Kyle Allen Suffers Gross Lower Leg Injury UPDATED
By Stephen Douglas | Nov 8, 2020, 2:10 PM EST
Kyle Allen suffered a horrible lower leg injury during Sunday's game against the Giants. New York defensive back Jabrill Peppers' leg whipped Smith, taking him down awkwardly and left Allen on the field in pain with his foot pointing in the wrong direction. In an injury reminiscent of Dak Prescott's, Allen had to be taken off the field on a cart.
Kyle Allen injury, Alex Smith now in at QB pic.twitter.com/9rYRkFGtN2
— Roto Street Journal (RSJ) (@RotoStJournal) November 8, 2020
Allen is in his third season in the NFL, and first with the Washington Football Team. He replaced Dwayne Haskins as the Washington starting quarterback in early October and has given Ron Rivera a few decent performances.
Kyle Allen acknowledges the crowd as he leaves the field pic.twitter.com/nokkfC0rTE
— John Keim (@john_keim) November 8, 2020
Kyle Allen gets leg whipped by Jabrill Peppers. Allen is being helped off the field. Doesn't look good the way his leg bent. #WashingtonFootball #TogetherBlue pic.twitter.com/2qokHNUUZZ
— Justin Groc (@jgroc) November 8, 2020
Allen was replaced by Alex Smith. The initial diagnosis on Allen's ankle is a dislocation and small fracture, which is good considering how it looked.
The initial diagnosis on Washington QB Kyle Allen is a dislocated ankle, but only a small fracture, source said. A significant injury, but somewhat better than it looked initially on replay.
— Tom Pelissero (@TomPelissero) November 8, 2020
We will update this with more information as it becomes available.