It’s official: Brian Cushing out for year with torn ACL Posted on October 9, 2012 at 3:34 pm by Dale Robertson
Head coach Gary Kubiak confirmed the worst about inside linebacker Brian Cushing Tuesday afternoon: He’s lost for the season with a torn anterior cruciate ligament suffered in the second quarter of the Texans 23-17 victory over the Jets Monday night.
An MRI Tuesday morning revealed the damage. He’ll have surgery in a couple of weeks, after the swelling has gone down.
“You don’t replace players like Cush,” Kubiak said. “The whole team has to step up.”
It’s the second time in three seasons the Texans have lost their defensive captain. Middle linebacker DeMeco Ryans suffered a torn Achilles tendon following a 4-2 start in 2010, after which the Texans lost eight of their next nine games to finish 6-10.
Kubiak said seen-year veteran Tim Dobbins, the special teams captain, is “option No. 1” to step in for Cushing, the team’s leading tackler so far and the spiritual leader of the NFL’s third-ranked defense. Dobbins replaced Cushing against the Jets and will apparently start against Green Bay at Reliant Stadium Sunday night.
Mister Alexander is the other backup inside and the Texans may also regain the services of Daryl Sharpton, currently on the PUP list because a severe knee injury suffered last season, by the end of the month.
Jogging soon: Motivated Brian Cushing continues rehab Posted Feb 19, 2013 Nick Scurfield Email @NickScurfield
ILB Brian Cushing leads the pregame huddle before the Texans face the New York Jets on Oct. 8, 2012, at MetLife Stadium in East Rutherford, N.J.
Four-and-a-half months after suffering a torn ACL, Brian Cushing is on the comeback trail with a singular purpose.
The Texans’ defensive captain and 2011 MVP hopes to lead the team to a Super Bowl that will be played in his hometown. Step one is making a full recovery from the left knee injury that ended his 2012 season after five games. Cushing has been rehabilitating at Reliant Stadium since October, intent on coming back stronger than ever in 2013.
“(It’s) been going well,” Cushing said on Tuesday afternoon in an interview with Texans Radio. “I’ll be here for the majority of the time and really just focusing on my rehab, getting back, getting my knee back to 110 percent and just really looking to the year coming up. Obviously, my year was cut short last year, and I’m looking forward to getting back out there with the guys and playing football.”
Cushing, who was operated on by surgeon Dr. James Andrews on Oct. 25, said Tuesday that he is “about a week” away from being able to jog.
“Really looking forward to that,” he said. “Really, where I stand right now is just looking forward to the next step always and what’s coming up and my progression. It’s been a long, long journey and I still have a lot to go, but you know, it just makes me cherish playing that much more, because when it’s taken away for you, you realize how much you love it.”
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