Ladell Betts

Running back Ladell Betts and guard Chad Rinehart are done for the season for the battered Washington Redskins. Coach Jim Zorn said Monday that Betts has damage to both the ACL and MCL in the left knee. Rinehart had surgery to repair a broken leg. Zorn said both will be placed on injured reserve. Betts and Rinehart were hurt in Sunday's 7-6 loss to Dallas — and both were subbing for injured players. Betts was playing for Clinton Portis, who is sidelined with a concussion. Zorn said Portis will miss his third straight game next week against Philadelphia and could sit out the following ... Read Full Story

The injury-hit Washington Redskins have lost two more players, Ladell Betts and guard Chad Rinehart, for the rest of the National Football League season. Coach Jim Zorn said Monday that Betts has damage to two ligaments in his left knee. Rinehart had surgery to repair a broken leg. Zorn said both will be placed on injured reserve. Betts and Rinehart were hurt in Sunday's 7-6 loss to Dallas - and both were subbing for injured players. Betts was playing in place of Clinton Portis, who is sidelined with a concussion. Zorn said Portis will miss his third straight game next week against Philadelphia. Rinehart ... Read Full Story

Washington Redskins running back Ladell Betts, the fill-in for injured Clinton Portis, was knocked out of the Dallas game with a left knee injury. Betts apparently got hurt on a hard tackle by Bradie James at the end of a 2-yard gain midway through the first quarter Sunday. Team trainers checked Betts' knee on the sideline, and a few minutes later it was announced he was out for the game. The extent of the injury wasn't immediately known. Cornerback DeAngelo Hall sustained a bruised right knee earlier in the game when he was tackled after returning a recovered fumble. He went to the locker ... Read Full Story

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Washington Redskins running back Ladell Betts and guard Chad Rinehart suffered season-ending injuries in Sunday's game against the Dallas Cowboys, coach Jim Zorn said on Monday. Betts suffered ligament tears in his left knee during the first quarter of Sunday's 7-6 loss to the host Cowboys. The team said Rinehart had undergone surgery on Monday after breaking his leg in the third quarter. "We lost Ladell Betts for the season," Zorn said. "He's definitely down...I don't expect to have him back." The injury-depleted Redskins are 3-7 and in last place in the NFC East. (Writing by Steve Ginsburg; Editing by John ... Read Full Story

Globe and Mail Clinton Portis: Portis' vision still blurred from concussion Rotoworld.com Clinton Portis is still having lingering vision problems related to the concussion he suffered on October 8. The Skins are going to have to think about putting Portis on injured reserve. With Ladell Betts now done for the season, they need to get some ... Betts: 'I'm on the road to recovery' Washington Post Redskins uncertain if Portis will play ESPN AT&T Fantasy Call of the Week 12 SportingNews.com The Associated Press  - Seattle Post Intelligencer  - Rotowire all 1,389 news articles » Read more: http://news.google.com/news/url?fd=R&sa=T&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.rotoworld.com%2Fcontent%2Fplayerpages%2Fplayerbreakingnews.asp%3Fsport%3DNFL%26id%3D94%26line%3D160262%26spln%3D1&usg=AFQjCNERJNaL1aIVx_x1ZqeiSyYBBCq2Pw Read Full Story