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Gruesome Leg Injury Devastates NFL Team, Star Player's Season Is Finished

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Football is often described in military terms, and not just “support the troops” or any of the performative patriotism of the NFL but actual swords-and-guns combat.

And by that standard, the Miami Dolphins and Tennessee Titans fought a battle so drawn-out thanks to weather and brutal thanks to injury that its historical parallel can be found at places like Cannae and Verdun.

And one of the casualties, the Titans’ Delanie Walker, is going to be MIA for the rest of the campaign this year, as he suffered a monster of a leg injury that has been determined to be season-ending.

The injury happened late in the fourth quarter of the six-hour-long, twice-weather-delayed slog, and as always, those of squeamish temperament are strongly advised to avert their eyes.

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Walker caught a short pass, got tackled, and the Miami defender’s momentum caused him to roll up with his full weight onto Walker’s ankle, which then buckled and snapped like a twig.

ESPN’s Adam Schefter, who initially reported that the injury “appears serious” (gee, you don’t say), clarified the extent of the problem Monday morning.

Are the Titans' playoff hopes dead?
The Titans’ World War I experience was on full display Sunday, as not only did they lose Walker for the season, but they also lost starting quarterback Marcus Mariota.

The extent of Mariota’s elbow injury is not known, but considering he was pulled after throwing interceptions on back-to-back passes, fans are speculating that his “injury” might just be a case of Steve Blass Disease.

Indeed, the Tennesseean decided to grant that rumor some mainstream media credibility as well.

Blaine Gabbert came into the game for the Titans, which wasn’t exactly comfort for the Titans faithful.

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This is the same Gabbert who got the starting job over Colin Kaepernick in 2016 with the 49ers, as Tomi Lahren astutely pointed out a week ago.

The Titans, who are coming off a 9-7 season and had playoff hopes in 2018, now look a lot further from that goal after losing the marathon game 27-20.

And with a MASH unit developing on offense, they may be hard-pressed to find weapons to run their attack and put enough points on the board to win ballgames.

With Tennessee’s next three games against a resurgent Houston Texans squad, at Jacksonville, and then against the defending Super Bowl champs from Philadelphia, they need to figure things out fast.

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Boston born and raised, Fox has been writing about sports since 2011. He covered ESPN Friday Night Fights shows for The Boxing Tribune before shifting focus and launching Pace and Space, the home of "Smart NBA Talk for Smart NBA Fans", in 2015. He can often be found advocating for various NBA teams to pack up and move to his adopted hometown of Seattle.
Boston born and raised, Fox has been writing about sports since 2011. He covered ESPN Friday Night Fights shows for The Boxing Tribune before shifting focus and launching Pace and Space, the home of "Smart NBA Talk for Smart NBA Fans", in 2015. He can often be found advocating for various NBA teams to pack up and move to his adopted hometown of Seattle.
Birthplace
Boston, Massachusetts
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Bachelor of Science in Accounting from University of Nevada-Reno
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Seattle, Washington
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