Redskins coach Mike Shanahan just announced that safety Brandon Meriweather tore the ACL in his right knee yesterday, and would miss the rest of the season.
That’s less than 24 hours after Meriweather said he felt fine and that he could have returned to the game if the score wasn’t as lopsided as it was.
“It was more thinking about the future than me going back in there when we were already up by so much, and the defense was actually playing great,” Meriweather said, via the Washington Post.
Sunday was Meriweather’s first game for the Redskins, after missing the first nine with a sprained MCL and PCL in his left knee, and having his returned delayed by an odd collision in pre-game warmups with a teammate.