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Brittain Brown’s Absence Makes Duke’s Depth At Running Back Iffy

What now?

You’ve probably heard the news that Duke running back Brittain Brown underwent surgery Thursday for his ailing left shoulder and will miss the remainder of the 2019 season.

Anyone who attended David Cutcliffe’s Tuesday media conference or read about it expected the news. When discussing Brown’s injury Cutcliffe looked and sounded like a man who had made up his mind but wasn’t quite ready to admit it.

But Cutcliffe ended by stating that surgery was probably in Brown’s best interests and it’s pretty tough to walk that back.

This is a substantial loss.