Week two has just concluded in the NFL, and we already have several star players out with injury. It didn't take long for all of this to happen, and it's thrown several teams into instant turmoil to start the season, possibly derailing their 2019 campaigns entirely.
Here are the most notable injuries so far:
Drew Brees. The New Orleans pivot suffered a thumb injury in the Saints' loss to the Rams. It looks like he's damaged the ligaments in said thumb, and stands to be out at least four weeks, if not six. This is Drew Brees, however, and he should be back in record time. Good thing that, because Teddy Bridgewater (as much as I like the guy) hasn't found his groove.
Sam Darnold/Trevor Siemian. Things are going from bad to worse for the Jets. Darnold is already out for six weeks after coming down with mono, and now Trevor Siemian is out with an ankle injury suffered in last night's loss versus the Browns. (Yes, the BROWNS!) The Jets are down to their thrid-stringer, and it looks pretty messy to say the least.
Big Ben. Steelers' QB Ben Roethlisberger is out for the year, needing Tommy John surgery (this happens in football?) to fix his damaged elbow. Hear that? That's the sound of head coach Mike Tomlin breathing heavily and pacing around the room....
While it is only two weeks into the 2019 campaign, major injuries like these can easily derail a team's season quite easily. The Jets are a mess on both sides of the ball right now, and they may not recover well enough to do anything. There is hope for the Saints, and if Bridgewater can play well in the next couple of weeks and win some games, the Saints will be in decent shape when Brees returns. As for the Steelers, they look flat, period. Losing Big Ben was the worst thing that could happen to that team. They really need to start getting younger, and that needs to happen at QB first and foremost. Big Ben needs to retire, and let the youth movement break through.
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