After suffering a knee injury in the fourth quarter of Sunday’s matchup against Pittsburgh, starting safety Tony Jefferson will miss the remainder of the 2019-20 season. Head coach John Harbaugh announced that Jefferson suffered a torn ACL in his post-game presser.
It’s a mighty unfortunate injury for the seven-year veteran, as Jefferson’s third season in Baltimore has come to an end after just four full games. Many have scapegoated the 27-year-old for the team’s defensive struggles this season, but all of that chatter is irrelevant now. Jefferson has started all but two games since the beginning of 2017 and following the losses of Terrell Suggs, C.