On Wednesday afternoon, Rhamondre Stevenson's season ended. The New England Patriots placed the running back on injured reserve after missing the last three games due to an injured right ankle.
Stevenson suffered the high-ankle sprain in the first quarter of the Patriots' 6-0 loss to the Los Angeles Chargers on Dec. 3. Chargers linebacker Tuli Tuipulotu came in unblocked on a blitz and hip-drop tackled Stevenson from behind. Stevenson fumbled and Tuipulotu recovered it.
This is the same tackling technique that saw Dallas Cowboys running back Tony Pollard and Baltimore Ravens tight end Mark Andrews get injured.