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Young’s knee injury is season-ending
Chase Young will not play the rest of this season after injuring his right leg and is scheduled to undergo surgery.
Washington coach Ron Rivera confirmed the prognosis for Young on Monday in the wake of the reigning Defensive Rookie of the Year going down during the first half of an upset of defending Super Bowl champion Tampa Bay.
Rivera did not reveal whether Young tore the ACL in his right knee and did not specify what the surgery is for. Washington said Sunday that Young left the game with a knee injury, and Rivera said it was possibly an ACL tear.
The 2020 No. 2 pick finishes his second NFL season with 11⁄2 sacks.
Young got hurt Sunday while trying to get past left tackle Donovan Smith in order to pressure Buccaneers quarterback Tom Brady. He ended up on the grass, wincing and writhing around on the ground for a bit, all the while keeping his right leg straight.
Steelers linebacker Watt injures hip: Star outside linebacker T.J. Watt crumpled to the ground in the third quarter after sacking Lions quarterback Jared Goff. He watched the final twoplus quarters from the sideline in a massive black coat with what head coach Mike Tomlin described as hip and knee injuries. Watt’s status going forward — at least in the near term — appears uncertain.
The Steelers also lost left guard Kevin Dotson (ankle), veteran cornerback Joe Haden (foot) and right guard Trai Turner (ankle).
The Steelers on Monday also placed safety Minkah Fitzpatrick on the NFL’s reserve/COVID-19 list, where he joins quarterback Ben Roethlisberger.
Teams are not required to release information whether players are vaccinated. If Fitzpatrick is, he would be required to be free of symptoms and have two negative tests 24 hours apart. If he is not vaccinated, the play-making defensive back could be sidelined for at least 10 days.
Roethlisberger sat out Sunday’s 16-16 tie with winless Detroit and his return for next week’s game at the Los Angeles
Chargers is uncertain.
Mayfield slowed by knee bruise: Banged-up Browns quarterback Baker Mayfield is day to day after bruising his right knee in Sunday’s blowout loss at New England — his latest injury.
Mayfield, who has been playing with a damaged left shoulder for several weeks, had to leave in the third quarter after being hit by blitzing Patriots linebacker Matthew Judon. Mayfield struggled to stand before being assessed in the sideline medical tent.
Browns backup quarterback Case Keenum replaced Mayfield and finished the game.
On Monday, Browns coach Kevin Stefanski didn’t provide much information on Mayfield other than to say he was “feeling good about where he is.”
Stefanski said the team’s medical staff has ruled out any structural damage for Mayfield.
Other injuries Sunday: Lions running back Jemar Jefferson suffered an ankle injury at the end of his 28-yard touchdown run in the second quarter. The Lions also lost safety Tracy Walker (concussion protocol) and tackle Matt
Nelson (ankle).
Cardinals backup quarterback Colt McCoy, playing a second straight game for the injured Kyler Murray, was knocked out with a chest injury in the third quarter of a 34-10 loss to Cam Newton and the Carolina Panthers and didn’t return.
Saints wide receiver Ty Montgomery II went to the locker room late in New Orleans’ second series against Tennessee with an injured finger and didn’t return. Titans linebacker Bud Dupree, their biggest free agent signee this offseason, went to the locker room early with an abdominal issue and was declared out.
Legendary Giants linebacker Huff dies: Sam Huff, the hard-hitting Hall of Fame linebacker who helped the New York Giants reach six NFL title games from the mid-1950s to the early 1960s and later became a popular player and announcer in Washington, died Saturday. He was 87.
Deborah Matthews, a lawyer for Huff’s daughter, Catherine Huff Myers, said that Huff died of natural causes in Winchester, Virginia. An obituary released by the Giants said Huff had been diagnosed with dementia in 2013.
Huff was selected as the NFL’s top linebacker in 1959. He went to five Pro Bowls, four with the Giants and one with Washington.
Gruden sues Goodell, NFL: Former Las Vegas Raiders coach Jon Gruden has sued Commissioner Roger Goodell and the NFL, alleging that a “malicious and orchestrated campaign” was used to destroy Gruden’s career by leaking old offensive emails from Gruden.
The suit was filed in district court in Clark County, Nevada, last Thursday, exactly a month after Gruden resigned as Raiders coach following the publication of his emails by the Wall Street Journal and New York Times.
The emails sent to former Washington Football Team executive Bruce Allen from 2011 to 2018 during Gruden’s time as an announcer at ESPN included racist, misogynistic and homophobic comments. They came from a set of 650,000 emails obtained during an investigation into the workplace culture of the Washington Football Team.
Gruden’s attorney, Adam HosmerHenner, said in a statement that the defendants “selectively leaked Gruden’s private correspondence to the Wall Street Journal and New York Times in order to harm Gruden’s reputation and force him out of his job.”
NFL spokesman Brian McCarthy denied the charges.
Cook blames ex-girlfriend: Minnesota Vikings running back Dalvin Cook, facing a personal injury lawsuit from a former girlfriend for allegedly assaulting her during an altercation at his home last year, maintained he was the victim in the fight.
NFL spokesman Brian McCarthy said the matter will be reviewed under the league’s personal conduct policy, but Cook will continue to practice and play with the team.
Meanwhile the attorney for the former girlfriend, Gracelyn Trimble, lashed out at ESPN for “journalistic malpractice” for the way the network focused on Cook’s side of the story in its initial reporting.