Foxsports: Shipp's injury worse than originally thought
Posted: Sat Aug 07, 2004 11:49 pm
FLAGSTAFF, Ariz. (AP) - Arizona Cardinals running back Marcel Shipp, the team's leading rusher last season, will miss 8-12 weeks with a broken left leg.
Cardinals coach Dennis Green said Shipp appeared to have dislocated his left ankle in the team's intrasquad scrimmage on Friday, but more X-rays revealed a broken fibula.
X-rays on Marcel Shipp, the Cardinals' leading rusher last season, revealed a broken fibula. (Jeff Gross / GettyImages)
"We were hoping that would not be the case, but it looks like it probably will be," Green said Saturday. "We'll just take our time and make sure he's on the heal and on the mend and look at the rest of it later."
Shipp had a plate and screws inserted into the leg Friday and further surgery is expected to add pins to the broken leg.
Shipp, who led the Cardinals with 830 rushing yards in 2003, was caught beneath a pile during a routine running play and had to be helped off the field on a cart. He was unavailable for comment Saturday.
"I talked to him (Friday) night and he seemed pretty good, so I assume he had some pretty good pain medication," Cardinals running back Damien Anderson said. "He was up in spirits. He seemed very, very positive."
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