Atlanta defensive tackle Brandon Dorlus avoided a serious injury after leaving Monday’s 27-24 win over the Los Angeles Rams.
The second-year defensive tackle left in the third quarter with what was thought to be a knee injury. Coach Raheem Morris expressed concern after the game, saying that 鈥渋t didn鈥檛 look great鈥� and that he 鈥渇elt for the young man.鈥�
The coach said on Wednesday it was a hamstring injury and not a torn ligament in the knee.
鈥淲e dodged a big-time bullet,” Morris said. 鈥淲e feel pretty good about the injury. He’s going to miss a couple weeks, obviously he’ll miss this game, but we do know we feel really good about what happened as opposed to what everybody thought.鈥�
Morris was optimistic about the defensive tackle’s prognosis. He said he’s uncertain if surgery will be required.
鈥淔rom what I know, nothing’s torn. I shouldn’t say that. All I know is it’s not a ligament,” he said. 鈥淗e’s out this game. He’s got an injury that’s going to require a couple weeks, but it looks good, really good.鈥�
The Falcons wrap up the season against the New Orleans Saints on Sunday.
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