Report: Colts’ Anthony Richardson ‘strongly considering’ season-ending surgery

We may not see Anthony Richardson again until 2024.

Indianapolis Colts quarterback Anthony Richardson reportedly is “strongly considering” season-ending surgery to repair the injury to his throwing shoulder, per Ian Rapoport of NFL Network on Sunday.

Currently rehabbing a Grade 3 AC joint sprain in his right shoulder, which he suffered on a designed run against the Tennessee Titans in Week 5, Richardson and the Colts are still mulling the option of surgery.

Rapport reported that the surgery is deemed the best option in terms of recovery for the long-term outlook and that the Colts sought multiple opinions.

Richardson is strongly considering season-ending shoulder surgery on his damaged AC joint, sources say, with a procedure deemed by some as the best option to fully heal his right throwing shoulder. Richardson and Indianapolis sought four or five opinions on his shoulder, sources say, taking their time before arriving at this conclusion.

Rapoport also said in the report that the MRI results showed that there was no tear in his labrum and that the ligaments “looked better than expected.” Even so, surgery is being heavily considered.

The Colts have a strong contingency plan in the form of Gardner Minshew, who has done well as a spot starter in Richardson’s multiple absences this season.

Outside of the injuries that limited him to play just 50% of the snaps through the first five games, Richardson showed a lot of promise as a passer, and he clearly was much further ahead in his development than most anticipated.

But if surgery is the route they take, this would be the last time we would see the tantalizing rookie until the 2024 campaign.

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Colts’ injury updates: Shaquille Leonard expected back soon

Here are some injury updates for the Colts following the preseason.

The Indianapolis Colts are through the preseason and now will be focused on cutting down the roster to 53 players ahead of the regular-season opener against the Jacksonville Jaguars.

But before we get to that, head coach Shane Steichen had some updates—and non-updates—on the status of a few Colts players who have been dealing with injuries.

Here are the latest injury updates as the Colts prepare for the start of the regular season:

Chargers CB J.C. Jackson leaves practice with knee soreness

Chargers CB J.C. Jackson left Friday’s practice with “general soreness” on his surgically repaired knee.

Chargers cornerback J.C. Jackson left Friday’s practice with “general soreness” on his surgically repaired knee.

According to the Los Angeles Times’ Jeff Miller, Jackson was seen during practice at both the medical tent and on the exercise bike near it as his knee was being tended to.

Jackson did have a rather quick turnaround from his torn patellar tendon injury to be able to participate in practices early on in training camp. Somewhat surprisingly, the PUP list was not under consideration for Jackson, unlike some of his other Chargers’ teammates.

At this point, it makes sense for Los Angeles to be precautionary with Jackson. The goal should be getting him ready for Week 1, which seems to be their main priority,  as well. The bigger question is what Jackson’s conditioning will look like as the Chargers monitor his pain and swelling around his surgically repaired knee area.

Jackson’s practice status will be something to monitor over the next few weeks considering he’s very unlikely to get any preseason game reps.

Cowboys injuries: Parsons, Kearse give positive updates; team ‘certainly concerned’ for Jason Peters

Micah Parsons and Jayron Kearse brushed off Monday’s in-game injuries, but Jerry Jones voiced concern for 40-year-old Jason Peters’ hip. | From @ToddBrock24f7

The Cowboys went into Raymond James Stadium feeling very good about their team’s health, with several marquee players back in the lineup.

After silencing the cannons in a dominant 31-14 win over the Buccaneers to advance to the next round, they left Tampa with a few new questions about who’s going to be available in next weekend’s divisional matchup.

Three notable Cowboys players either left the game early or were obviously dinged during the Monday night win. Two of them gave encouraging updates on their own health following the team’s first road playoff victory in 30 years.

Safety Jayron Kearse was a significant contributor to the clampdown on Bucs quarterback Tom Brady, recording three tackles, defending three passes, and intercepting an end zone strike to kill a Tampa Bay scoring drive. And in a defense that promised to show some new looks after a few weeks of late-season tinkering, Kearse found himself lining up at several different positions on the field.

But he was forced to exit the contest in the third quarter after suffering an apparent left knee injury. Kearse needed considerable assistance from team trainers just to get to the sideline, and he did not return to action.

On the first series with him off the field, Tampa Bay went 95 yards on 10 plays and scored their first touchdown on the night.

Despite what looked to be a severe injury, though, he hinted that he’ll be fine to face the 49ers on Sunday.

“It’s feeling all right,” Kearse told reporters at his locker following the win. “I’ll be good. It’s feeling all right. It’ll be all right.”

Newly-named All-Pro Micah Parsons also gave fans a scare.

After the final play of the first half, the linebacker/edge rusher was slow to get up with what appeared to be a leg injury, eventually limping toward the tunnel and stopping en route to massage the area around his right knee.

Replays seemed to show Parsons’s shin taking a hit, although some reports classified it as an ankle issue. Either way, Parsons played on, missing only three defensive snaps on the night and turning in a massive stat line.

He, too, gave a positive update to reporters afterward.

“I’m feeling good,” Parsons said. “I feel I finished the game well. Continued to get my pressure, continued to keep going, understanding the circumstances I was faced with. I’m excited for next week, excited for the matchup.”

Offensive lineman Jason Peters, however, may be less of a sure thing.

The veteran got the wild-card start at left tackle, but hobbled off the field in the second quarter. His absence, judged to be a hip injury, caused a shuffle along the line as rookie Tyler Smith slid over from the left guard position and Connor McGovern was forced to abandon the backfield blocking role he had been filling to take over at guard.

At halftime, Peters was ruled out for the rest of the game.

By Tuesday morning, Cowboys owner Jerry Jones was trying to stay optimistic about the 40-year-old’s status.

“I certainly am concerned. I don’t know any more than we knew when we left there last night. We’ve got a little hope that it might not be serious,” he told 105.3 The Fan in referring to Peters. “But it’s important to realize that he’s not sitting here in his rookie year.”

Jones commented on the offensive line that started the game for Dallas, noting that Peters, Zack Martin, Tyron Smith, and Tyler Smith made for a formidable front… for the four series they were together.

“You can make the case that you’ve got four Hall of Famers there by the time it shakes out, at various stages of their career. That’s pretty solid to be there at this time of the year.”

Tuesday could be an important day, though, in determining whether that foursome will be there when the Cowboys take the field in San Francisco on Sunday.

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Chiefs HC Andy Reid provides injury updates ahead of Wednesday practice

#Chiefs HC Andy Reid spoke on the expected absences of JuJu Smith-Schuster, Jerick McKinnon and Kadarius Toney ahead of Wednesday’s practice.

Kansas City Chiefs HC Andy Reid provided his pre-practice injury update ahead of Wednesday’s practice.

As the team begins preparing for the Cincinnati Bengals in Week 13, they’ll be without some key pieces on offense. Reid revealed that three players would be absent to start the practice week.

“Alright, as far as the injuries go, JuJu (Smith-Schuster) is sick today so he won’t be there,” Reid began. “(Jerick) McKinnon has a hamstring strain, he won’t practice today. Then, (Kadarius) Toney is getting better, but he won’t practice today. Everyone else will be out there.”

The good news is that Juan Thornhill and Joe Thuney will be back at practice, potentially in full capacity this week. The elbow injury suffered by S Deon Bush doesn’t appear to be something that will keep him out of practice either.

Smith-Schuster should return from his illness later this week. It’s likely that McKinnon will be back too. He’s been dealing with a number of injuries over the past few weeks, including this hamstring injury.

It’s unclear whether Toney will have a chance to play this week. He’s missed the past two weeks with a recurrence of the hamstring injury he dealt with when he was a member of the New York Giants. Andy Reid said Monday that they’re taking a cautious approach with Toney to ensure that when he comes back he can stay on the field for the long haul.

Overall, this is about as healthy as you could hope for the team to be thirteen weeks into the season.

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Chiefs HC Andy Reid provides injury updates ahead of Wednesday practice

#Chiefs WR JuJu Smith-Schuster will return to practice on Wednesday, plus injury updates on Joe Thuney, Juan Thornhill and Kadarius Toney.

Kansas City Chiefs HC Andy Reid gave his usual pre-practice injury update prior to Wednesday’s practice.

Only two players will be absent from practice on Wednesday, which is a bit surprising given the length of the injury list following Sunday night’s win.

“As far as the guys that won’t practice today, (Joe) Thuney won’t practice with his ankle,” Reid said. “It is getting better, but he won’t practice. Then, Kadarius (Toney) won’t practice with the hamstring. Everybody else is scheduled to practice.”

Thuney has been battling an ankle sprain since October, so it sounds like this might be a maintenance day. He’s yet to miss a game during his tenure with the Chiefs. As for Toney, he’s dealing with hamstring tightness and not a pull or strain. It’s possible that he could return later this practice week as well, but expect the team to err on the side of caution given his injury history.

WR JuJu Smith-Schuster is scheduled to return to practice after not practicing all last week due to a concussion. Reid was unsure whether he’d officially cleared the NFL’s concussion protocol yet, but it sounds like that could happen this week and that he could return for Week 12.

“I think for it to be official, he has to go to a practice,” Reid said. “So, he’ll go through that. He is feeling better.”

As for Juan Thornhill, who suffered a calf injury against the Chargers on Sunday night, it sounds as if he’s heading for a limited practice session to start the week.

“So, (Juan) Thornhill, we’re going to see,” Reid said. “But we thought he’d be able to get some stuff done.”

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Falcons training camp: Another DT injured, Hawkins gets INT

The Falcons suffered another injury along the interior of their defensive line as DT Bryce Rodgers was carted off the field on Saturday.

The Falcons suffered another injury along the interior of their defensive line during Saturday’s practice. Defensive tackle Bryce Rodgers was carted off the field with what appeared to be a knee injury.

Atlanta has struggled to find a new nose tackle ever since the team released Tyeler Davison over the offseason. After signing Eddie Goldman, the veteran lineman retired just 13 days later. Making matters worse, Falcons DT Vincent Taylor suffered an Achilles injury on Tuesday.

In today’s recap, we look at some highlights from Jaylinn Hawkins and Feliepe Franks, and bring you all the injury updates and developments from Saturday’s practice.

Updates on injuries to key Packers players before season finale

Packers coach Matt LaFleur provided injury updates for several of his key players ahead of Sunday’s season finale in Detroit.

Green Bay Packers coach Matt LaFleur provided updates on a number of key players as his team finishes up preparations for the Detroit Lions in the season finale on Sunday.

The Packers look like a team getting healthy at key spots entering the postseason.

Here’s a quick breakdown of the updates provided by LaFleur on Friday.

Falcons HC Arthur Smith on loss to Pats: ‘We will get it fixed’

“We’re going to play seven more games and as bad as this feels, a lot of things can happen in seven games,” said Smith following the game.

The worst thing you can do as an offensive-minded head coach is get shut out. That’s what happened to Falcons coach Arthur Smith on Thursday night during the team’s 25-0 loss to the Patriots. Atlanta gave up four sacks, 12 total pressures and wasted what was a gutty defensive effort.

Following the game, Smith didn’t blame the offensive line and tried to stay optimistic about the rest of the season.

“You sit there and you ride the roller coaster, you feel like you’re improving,” said Smith. “Obviously, the last two weeks, clearly not good enough. But we’ve done it we’re going to continue to work — that’s the only thing we know how to do. That’s what it is. We’re going to play seven more games and as bad as this feels, a lot of things can happen in seven games.”

Smith would explain his confidence comes from having done it before.

“If we hadn’t done it at all, sure. You’d be like ‘what are you going to realistically do?’ But we have, and we will get it fixed.”

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Raiders HC Rich Bisaccia gives injury updates on RB Josh Jacobs, TE Darren Waller

Raiders HC Rich Bisaccia gives injury updates on RB Josh Jacobs, TE Darren Waller

Sunday, the Raiders faced the Eagles without two of their Pro Bowl players. Tight end Darren Waller missed the game with an ankle injury and running bak Josh Jacobs was lost just before half time with a chest injury and didn’t return.

The Raiders were able to play well on offense despite the loss of Waller and Jacobs, but the concern was whether either injury would be long term and cost them any games.

Monday interim head coach Rich Bisaccia gave an update on both players.

“Josh Jacobs ended up with a chest contusion so he should be fine. We didn’t think there were any issues with him today. He had a good workout today,” said Bisaccis. “Darren Waller is going to be kind of day-to-day with treatment. Other than that there is no break or anything that we know of there. He’s going to stay around all week and get treatment.”

That’s great news for Jacobs’s prognosis, though slightly less certain for Waller. Even though fellow tight end Foster Moreau seemed pretty confident Waller’s injury was nothing to be worried about.

There was one other injury to consider. Twice during Sunday’s game left guard John Simpson went down and headed for the sideline. Bisaccia had no real update on Simpson at this time other than to say he’s walking.

“John [Simpson] right now we’re still in the evaluation process with him, but he was walking around ok,” Bisaccia continued. “We’ll see how the next few days go, he’s going to stay here as well and get treatment this week.”

The best news of all in terms of the injury situations is the bye week. Players like Waller, Jacobs, and Simpson can take this time to heal up.

Something to watch for is the status of Richie Incognito. Simpson has been starting due to Incognito going down with a calf injury in the preseason. Earlier in the season, former head coach Jon Gruden had targeted the bye week for Incognito to return to the lineup. We’ll see if Incognito indeed takes the field when the team returns to practice next week.

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