The Jaguars dodged a major bullet on Thursday night when starting tailback Maurice Jones-Drew suffered a lower leg injury that knocked him out of the preseason finale against the Redskins.
Fortunately for the Jaguars, it’s not serious. The injury is being described as a “shin contusion.”
“I think he took a good shot there, got a bruise, X-rays were negative, all that stuff,’' coach Jack Del Rio said after the game, according to Vito Stellino of the Florida Times-Union. “He’ll probably be a little sore, but he’ll be OK. I think he was frustrated more than anything that the guy [Fred Smoot] went low there. I think he wanted to get his hands on him if he could. He’ll be OK.’'
Apparently, Smoot has taken some tackling pointers from Brett Favre.
(Cue the “Florio hates Brett Favre, the Vikings, Reggie Bush, the Cardinals, the Eagles, Baby Jesus, the Redskins, Kurt Warner, the Browns, the Jets, rainbows, the Jaguars, the Raiders, the Chargers, steamed carrots, T.J. Houshmandzadeh, Reggie Bush again, the Packers, and Jerry Lewis” crowd.)
