Jaguars defense takes a huge blow; Lose Poz for year and Branch for 6 weeks
Posluszny is out for the season with a torn pectoral muscle. That’s a huge blow for a young team that was beginning to show signs of life after an 0-6 start, taking the leader out of the middle of the defense. Poz will have surgery and placed on injured reserve.
“It’s a big loss,” Jaguars coach Gus Bradley said. “That will be a difficult one.”
The team also lost Andre Branch to an injury. Branch tore his groin muscle against the Browns in Week 7 and is out six weeks. The Jags defense was starting to turn up as well.
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