Michael82
11-02-2004, 01:23 PM
Jaguars quarterback Byron Leftwich, who was off to a sizzling start in leading his team to a 5-3 record, might be lost for an extended period of time -- perhaps the rest of the season -- with an injury to the posterior-cruciate ligament in his left knee, a league source said.
Leftwich was having the knee examined for the second time Tuesday morning in Birmingham, Ala., but initial indications following a Monday MRI were his PCL is damaged. That injury is not as severe as a torn anterior-cruciate ligament, but it takes time to heal, which is why Leftwich could be gone for the season.
Leftwich suffered the injury in the second quarter of the Jaguars' 20-6 loss to the Houston Texans Sunday. He left for two plays, but returned to finish the game. He underwent x-rays at Reliant Stadium, and then had the MRI Monday, which showed the problem with the PCL.
http://cbs.sportsline.com/nfl/story/7850867
Leftwich was having the knee examined for the second time Tuesday morning in Birmingham, Ala., but initial indications following a Monday MRI were his PCL is damaged. That injury is not as severe as a torn anterior-cruciate ligament, but it takes time to heal, which is why Leftwich could be gone for the season.
Leftwich suffered the injury in the second quarter of the Jaguars' 20-6 loss to the Houston Texans Sunday. He left for two plays, but returned to finish the game. He underwent x-rays at Reliant Stadium, and then had the MRI Monday, which showed the problem with the PCL.
http://cbs.sportsline.com/nfl/story/7850867