To: starpopper who wrote (1207 ) 10/30/1998 8:38:00 AM From: JakeStraw Read Replies (1) | Respond to of 45644
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. *** For the full story, seeinfobeat.com