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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.
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.
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