On Thursday morning, Washington Redskins wide receiver DeSean Jackson went down after reportedly colliding with a blocking sled after making a catch. Several reporters at practice said conditions were slippery and may have contributed to the injury.
DeSean Jackson hit a sled finishing a route earlier in camp… came out of tent in Tshirt with ice bag on shoulder. On sideline now
— Carol Maloney (@carolmaloney4) August 6, 2015
DeSean Jackson goes down on the first play of 1-on-1s. pic.twitter.com/BuQEfNlBfi
— michael phillips (@michaelpinRVA) August 6, 2015
And unfortunately things get worse from there. SportsCenter reports a grade 2 sprain of Jackson’s right shoulder. He is out for two weeks.
THIS JUST IN: DeSean Jackson separated his shoulder and is expected to miss a couple weeks. (via @diannaESPN) pic.twitter.com/cn2bHssmza
— SportsCenter (@SportsCenter) August 6, 2015
ESPN’s John Keim:
“I heard the buzz after he went down, because I was on a different side of the field. And I was told he’ll likely miss a couple of weeks, they’re still trying to do some evaluating of the injury. He was down on the ground, he hit his shoulder, then hit the ground after a catch. Then he was able to get up after a couple of minutes and walk – you could see him grimacing. He had not talked about it, we did see him after practice and he looked like he was in good spirits.”
On the conditions of the field:
“It’s a little slick. It rained overnight. We haven’t gotten a lot of rain here in Richmond since camp. It looked like there were some slick spots.”
So that’s pretty awful.
