F.Washington expected to miss the remainder of season with torn ACL
The Ravens suffered their second major injury of the season as cornerback Fabian Washington is expected to sit out the rest of the season with a torn anterior cruciate ligament in his left knee.
Washington suffered the injury during the fourth quarter of the team's 17-15 loss to the Indianapolis Colts when he lowered his shoulder in an attempt to force running back Joseph Addai out of bounds. Washington appeared to land on his left leg awkwardly and had to be carried off the field.
Washington, who was using crutches after the game, is scheduled to undergo a magnetic resonance imaging exam sometime today, but the Ravens are preparing for the worst.
"It looks like he has an ACL tear," coach John Harbaugh said during his weekly news conference. "We’ll find out later today. Maybe the MRI will come back and tell us something different, but as of right now, we’re proceeding as if he’ll be done for the season."
Conventional wisdom would seem to suggest that rookie Lardarius Webb would be promoted to starter, but Harbaugh declined to name a starter just yet.
"Lardarius is going to be a big part of the plans," he said. "I’m not sure exactly how we’re going to set that up right now. Of course, Chris Carr is in the mix, and Frank Walker’s in the mix, and we’ll see if we bring somebody else in at corner to kind of bolster us up a little bit. But we’ll be sharing the duty a little bit with that. obviously, Lardarius has played well, so he’ll be a part of that."
Comments
chris carr should not be in the mix....
Posted by: Dave | November 23, 2009 4:23 PM
I know CMac was/is a pain the behinds, but we should have brought him in after the first week. We need help in our defensive secondary. It is not fair for the guys up front to play their hearts out and have the big play take us out of contention over and over.
Posted by: Dan | November 23, 2009 4:31 PM
I hear Chris McAlister is available. ohhhh wait
Posted by: Zach | November 23, 2009 4:36 PM
Whats Walker and Carr in the mix for jock strap issuer?
Posted by: Drew Pro | November 23, 2009 4:52 PM
Call up Chris Mccalister!
Posted by: Anonymous | November 23, 2009 5:02 PM
For those of you saying "Good, Washington sucked." Go back and re-read the last name above. Frank Walker. That's right folks. With Washington gone and Webb replacing him, that means Carr moves to the nickle and Walker to the dime. You remember what our pass defense was like earlier in the season? If I am playing Baltimore, I spread them out with 4 wide and pick the guy covered by Walker or Carr. Let's hope Mattison (the so-called bum whose defense is now 4th in the league in scoring d) can find a way to compensate for this. Good luck coach!
Posted by: frox | November 23, 2009 5:05 PM
Please, no Walker...
Posted by: David | November 23, 2009 5:13 PM
The two words Ravens fans dread the most: Frank Walker.
Posted by: TJ | November 23, 2009 5:42 PM
This season is over, start webb and sit Walker. Walker should not be in the long term plans. We are in for a few rough years.
Posted by: Dave | November 23, 2009 5:50 PM
Well thank goodness Frank Walker is in the mix! It'll be great to see the human penalty flag back in the secondary talking smack and getting torched play after play.
Posted by: Chris | November 23, 2009 5:57 PM
Well thank goodness Frank Walker is in the mix! It'll be great to see the human penalty flag back in the secondary talking smack and getting torched play after play.
Posted by: Chris | November 23, 2009 5:57 PM
Frank Walker starting over Webb??!! Is Harbs crazy!
Posted by: Anonymous | November 23, 2009 6:11 PM
Frank Walker shouldn't be in the mix either...
Posted by: jedd | November 23, 2009 6:39 PM
Enough with the C Mac talk! He had a boat load of off the field issues and who knows whether his knee will hold up. On top of all that, his selfish attitude and poor work habits don't equate to the type of culture the Ravens are still trying to cultivate. So enough, he and the team have moved on. Now, let's see if we have enough to beat Pittsburgh this week and re-enter the playoff race. I think we win this week.
Posted by: CRZA | November 23, 2009 7:47 PM
WALKER???? PLEASE NO!!! The only thing he is good for is a little yellow flag that gets thrown after he "makes a play"...oh, and it's usually thrown as he's in the middle of one of his dances.
Posted by: DC | November 23, 2009 8:08 PM
I thought Frank "toast" Walker was done for the season on the practice team. Harbaugh must be joking about playing him.
Posted by: roy | November 23, 2009 8:27 PM
I swear if Harbaugh starts Carr or Walker over Webb I'll be losing confidence in the guy. Webb has shown so much on the field that he deserves to be the starter.
Posted by: Marcus | November 23, 2009 9:42 PM
Oh geez. Time to panic. I would sign Deion Sanders before I'd play Carr or Walker. Heck, right now I'd take my chances with Rick Volk, Bruce Laird, or Nesby Glasgow before I'd put Walker in.
Posted by: FrankKush | November 24, 2009 10:24 AM
I know my son and I had our venting moments with #31 during some games this year but we wish Fabian nothing but the best ,especially for recovery during the rest of the season.I knew he was feeling it over the sidelines and he was the man for not getting carted off right away.Good luck,Fabe;stick around and help coach your replacement(?).
Posted by: Dan R. | November 24, 2009 7:21 PM
I wish Fabian Washington well.....as much as I have criticized Washington and Foxworth its nothing personal....its not their fault that they were were asked to do somethng they both are not capeable of doing.....its the same situation as when Elvis Grbac got 25 milloin to come to Ravens and Cry on the sideline because Billick didn't understand That Willie Roaf and Will Shields were the stars not Grbac..........Washington has heart and tried hard.....he just didnt have enough instinct or fundamentals......he was better than Foxworth....alot better.
Posted by: Rob | November 27, 2009 11:24 AM