Redskins tight end Jordan Reed has been placed in the league’s concussion protocol according to Ian Rapoport of NFL.com.
Reed suffered the injury on a colossal hit from Falcons safety Keanu Neal in Thursday’s exhibition game. This is the 29-year-old Reed’s seventh reported concussion.
With two weeks to go until Week 1, the oft-injured tight end should be considered questionable bordering on doubtful for Washington’s season opener at Philadelphia. His absence would leave the Redskins extremely thin on receiving weapons. Vernon Davis is next up on the tight end depth chart for the Redskins.
It’s getting late in preseason and the injuries already pile up:
QB ALEX SMITH
COLT McCOY
JOSH WOODRUM
TE JORDAN REED
CB FABIAN MOREAU
ILB REUBEN FOSTER
four starters down…..
Injured
RB SHAUN WILSON
OLB JORDAN BRAILFORD
DE CALEB BRANTLEY
will not be back by start the season…..
ILB SHAUN DION-HAMILTON
ILB COLE HOLCOMB
CB ADONIS ALEXANDER
may be back for the season start if still on the roster…..
Roster projection #1
Offense
QB (4)
CASE KEENUM – start
DWAYNE HASKINS
COLT McCOY – cut injury designation
JALEN McCLENDON – pc
RB (8)
DERRIUS GUICE – start
ADRIAN PETERSON
CHRIS THOMPSON
SAMAJIE PERINE
CRAIG REYNOLDS – pc
SHAUN WILSON – full season IR
BYRON LOVE – pup
BYRON MARSHALL – cut
WR (10)
PAUL RICHARDSON – start wideout
CAM SIMS – start possession
TREY QUINN – start slot
ROBERT DAVIS – back-up wideout
KELVIN HARMON – back-up possession
TERRY McLAURIN – back-up slot
JOSH DOCTSON – cut
JEHU CHESSON – cut
DARVIN KIDSY – pc
STEVEN SIMS Jr. – pc
TE (6)
VERNON DAVIS – start
JEREMY SPRINKLE
J.P. HOLTZ
MATT FLANAGAN – cut
JORDAN REED – full season IR
DONALD PARHAM – pc
OT (6)
DONALD PENN – start
MORGAN MOSES – start
TIMON PARRIS
GERON CHRISTIAN
CORY ROBINSON – cut
BLAKE HANCE – pc
OG (6)
WES MARTIN – start
BRANDON SCHERFF – start
ERECK FLOWERS
HUGH THORNTON
ZAC KERIN – cut
JERALD FOSTER – cut
C (3)
CHASE ROULLIER – start
ROSS PIERSCHBACHER
TONY BERGSTROM – cut
Defense
S (6)
MONTAE NICHOLSON – FS start
LANDON COLLINS – SS start
DESHAZOR EVERETT
TROY APKE
JEREMY REAVES
JO-JO McINTOSH – pc
CB (11)
JOSH NORMAN – starter
QUINTON DUNBAR – starter
JIMMY MORELAND
GREG STROMAN
DOMINIQUE RODGERS-CROMARTIE
FABIAN MOREAU – pup
ADONIS ALEXANDER – IR
DANNY JOHNSON – IR
ASHTON LAMPKIN – cut
D.J. WHITE – cut
DEION HARRIS – pc
ILB (10)
JON BOSTIC – starter
JOSH HARVEY-CLEMONS – starter
COLE HOLCOMB
MARCUS SMITH
SHAUN DION-HAMILTON – IR
ANDREW ANKRAH – cut
MARQUIS FLOWERS – cut
GARY JOHNSON – cut
DARRELL WILLIAMS – cut
B.J. BLUNT – pc
OLB (5)
RYAN KERRIGAN – starter
MONTEZ SWEAT – starter
RYAN ANDERSON
CASSANOVA McKINZY
JORDAN BRAILFORD – IR
DE (7)
JONATHAN ALLEN – starter
MATT IOANNIDIS – starter
RYAN BEE
CALEB BRANTLEY – pup
JO-JO WICKER – cut
AUSTIN MALOATA – cut
JONATHAN BONNER – pc
NT (3)
DARON PAYNE
TIM SETTLE
KHAIRI CLARK – cut
Teams (3)
NICK SUNDBERG
TRESS WAY
DUSTIN HOPKINS
Management has decided to dig it’s heels in and suck it’s thumb over the TRENT WILLIAMS debacle.
Another failure like the KIRK COUSINS episode.