Sunday, 9:53am: Hurns suffered a dislocated ankle, per ESPN’s Adam Schefter, who adds that Hurns has already had surgery on the ankle (Twitter link). It was a horrible injury to watch, but Schefter says that Hurns should be ready to return to football in August if there are no complications.
Saturday, 7:52pm: Just minutes into the Cowboys’ wild card playoff game, receiver Allen Hurns went down with a devastating injury, and had to be carted off.
It’s unclear what the exact injury is at this point, but something in Hurns’ leg clearly broke as his leg was bent back at a terrible angle. Hurns’ season is definitely done no matter how deep of a playoff run Dallas ends up making. It’s particularly bad news for the Cowboys’ passing game, as fellow receiver Cole Beasley also aggravated a lower leg injury in the first quarter.
It’s terrible news for Hurns, as the offseason acquisition was already having a rough year. Signed to a two-year $12MM deal this past March, Hurns was never able to establish himself in the offense. He initially looked like he might be the team’s number one receiver after Dez Bryant was cut, but ended up catching just 20 passes for 295 yards and two touchdowns.
The Miami product spent the first four years of his career with the Jaguars, and had a breakout year in 2015. That season, he caught 64 passes for 1,031 yards and ten touchdowns. Many expect Beasley to depart in free agency this offseason, so Hurns should be back with the team next year in a depth role behind Amari Cooper.
He died
Thats not right
Ahole
That’s a horrible thing to say dankhill!
That. Was. Ugly. Heart goes out to the guy.
Prayers for him….didn’t look good at all
Very grateful that Fox showed some taste in refusing to show endless replays. Hope Hurns gets back to 100% by training camp time.
He’ll be cut in the offseason
Probably not because he’d be cut with a injury designation and there’d have to be a settlement. They’ll stash him on the PUP list or something like that.
The cap always trumps sentiment. This will be an injury settlement.
Gruesome!
Brutal injury hope he recovers quicker than Alex Smith did.
Rub some dirt on it
Pour some Tussin on it!
Wow that’s awesome for how bad it looked. Good for him.
Considering what we all saw, that’s pretty much the best news he could have gotten. Hard to imagine saying “he dodged a bullet” with a dislocated ankle, but at least his career opportunities shouldn’t be over.