In Week 3 of preseason, against the Atlanta Falcons, Washington Redskins tight end Jordan Reed suffered an apparent concussion on a hit from Falcons safety Keanu Neal. For two weeks, Reed has been recovering, and at first, Jay Gruden was optimistic about the tight end’s status for Week 1. Now, however, the Redskins have conceded that he may not be ready after all.
Reed’s absence not only deprives the Redskins offense of needed dynamic ability, but because the Redskins only kept three tight ends, their only active tight ends, in a situation without Reed, would be Vernon Davis and Jeremy Sprinkle.