Detroit Lions linebacker Alex Anzalone (34) walks off the sector because of an harm throughout the first half towards Jacksonville Jaguars at Ford Area in Detroit on Sunday, Nov. 17, 2024. Detroit Lions standout linebacker Alex Anzalone sustained a damaged left forearm throughout the second quarter of Sunday’s 52-6 steamrolling of the Jacksonville Jaguars.
Lions coach Dan Campbell stated Anzalone will miss six to eight weeks. That timetable would permit Anzalone to return for Detroit (9-1) by the beginning of the postseason.
Anzalone, a group captain, was injured throughout a play wherein teammate Brian Department pushed Jaguars operating again Travis Etienne Jr. out of bounds. Anzalone’s arm acquired tangled between the 2 gamers.
“Thanks everybody for the nicely needs!” Anzalone wrote on social media. “As an athlete, loads of occasions you suppose ‘Why did this should occur?’ However I like to consider all of the numerous reps one thing dangerous did not occur. I am past blessed! I will be again very quickly, contemporary legs and all.”
Thanks everybody for the nicely needs! As an athlete, loads of occasions you suppose “Why did this should occur?” However I like to consider all of the numerous reps one thing dangerous did not occur. I am past blessed! I will be again very quickly, contemporary legs and all
— Alex Anzalone (@AlexAnzalone34) November 17, 2024
The lack of Anzalone is not the primary large blow for the Detroit protection this season. The unit misplaced star defensive finish Aidan Hutchinson to a badly damaged leg in mid-October.
Anzalone had 5 tackles, together with one for loss, earlier than exiting towards Jacksonville.
General, Anzalone has 56 tackles — seven for loss — in 9 video games this season. He had a career-best 129 tackles in 2023 and 125 in 2022.
The 30-year-old Anzalone is in his fourth yr with the Lions after spending his first 4 NFL seasons with the New Orleans Saints.
–Area Stage Media
