The Washington Redskins added two players to their roster in 2019 that have loads of upside, and both are expected to play major roles in the future. The only problem was that neither player saw the field, as both were confined to the injured reserve for the entire season.
Luckily for fans, both Reuben Foster and Bryce Love are on track to be fully healthy for the 2020 season, according to Redskins.com.
Foster was signed by the Redskins in 2018 after he was released by the 49ers. He was initially put on the Commissioner’s Exempt list, holding him out of any action, and he later tore his ACL and LCL on the first day of minicamp last Summer, rendering him sidelined for his first full season in Washington. Months later, in October, he posted a video to social media of him running on a treadmill, with a caption pointing towards his return in 2020. Foster, who is a former first-round pick in 2017, will have a huge impact on the defense if he’s healthy.
As for Love, the Redskins knew they would be without him during his rookie year, but that didn’t stop them from drafting him in the fourth round of the 2019 NFL Draft. Love was a standout running back at Stanford in college, and he finished as the runner-up for the Heisman Trophy Award in his junior year. Unfortunately, Love tore his ACL in December of 2018, which left him rehabbing for all of 2019 and sitting out for his junior year. Don’t let that extended absence detract you from his immense talent, though. In 2017, he rushed for 2,118 yards and 19 touchdowns with the Cardinal. If you can add that talent to a backfield that already includes Derrius Guice and Adrian Peterson, you’ve got something special cooking.
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