The Washington Commanders‘ roster sustained so many injuries last campaign that the season-ending injury to Chase Roullier got swept under the rug.
In the Week 8 loss to Denver, Roullier suffered a fractured fibula that required season-ending surgery. That same week, Montez Sweat went down with a non-displaced jaw fracture that sidelined him for over a month.
At the time, Antonio Gibson was battling a stress fracture in his shin and Curtis Samuel was on the weekly injury report with his groin injury. Following the Week 9 bye, Chase Young tore up his knee and missed the rest of the year.
Pretty easy to see why Roullier’s injury got glossed over, but Washington is thrilled to have him back at practice after he started camp on the PUP list. The underrated center is still waiting his first reps in 11-on-11 drills, but he got some run in 9-on-9s Monday, which were his first snaps with Carson Wentz.
It was a long road back to the gridiron for Roullier, who told reporters over the weekend that his surgery was a lot more complicated than folks thought.
According to Roullier, he had a tightrope procedure, ligaments reattached and a plate put in his ankle to fully repair the damage.
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