This is so disappointing especially after Lan played so well. I think he had a real shot at making the roster. He's so versatile and such a hard worker. Hope he heals up and comes back stronger next year.

Well at least he is still on the team and will continue get paid for this year and will return next year to battle again for a spot. Seems like he made a good enough impression to keep around.

https://985thesportshub.com/2025/08/10/patriots-place-rookie-running-back-on-ir-sign-replacement-lan-larison/

That's tough to hear. I wonder if this injury was related to the one against USD?

From Bob Dunning's Substack column:

Officially, the term is reserve/injured list, but it's commonly referred to as injured reserve or IR. Players are put on IR when they have a football-related injury that requires them to miss at least a few weeks. Players on IR don't count against the 53-man active roster limit, but their salaries count against the salary cap.

Players on IR must miss a minimum of four games. Teams may designate up to eight players to return from IR during the regular season (and up to 10 if a team makes the postseason). An individual player can be designated twice.

Once a player on IR is cleared to practice, they have 21 days to either be activated to the active roster or be placed on season-ending IR. They can also be released or traded.

Players who are placed on IR before the start of the regular season can miss the entire season, unless they are designated to return when the roster is trimmed to 53 players prior to the start of the season.

Before Larison's IR designation, Patriots insider Phil Perry released his 53-man roster projection early Sunday and it included Larison.

https://www.thewaryone.com/p/larison-placed-on-injured-reserve?utm_source=post-email-title&publication_id=2582284&post_id=170659525&utm_campaign=email-post-title&isFreemail=false&r=31ratq&triedRedirect=true&utm_medium=email

Beast. :broken:

man, just pissed off Lan has this injury right now...this is the window, the surgery is really going to set him back.

The terms “broken foot” or “broken ankle” are vague to say the least. If Lan played on the ankle post injury it was not a fracture of a major ankle bone but probably just a bad sprain with an avulsion fracture where the ligament attached to the fibula and the ligament pulled a piece of the bone off in the injury. It’s an injury that Lan can easily recover from but probably out for half the season. Kenny O’Brian had that injury in that fateful playoff game in the eighties. I believe it was against NDSU.