Just days after Terrelle Pryor was placed on season-ending injured reserve, the Redskins’ pass catchers received another blow on Wednesday. The team’s star tight end Jordan Reed was ruled out for the team’s Thanksgiving tilt with the Giants, according to Kimberly Martin of the Washington Post (Twitter link).
The oft-injured Reed, who was labeled as questionable by head coach Jay Gruden an hour before the announcement, will miss his sixth game of the year. Reed also missed four games in 2016 and two during his breakout 2015 season.
There are few better tight ends than Reed when he is on the field. Of the 11 players at his position to record 250 receptions since 2013, he is the only one to average at least five receptions per game. The team will once again turn to Vernon Davis in the division clash on Thursday night.
Here’s more from around the NFC:
- Though the 49ers will start C.J. Beathard again on Sunday, team general manager John Lynch is convinced Jimmy Garoppolo is going to be the team’s future starting quarterback writes Cam Inman of The Mercury News. “We really, genuinely believe that this guy’s got the makings of a guy who could be our guy for years to come,” Lynch said. “That’s all got to come to fruition on the field.”
- Staying with San Francisco, Lynch also believes defensive end Arik Armstead has a bright future with the team despite missing 18 of 32 career games with an injury, according to Matt Barrows of the Sacramento Bee. “We think he’s a fit with what we are and who we are going forward,” Lynch said. Though he is a fit, Armstead will need to find a way to stay on the field to stay in the 49ers’ plans.
- Matt Prater has been the Lions’ most valuable free agent signing in the last five seasons, writes ESPN’s Michael Rothstein. Though he has stiff competition from Golden Tate and Glover Quin, the veteran kicker is without a doubt in the mix for the honor.
I never expected John Lynch to be a great GM, but so far he has shown to have what it takes to be great. I love almost every move he has made and keeping Jimmy G off the field is only keeping his price tag down. A high priced quarterback kills a team’s depth and a bad high priced quarterback kills your team. Just look at Flacco. The 49ers will be the class of the NFC West in 4 years with the Rams. The Cardinals and Hawks seemed to be headed in the wrong direction.
Completely agree
I agree too. So far it seems like he’s making the right moves. The draft was huge he needs another one to keep the wheels moving.
Cards are done. Rams are still too shaky. And Seahawks relying to much on R Wilson that his tank will run dry sooner than later.
Someone get this man a job… 1000% agree! Salary distribution that is not well-balanced can open short-term windows of success but be very detrimental in the long run for an organization. Wrote a course paper on that but related to baseball. This is why the Pats are so good because they can get a lot of vets to take pay cuts to win a super bowl. And also Tom Brady and Bill Belichick… just a perfect storm of perfection really. Spoiler alert, I’m a bit of a “Homer”. Cheers.