Jaguars' Marqise Lee carted off with knee injury that appears pretty serious
Lee is coming off a strong season that earned him a nice payday this offseason
The Jacksonville Jaguars may have suffered a big loss during their preseason dress rehearsal game against the Atlanta Falcons. On the team's second offensive series of the game, wide receiver Marqise Lee took a low hit to his knee.
Lee was injured and remained on the ground for several minutes before eventually being carted off. The Jaguars quickly ruled him out for the remainder of the game.
#Jaguars WR Marqise Lee was just carted off after suffering a knee injury against the #Falcons.
— Ian Rapoport (@RapSheet) August 25, 2018
INJURY UPDATE:
— #DUUUVAL (@Jaguars) August 25, 2018
WR Marqise Lee has a knee injury and will not return.
The hit to Lee's knee was delivered by Damontae Kazee, who was flagged and penalized 15 yards for leading with his helmet. As Lee was carted off the field, several of his Jaguars teammates crowded around him to wish him well. After the game, Kazee himself let Lee know that the receiver was in his prayers.
Before i go out on the field i pray for both teams to stay healthy , i was just trying to make a football play, i will never ever try to hurt anyone, i just want to reach out to you bro and tell you that you’ll be in my prayers everyday 🙌🏾🙏🏾 @TeamLee1
— Montae Kazee (@Damontaekazee) August 26, 2018
The Jaguars did not seem enthusiastic about Lee's prognosis, but coach Doug Marrone noted that they did not know yet the extent of his injury.
Coach Doug Marrone had no specific update on what looked to be a serious injury, though he said, “It looked bad. I’m waiting for the doc to tell me so I can tell you guys. … But it looked bad.” https://t.co/WHaXNtBJNx
— Ian Rapoport (@RapSheet) August 26, 2018
#Jaguars WR Keelan Cole on possibly losing a top receiver early in the season for the second straight year: "It's not something that we wanted to happen against this year, but it's the game of football and things happen. Knowing what to do from here is also good."
— Phillip Heilman (@phillip_heilman) August 26, 2018
Lee is heading into his fifth NFL season and is expected to serve as the Jaguars' No. 1 wideout if he's healthy after the team saw Allen Robinson and Allen Hurns leave in free agency. Lee is coming off a season in which he had 56 catches for 702 yards and three touchdowns, and then signed a four-year, $38 million contract this offseason.
He's played 16 games only once in his four-year career, sustaining various injuries that have kept him off the field for a couple weeks at a time. If he has to miss time again this season, it will be up to Keelan Cole, Dede Westbrook, Donte Moncrief and second-round pick D.J. Chark to pick up the slack for Blake Bortles.
















