Washington Commanders proper guard Sam Cosmi will miss the remainder of the postseason after he tore his proper ACL in Saturday’s divisional spherical win over the Detroit Lions, coach Dan Quinn stated Sunday.
Cosmi has been a important a part of the Commanders’ offensive line for a number of years and had began each sport this season. He’ll ultimately have surgical procedure to restore his knee. Veteran Trent Scott subbed for him in Saturday’s 45-31 win over the Lions.
Washington (14-5) performs the winner of the Philadelphia Eagles-Los Angeles Rams sport within the NFC Championship Recreation on Jan. 26.
Cosmi suffered the damage on working again Brian Robinson Jr.’s 2-yard landing run within the second quarter.
“Actually bummed on Sam,” Quinn stated after the sport, earlier than the total extent of his damage was introduced. “That is an enormous loss for us.”
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Washington drafted Cosmi within the second spherical of the 2021 draft. He began at proper sort out for 2 seasons earlier than switching to protect for the 2023 season. His means to dam in area on screens and on pulling motion, amongst different elements of his sport, has been pivotal for Washington.
Scott has principally performed sort out for Washington this season, however Quinn stated they’ve generally used him at guard on their scout group simply to get him extra reps on the place.
Scott has began 23 video games in his seven-year profession. In 2021 and ’22 Scott performed 22 video games at guard for Carolina after which Pittsburgh. Quinn stated they will contemplate the matchups to see who replaces Cosmi subsequent weekend, however he stated Scott “did a very good job.”
The Commanders can even go for veteran Michael Deiter, who has began 35 video games in his six-year profession at guard and middle. He has began two video games at middle this season.
