On a day when the Hogs Haven headline for Ron Rivera’s press conference read, “We’re looking at a couple of options at LB right now”, the team went in a different direction in replacing the roster spot left open by the ACL injury to UDFA linebacker Drew White earlier this week.
Drew White injury
Let’s start with the injury to White. Here’s what Ron Rivera had to say about it at Wednesday’s press conference:
Unfortunately it is an ACL tear. You could almost term it as a non-contact. He had his leg planted, he went to make a turn and pivot off of it and his cleats stayed in the ground, unfortunately.