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Tuesday, October 22, 2013

Injury Roundup: Week 7

Another string of marquee players have gone down with injuries. A handful of teams are going to have overcome losing one or more of their most important players. Here's a list of significant injuries from Week 7:

Lance Briggs, LB, Chicago Bears; Briggs, the leader of the Bears defense, is expected to miss at least a month with a shoulder injury.
- Jay Cutler, QB, Chicago Bears; Cutler suffered a groin injury early in Sunday's loss the Redskins. Reports say Cutler will miss at least four weeks.
- Leon Hall, CB, Cincinnati Bengals; Hall, who is one of the most underrated players in the league, is out for the remainder of the season after tearing his Achilles against the Lions.
- Champ Bailey, CB, Denver Broncos; Future Hall of Famer Champ Bailey re-injured the same foot that kept him out the first five weeks of the season. Reports say head coach John Fox calls Bailey "week to week."
- Jermichael Finley, TE, Green Bay Packers; The Packers receiving corps has been slaughtered by injuries as of late, with Finley the latest to get hurt. A scary hit to the head by Browns' safety Tashaun Gipson saw Finley leave the game and taken to the hospital. No updates on how much time he will miss, but he's in good spirits and moving around, which is good to hear.
- Reggie Wayne, WR, Indianapolis Colts; Future Hall of Famer Reggie Wayne, who's arguably the most crucial member of the Colts team after Andrew Luck, is out for the year after tearing his ACL in Sunday night's victory over the Denver Broncos.
- Brian Cushing, LB, Houston Texans; Cushing, the leader of the Texans defense, suffered a broken leg on a block from Chiefs' running back Jamaal Charles. He's out for the year.
- Arian Foster, RB, Houston Texans; Foster suffered a pulled hamstring against the Chiefs and is expected to miss some time.
- Nick Foles, QB, Philadelphia Eagles; Foles suffered against the Cowboys. No word on how long he might be out. Rookie Matt Barkley is the only healthy quarterback on the roster.
- Sam Bradford, QB, St. Louis Rams; Bradford -- who was having a good season until he got hurt -- suffered a torn ACL and is out for the rest of the season.
- Doug Martin, RB, Tampa Bay Buccaneers; As if Tampa Bay didn't have enough problems this year, now they lose one of their star players. A shoulder injury is likely going to sideline Martin for a several weeks, although head coach Greg Schiano isn't ruling out a return from the running back this season.

*Injury news courtesy of www.bleacherreport.com/nfl

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