Philadelphia Eagles running back Correll Buckhalter will require season-ending surgery to repair the patellar tendon in his right knee that was torn in the first quarter of Friday night’s preseason victory over the Baltimore Ravens.
Buckhalter, a fourth-year veteran, underwent an MRI Saturday that confirmed the extent of injury.
On the first play of the Eagles’ second possession, Buckhalter took a handoff, made a cut, and before being touched, crumbled to the turf. He was eventually carted off the field.
“It’s sad to see. Correll came in in great shape,” coach Andy Reid said. “It was a crazy one where no one hit him–the thing went out.”
Big hurts
Colts wide receiver Troy Walters broke his left arm on the first series of Saturday night’s 31-7 loss to the Jets and may miss the rest of the season.
Running back Travis Henry left the Bills’ game against the Titans after 10 minutes with bruised ribs. Backup Willis McGahee came on to rush for 28 yards on 11 carries, but the Titans won 16-15 on Joe Nedney’s 22-yard field goal as time expired.
Quarterback Aaron Brooks tweaked his strained right thigh and hobbled off the field in the second quarter of the Saints’ 19-14 loss at Green Bay.
Extra points
Lee Suggs ran untouched for touchdowns of 8 and 15 yards, and Jeff Garcia went 5-for-7 passing for 55 yards as the Browns beat the visiting Lions 17-10. . . . Mark Brunell directed two touchdown drives and the visiting Redskins controlled the ball for 41 minutes to beat the Dolphins 17-0. . . . Carson Palmer passed for three touchdowns and set up another with a 48-yard completion to Chad Johnson as the host Bengals scored on their first three possessions to beat the Patriots 31-3. . . . Veteran running back Jerome Bettis had 10 carries for 48 yards and a touchdown in the Steelers’ 38-3 win over the visiting Texans. . . . Kerry Collins’ 89-yard scoring strike to Doug Gabriel in the third quarter was the biggest play of the game before the visiting Cowboys rallied to beat the Raiders 21-20 on Tony Romo’s 1-yard keeper with six seconds left. . . . The Broncos got only their second touchdown in three exhibition games on a late 7-yard run by Mike Anderson, and Jason Elam kicked four field goals in a 19-3 victory over the host Seahawks.
