There’s been a trend over the past two seasons: The Washington Redskins have been one of the NFL teams most susceptible to injury. They’ve rostered 54 total players on injured reserve through 2017 and 2018, and now, they’re off to a quick start in 2019.
Reuben Foster, a linebacker from Alabama who was expected to be the team’s starter come autumn, went down with a non-contact knee injury on the first day of organized team activities. It was soon revealed that Foster, as many had feared, had torn his ACL in his right knee.