Commanders' No. 91 Deatrich Wise Jr. gets brutal injury update vs. Packers on Thursday night

Billy Heyen

Commanders' No. 91 Deatrich Wise Jr. gets brutal injury update vs. Packers on Thursday night image

Washington Commanders defensive end Deatrich Wise Jr.  suffered an apparent right leg injury in the second quarter of the team's game against the Green Bay Packers Thursday night. 

Wise Jr. was in trying to block an extra point and broke through the line from his left-side alignment, but it created a problem.

The Packers' offensive lineman Wise beat on the play backed up into Wise's right leg.

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He went down and was surrounded by trainers for five minutes before he was carted off.

The entire Commanders' team came over to wish him well as he rode dejectedly off to the locker room.

Wise is 31 years old and in his second season with the Commanders after spending his first eight NFL seasons with the New England Patriots

He made three tackles, including one for a loss in Week 1.

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Billy Heyen

Billy Heyen is a freelance writer with The Sporting News. He is a 2019 graduate of Syracuse University who has written about many sports and fantasy sports for The Sporting News. Sports reporting work has also appeared in a number of newspapers, including the Sandusky Register and Rochester Democrat & Chronicle