Troy Freaking Andersen!

[coloradocat]

Maybe we'll get lucky and he'll land on a team in the AFC/NFC West or NFC North so he's on tv more often.

[mslacatfan]

A new team/fresh start might be best at this point…. Even going back to his msu days, did he ever have a fully-healthy season? Super bad luck with injuries. Article below-

https://atlallday.com/falcons-fans-won- ... jysp043esc

Probably just his frosh year when he wasn't playing full-time. I know he hurt his ankle as a soph. Junior year he missed Cat-Griz game. Seems like he missed time his senior year mid-season.

If I remember correctly- didn’t he get hurt on like the very first play of his career, freshman year (against Oregon state or something)? I remember the coach talking about it later, that he messed up his shoulder or something on his very first snap, but kept playing anyway…. I could be wrong.

[TomCat88]

A new team/fresh start might be best at this point…. Even going back to his msu days, did he ever have a fully-healthy season? Super bad luck with injuries. Article below-

https://atlallday.com/falcons-fans-won- ... jysp043esc

Probably just his frosh year when he wasn't playing full-time. I know he hurt his ankle as a soph. Junior year he missed Cat-Griz game. Seems like he missed time his senior year mid-season.

If I remember correctly- didn’t he get hurt on like the very first play of his career, freshman year (against Oregon state or something)? I remember the coach talking about it later, that he messed up his shoulder or something on his very first snap, but kept playing anyway…. I could be wrong.

I don't remember the details, but that sounds right now that you mention it. Crazy.

[nanacat]

Saw this on the Falcons mailbox blog...

What is the condition of Troy Andersen & will he be playing this next season?

Appreciate the question, Leslie, and I thought this would be a good one to address with camp a few weeks away. While Andersen hasn't been mentioned by name in a few weeks, this quote from Raheem Morris about Kyle Pitts’ status in early June gives us a pretty good indication.

"We're going to be extremely cautious with him," Morris said. "We had a couple of people like that. We don't have them out there that we're extremely cautious with that we know are here and have been a part of everything."

I think Andersen would fall under that label of "extremely cautious." He is still working his way back from injury, and the Falcons have better depth in place at inside linebacker around him. They can afford to be patient with Andersen. While I do fully expect him to play at some point in 2025, and perhaps even in Week 1, I wonder if his role will be a more refined one.