Reedy: Nugent Has ACL Tear And MCL Sprain

by Josh Kirkendall on Nov 15, 2010 10:53 AM EST in Injury

Late on Sunday it was reported that Mike Nugent's knee injury, suffered on the onside kick with just over two minutes left in the game against the Colts, was very serious. Geoff Hobson reported that the injury was feared to be an ACL and MCL injury and that he was feared to be lost for the season.

Now you can basically bank on it.

According to Joe Reedy's latest tweet, Nugent "has a tear to his right ACL and a sprain to his MCL." No word yet if Nugent will go on IR, but it's basically a foregone conclusion at this point.

While Nugent has a powerful leg connecting two 50-plus yard field goals, he also only converted 78.9% of his field goal tries; worse than Shayne Graham's worst season when he converted 82.1% of his field goal tries in 2009. The Bengals will likely hold tryouts this week for a replacement kicker, considering that last week Dave Rayner signed with the Lions and Graham signed with the Patriots.

[UPDATE: He's now officially out for the year, in case you held onto hope that he could kick with an ACL tear]

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As a Colts fan who commented on your board last week, I just want to say that I feel bad that this happened to him

He was only doing his job, but got caught in a God-awful scrum for possession. He did things right and well, and didn’t deserved to get injured because of it.

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by E.M.H. on Nov 15, 2010 11:05 AM EST reply actions

Are you guys thinking what I'm thinking?

Travis Dorsch

by bodacio zk on Nov 15, 2010 11:49 AM EST reply actions

lots of reports are saying he's out for season.

RT@Adam_Schefter An MRI on his knee confirmed that Bengals kicker Mike Nugent is out for the season.

by GrooveLeg on Nov 15, 2010 11:53 AM EST reply actions

damn

more than a bummer

Now THOSE are some lovely coconuts

by supergrover on Nov 15, 2010 12:21 PM EST reply actions

It's a KICKER, for Pete's sake!

Either: A.) Sign some dude away from an Arena football team (WHERE is Art Carmody when we need him?); or B.) Let Esteban handle the kicking duties from here on out and let the chips fall where they may!

by TheWalrus1971 on Nov 15, 2010 12:41 PM EST reply actions