona Cardinals News

Lrg-2840-cody_medium After suffering their second loss of the preseason, the Arizona Cardinals received news that their rookie linebacker, Cody Brown may miss the entire '09 season. The news broke after Saturday's game, but the Cardinals have yet to discuss the severity of the injury. The injury took place against the Chargers when Brown injured his wrist. It's a rare injury and that may be the possibility as to why the Cardinals have yet to address the media. Ken Whisenhunt is supposed to talk about the injury today after practice. Cody Brown's agent Nate Haber stated the below via Twitter:

It appears to be a devastating, rare injury that will sideline him for his rookie season. He is staying strong in this tough time and will do everything he can to return stronger than before.

The Cardinals originally drafted Brown in the second round of this year's draft, hoping to bolster a defensive unit that struggled with establishing a consistent pass rush last year. Brown had yet to make a difference so far this off season and preseason, and it appears we won't see what Brown could really do till next year. Luckily, after Saturday, we may not have anything to worry about after the 1st team defense registered 4 sacks in the 1st quarter on Saturday. What's your take on this? Does this set the Cardinals defense back for '09, or will it be better for Brown to learn from the sideline for his rookie year?

Update #1: There hasn't been any official word from the team yet but Brown's agent has indicated that he dislocated several bones in his wrist during Saturday night's game and even though the bones were put back in place that night, he'll need surgery once the swelling decreases. The early timetable on his recovery is anywhere from four to six months meaning Brown will be placed on injured reserve if this information is correct. Ken Whisenhunt is scheduled to meet with the media shortly this afternoon and we should be the official word at that time.

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sucks for Brown

and sucks for the Cardinals. He hasn’t been impressive at all but maybe his wrist had been nagging him for a while.

Oh well, we’ll basically get an extra second round pick next year when he get’s healthy.

Be careful....to a hammer, everything looks like a nail.

by Bezekira on Aug 24, 2009 9:58 AM MDT reply actions

Yeah, I don’t think we’re gonna miss him too much based on what we’ve seen so far. It’ll give him time to learn, and probably make room for Davis or Bert…

by tw3kr on Aug 24, 2009 11:35 AM MDT up reply actions

Here’s to hoping a year of observation eases the transition and gives us a guy with veteran brains in a rookie body.

by superpsck on Aug 26, 2009 10:05 PM MDT up reply actions

So he hasn't registered a sack in two games..

So?

He’s moving from DE to OLB; a transition which usually takes more than a year to really be able to adjust for. This is pretty devastating if it does mean he’ll be out for the season as that’ll just push his timetable back even further, and given the age of our current OLBs, that is not good..

by Chg91 on Aug 24, 2009 1:51 PM MDT reply actions

I concur!

It sure is not good for our 2nd round pick to go down. Okay he hasn’t been productive yet but we really need all the pass rushers we can get to keep teams on the back foot!

by CardsIrish on Aug 24, 2009 3:41 PM MDT up reply actions

It's a little early...

It’s a bit early to come down with a case of leaky-armpits after less than 2 quarters of offensive football by our first unit. In terms of such things as “making throws” and denting the LOS for Hightower, the first unit looked fine. KW’s MO is to go through short stretches where he trips, coughs up the ball and/or throws dumb picks. Then he gets his act together and plays lights out for the rest of the season. I think we can expect the same thing now.

Regarding Cody – You hate to see it (and it will no doubt hinder his transition from DE to LB somewhat) but, at least so far, it didn’t look as though Cody was about to vault into a starting role anyway. In fact – in terms of plays catching attention – a case could be made that Will Davis has looked more “ready.” Bottom Line – We figure to lose a bit from a long-range standpoint, but I don’t think Brown’s absence – in and of itself – will have much short-range impact on our season.

GBR

by jeffgollin@aol.com on Aug 24, 2009 5:24 PM MDT reply actions

+1

Davis has definitely shown more promise in the pass rush department so far. Neither have shown much in pass coverage, so they both have a long way to go. This definitely is a worse blow to Brown than it is to the team as a whole.

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by AJ BirdWatcher on Aug 25, 2009 5:45 AM MDT up reply actions