Pro Bowler Walker suffers worst of 3 Titans injuries
Three-time Pro Bowl tight end Delanie Walker suffered a gruesome injury to his right leg Sunday night late in Tennessee’s loss in Miami and was carted off the field.
Titans coach Mike Vrabel said Walker was not in the locker room after their 27-20 loss.
“It certainly didn’t look good from where I was standing,” Vrabel said.
Walker was the third Titans starter to leave the game with an injury. Twotime Pro Bowl left tackle Taylor Lewan left with a concussion, and quarterback Marcus Mariota was pulled with an elbow injury after a pair of interceptions in a game that lasted 7 hours and 8 minutes — the NFL’s longest since the league’s merger in 1970 with the AFL.
Three-time Pro Bowl tight end Greg Olsen tried to play for the Carolina Panthers with a back injury only to wind up on the sideline on crutches, wearing a walking boot on an injured foot. Olsen went to the locker room in the second quarter. He missed nine games last season with a fracture in his foot, though Coach Ron Rivera said it wasn’t the same injury.
Jacksonville running back Leonard Fournette hurt his hamstring in the second quarter and never returned to the Jaguars’ season opener. The Jaguars beat the Giants 20-15 without Fournette, who finished with 41 yards on nine carries and he also had three catches for 14 more yards before leaving the game.
Fournette led the AFC South champs with 1,040 yards rushing and nine touchdowns as a rookie last season.
Seattle wide receiver Doug Baldwin was knocked out of the game against Denver with an injured right knee. He was hurt in the first quarter when a Denver player he was attempting to block rolled over his leg. He walked off under his own power and came back briefly before leaving the game. Baldwin missed all of August with a left knee injury.
Houston Texans right tackle Seantrel Henderson also was carted off the field in New England with a left ankle injury.
Patriots running back Jeremy Hill did not return after a knee injury with 12:09 left in the third quarter.