Betts tears ACL, PCL; Out For Season
The Washington Redskins’ backfield got even more bad news on Sunday, as backup running back Ladell Betts reportedly tore two ligaments in his knee during the game against the Dallas Cowboys, and will be forced to miss the rest of the season.
According to ESPN’s Adam Schefter, an MRI showed that Betts tore the anterior cruciate ligament and posterior cruciate ligament in his left knee. Betts was injured in the first quarter of the game against the Cowboys, a game where the Redskins led the whole way… until Dallas punched in the game-winning score with three minutes left.
Betts had gotten the opportunity to start because the ‘Skins normal starter, Clinton Portis, continues to recover from a concussion that he suffered two weeks ago. Portis visited a concussion specialist over the weekend instead of playing, and he has already been ruled out for this week’s upcoming game against the Philadelphia Eagles.
“It’s just one of those things where someone else gets an opportunity,” linebacker London Fletcher said. “They aren’t going to cancel the game in Philadelphia because the Redskins aren’t healthy.”
The Redskins also lost their right guard, Chad Rinehart, for the season, as he broke his right leg early in the third quarter of the loss to Dallas. He had season-ending surgery this morning.
