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03 Aug 2009

Ma'ake Kemoeatu Tears Achilles

The injuries keep on coming. Panthers starting defensive tackle Ma'ake Kemoeatu tore his Achilles tendon during Carolina's first session Monday morning, and he'll miss the 2009 campaign.

Posted by: Bill Barnwell on 03 Aug 2009

11 comments, Last at 04 Aug 2009, 4:52pm by JasonK

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by Raiderjoe :: Mon, 08/03/2009 - 9:50pm

not really good anyway. average type player, maybe good, but probably not. So have to ask yourself is this really big loss for Carolima anyway and answer is probably not really but still hurts a little becaususe of deoth.

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by cisforcookie (not verified) :: Tue, 08/04/2009 - 10:48am

I think this really sucks for carolina. he's a premier space-eater, though not much else, but that type is hard to find and probably impossible to replace during training camp. with him gone the panther defense is going to be noticeably softer up the middle.

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by Noah of Arkadia :: Tue, 08/04/2009 - 12:26am

...because of death?

And I thought I could speak raiderjoeish...

Anyway, what does this have to do with the Raiders going to the SB? Now I'm really confused

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by Alex51 :: Tue, 08/04/2009 - 12:34am

deoth = depth

Although if one of them died, that would also make things more difficult for the Panthers.

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by Dean :: Tue, 08/04/2009 - 9:52am

It’s a sure sign that I’ve been here too long if I’m translating raiderjoe to English, but I’m pretty sure death meant depth.

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by Jerry :: Tue, 08/04/2009 - 12:32am

Thank you for specifying which Kemoeatu in the title.

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by Temo :: Tue, 08/04/2009 - 9:19am

If Julius Jones gets injured, you can be sure he'll note that "Jones tears his ACL". That's how Bill operates.

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by Will Allen (not verified) :: Tue, 08/04/2009 - 10:22am

I hate August. For some reason, it isn't as distressing (easy for me to say) to hear of these injuries during the season.

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by JasonK :: Tue, 08/04/2009 - 4:52pm

And yet, oddly enough, the in-season injuries probably hurt teams more. At least now the teams still have their inflated Camp rosters, and can factor the injury into their cut decisions and/or scout around to get more depth from other team's cuts.

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by WeaponX (not verified) :: Tue, 08/04/2009 - 11:12am

Fuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuudge. Carolina has no depth at DT.

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by ToastPatterson (not verified) :: Tue, 08/04/2009 - 12:17pm

Bad news for Carolina but good news for NFC South running backs. Kemoeatu was out last year when the Giants ran for 300 yds. against the Cats.

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