New York Jets rookie offensive tackle Olu Fashanu suffered an injury in Sunday's game against the Los Angeles Rams. The severity of the injury is unknown, but Fashanu left the game on crutches. While the team waits for scan results, head coach Jeff Ulbrich expressed confidence in Fashanu's long-term potential.
It’s not clear when Olu Fashanu ’s next snap at left tackle will happen, but the Jets are confident that it will be the first of many more to come. The rest of Fashanu’s rookie season is in doubt after he left the postgame locker room Sunday on crutches to meet up with his family.
Interim head coach Jeff Ulbrich declined to reveal anything further about Fashanu’s injury Monday while waiting for scans to be reviewed by the team’s medical staff, but the Jets would be foolish to risk any long-term complications by rushing Fashanu back to play in the final two games of a lost season. “I absolutely believe that Olu is the left tackle for the New York Jets for a long, long time,” Ulbrich said. “He has demonstrated that. For a rookie to come in and play as he has, it’s astounding. You don’t see it very often — not just at the left tackle spot. He showed the ability to reverse versatile across the board at the guard spot, right tackle spot, etcetera, so I’m excited about his future.”Jets offensive tackle Olu Fashanu (74) reacts as he sits on the cart before being taken to the locker room with an injury during the fourth quarter of the Jets and Los Angeles Rams game in East Rutherford, NJSerious injuries usually bring forth solemn reactions in NFL locker rooms, but Fashanu wore his usual big grin even as he struggled to move around. A team spokesperson prohibited Fashanu from conducting a postgame interview.Rangers make Chris Kreider a healthy scratch for Devils game in massive statement “He’s a battler so I know he’s going to be all right,” right tackle Morgan Moses said. “Keep him in good spirits. He did what he was supposed to come here to do. I’ve got a lot of respect for that man.” After beginning the season in a utility role for the offensive line, Fashanu took over at his natural left tackle position for injured future Hall of Famer Tyron Smith during a Nov. 10 game against the Cardinal
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