Just to expand a little on the news from today. As I said in the previous post, Edsall won't give specifics on Darius Butler's injury aside from it being a knee. The doctors don't want to release any more info about it, Edsall said.

We do know that Butler had an MRI, and Edsall said he didn't expect Darius' knee to require surgery. That almost certainly means it's a sprain. Ligament tears or cartilage tears almost always require surgery. Still, ligament sprains are painful and take time. Four to six weeks means there's a chance Darius could be back for the regular-season finale against Pitt, but that would be on the short end of the recovery period. No surgery means Darius should be at full strength once he begins his NFL testing in February.

Robert McClain and Terrance Baltimore will fill in for Butler at corner. Jordan Todman is the guy for kickoff returns.

“It will be easy to move on,” Edsall said. “I have the utmost respect and admiration for Darius, and so do his teammates. We wish him well as he recovers. Now other guys will have to step up. There’s nothing you can do. He’s not going to be out there. We’re not going to sit here and cry about it.”

Edsall didn't divulge much on Tyler Lorenzen's status for the week leading into Syracuse. "He's better and there's things he might be able to do," Edsall said. "We'll just wait and see what happens." Edsall wouldn't answer when asked if Cody Endres would be number one on the depth chart for Syracuse. I think Lorenzen may be back in the picture a week from now, and certainly by the South Florida week. He's been moving much better during the pregame, taking his drop steps and doing light running.