Saintsâ€™ Garrett Hartleyâ€™s will not return from injury

Wednesday, September 28th, 2011 at 12:12 pm , filed under Players by David Stephen

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The placekicker of New Orleans Saints, Garrett Hartleyâ€™s season is over after the team has place him on injury reserve due to a hip injury that he has suffered in preseason game against the Oakland Raiders. However, the Saints had hoped that Hartley might return at some point this season but they have signed veteran John Kasay who is 6 for 6 in field-goal attempts, so far.

Meanwhile, Hartley’s agent, Erik Burkhardt told that Hartley re-injured himself while trying to return from the original injury moreover, surgery will not be required. Erik wrote that in an attempt to return quicker then he probably should have and Garrett suffered a setback when swinging his leg. He also wrote that the original diagnosis was 7-10 weeks after the injury. But the injury is somewhat rare so it’s very hard to put a timetable on things.

Apart from this, he also wrote that after the recent setback the team has decided it would be best to make sure his treatment and rehab wouldn’t be rushed so that he could get back to 100 percent by camp next season. Garrett Hartley has kicked the game-winning field goal in the Saintsâ€™ NFC Championship Game victory over the Minnesota Vikings after the 2009 season. Plus, his successful surprise onside kick was a key play in the Saintsâ€™ Super Bowl victory over the Indianapolis Colts, two weeks later.

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