Illegal tackle causes Colts RB to suffer ‘severe leg injury’

The Indianapolis Colts had a scary second on Sunday when a working again went down throughout an 11-on-11 workforce interval.

Per James Boyd of The Athletic, follow needed to be stopped for 10 minutes whereas trainers attended to working again Salvon Ahmed, who suffered a “extreme leg harm” after he was introduced down through an unlawful deal with by security Trey Washington.

“The harm occurred when Ahmed broke a future throughout an 11-on-11 interval,” Boyd wrote. “He was tackled from behind by undrafted rookie security Trey Washington, however when Washington grabbed Ahmed, who stored his legs churning, Washington used a hip-drop deal with to deliver Ahmed down and landed on his decrease proper leg. Ahmed instantly grabbed his decrease proper leg and screamed in agony.

“Steichen stated the gamers within the developmental intervals (basically third-stringers and gamers decrease than them on the depth chart) have been instructed to deal with throughout 11-on-11. Nevertheless, Steichen emphasised, Washington’s hip-drop deal with was clearly the improper technique to deliver Ahmed down.”

Steichen stated the teaching employees does not encourage hip-drop tackles, and claimed Washington is “down within the dumps” after his deal with led to Ahmed’s harm.

The unlucky incident highlights how tough it may be for NFL defenders to make a deal with. The league made the hip-drop deal with unlawful to try to curb accidents, as offensive gamers thought it was a dirty hit.

In Washington’s case, the undrafted rookie free agent from Ole Miss wasn’t attempting to make a grimy hit however attempting to make a soccer transfer in a aggressive setting to maintain his job.

Earlier than the harm, Ahmed was attempting to make a case for the follow squad, the place he hung out on throughout 2024.