It’s easy to forget that a big part of the offseason excitement for this year’s offensive line came from the signing of former All-Pro offensive lineman Kyle Long.
After being retired for a year, Long returned to football, but his comeback was quickly halted by injury during OTA practices in June — a broken bone in his leg forced him to the Physically Unable to Perform (PUP) list for the remainder of the offseason and through the first six weeks of the regular season.
Long originally retired because of the injuries that piled up over his career, so something like this could easily have sent him back off the field.