More good news for the 'Skins:
STUBBLEFIELD TO HAVE SURGERY, LIKELY OUT 2-TO-4 WEEKS
(AP) - Dana Stubblefield's little stumble on the steps will
probably cost him 2-to-4 weeks. Last year's NFL Defensive Player
of the Year -- and now part of a defense ranked last in the
league in points allowed -- will undergo surgery after twisting
his knee while walking down some steps at his home. The mishap
occurred Sunday, during the Redskins bye, and was not originally
thought to be serious. But X-rays, an MRI and three days of
movement tests at Redskin Park showed only modest improvement.
"There are certain things, when he moves, he feels pain," trainer
Bubba Tyer said Thursday. "It's a classic symptom of a meniscus
injury. We don't think, from our experience, that it's going to
hold up, that it's something he can play with and play at the
level he needs to play."
Stubblefield will travel to Colorado for the procedure, which
will take place Monday. Such an injury usually sidelines a player
for 2-to-4 weeks. Stubblefield said he twisted the right knee at
his home, but that it was already bothering him after
back-to-back games on artificial turf in Philadelphia and
Minnesota. "I just think it's the two turf games and then me
twisting the wrong way and aggravating it," said Stubblefield,
who signed a six-year, $36 million contract as a free agent from
San Francisco. "I'm very disappointed personally, coming into a
new program, not wanting things to happen like it is. It's just
not the way you want to start off putting on a new uniform,
coming to a new home, starting off with all these disasters." The
news just adds to the misery of an 0-7 team. Stubblefield missed
only three games in five years in San Francisco.
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