There was hope on the injury front for the Washington Football Team a week ago when it was reported that second-year running back Bryce Love had begun practicing again, and there was some hope that he could eventually be activated from the injured reserve and be placed on the active roster.
That hope has seemingly gone out the window now, with coach Ron Rivera saying that Love experienced some soreness in his knee after practicing last week, and the team is planning to hold him out a bit going forward. According to the IR rules this year, Washington had 21 days to activate him to the roster once Love returned to practice last week, or else he will be placed on the IR for the rest of the season. They now have 14 days to do so.
Asked about Bryce Love; Rivera said that he's been slowed down and has some soreness.
"We're going to hold him out for a little bit," Rivera said.
Love returned to practice last week, but was held out at end of the week… Still on IR.— John Keim (@john_keim) November 18, 2020
Love has been a frustrating storyline in Washington over the past year. The young RB had a tremendous college career at Stanford, where he finished second in Heisman voting in 2018, but a knee injury caused him to drop in the NFL Draft, where Washington got him in the fourth round, hoping that he could eventually return to the level of play that we saw at Stanford. As of yet, he has been unable to get his knee injury under control, and we are still waiting for him to take his first snap in the NFL.
As of now, it is not looking like that elusive first snap will come in 2020, though things could change.
