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Washington linebacker Reuben Foster took the practice field for the first time with his team today but lasted just a few minutes.

Foster was carted off the practice field just after the start of Organized Team Activities. Reporters on the scene described Foster as getting his left knee attended to while he cried in pain.

Washington took a great deal of criticism for claiming Foster off waivers in November, days after the 49ers released him when he was arrested following a domestic violence accusation at the team hotel. Foster was immediately placed on the commissioner’s exempt list, but when those charges were dropped months later, Foster was not suspended.

There’s no immediate word on the severity of Foster’s injury, but it’s now possible that Foster won’t play in Washington not because of a suspension, but because of an injury in his very first practice with the team.

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Mike Garafolo
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#Redskins LB Reuben Foster carted off just now. Left leg injury. Sobbing as he was driven back to the team facility.

emoses14 wrote:Is Fed Ex built on top of a burial ground?

I mean, this many injuries wouldn't even be believable in a football movie script.

Burgundy&GoldForever wrote:I suppose people would rather it happens during regulation games when the team has no options.

Burgundy&GoldForever wrote:I suppose people would rather it happens during regulation games when the team has no options.

DEHog wrote:

Burgundy&GoldForever wrote:I suppose people would rather it happens during regulation games when the team has no options.

Is one OTA to much to ask for?

Burgundy&GoldForever wrote:It is if every ass to come down the pike wants to blame "karma" for the injury.

riggofan wrote:

Burgundy&GoldForever wrote:It is if every ass to come down the pike wants to blame "karma" for the injury.

Man, I don't believe in kharma any more than I blame the training staff for injuries. Just saying, we've had a freaking terrible run of bad luck on the injury front. Its crazy how we can't catch a break!

Burgundy&GoldForever wrote:If you need a freak injury the Redskins are your team. Theismann. RGIII. And a ton more I'm too lazy to list. Didn't one of our cornerbacks tear an ACL on a treadmill or something?

riggofan wrote:

Burgundy&GoldForever wrote:If you need a freak injury the Redskins are your team. Theismann. RGIII. And a ton more I'm too lazy to list. Didn't one of our cornerbacks tear an ACL on a treadmill or something?

Junior Gallette? Lol.

That's for damn sure. Man, I'll be the first to say every team deals with injuries, but we sure get more than our fair share.

I heard somebody making the case the other day that teams should skip the OTA stuff for just this reason. Have to see if I can dig up the article.

I'll be honest mostly I'm just bummed because the defense has been shaping up so nicely. I'm sure Foster won't be the last guy we lose to an injury this year, but I wish we'd at least gotten to see him in this defense for a game or two.

Burgundy&GoldForever wrote:We also let another player go because we assumed Foster could take his place. As of right this moment I'm considerably less enthusiastic about the front seven. The line is a strength but its the linebackers who have to make plays in a 3-4. I've never really been a fan of 3-4 defenses even if we usually line up in a 4-3. Now we're going to be scraping the bottom of barrels looking for a middle linebacker. The free agency list isn't exactly a who's who of talent. I don't think Zach Vigil is an equivalent replacement for Reuben Foster.