Commanders won’t activate DE Chase Younger vs. Texans

HOUSTON – Washington Commanders defensive finish Chase Younger must wait one other week to return.

Washington didn’t activate him to the 53-man roster and he subsequently will not play on the Houston Texans Sunday.

Washington coach Ron Rivera mentioned Friday that they are going to “most actually” activate him earlier than Wednesday.

Younger, who opened the season on the bodily unable to carry out checklist, began practising on Nov. 2. Washington’s 21-day window to both activate him or place him on injured reserve is Tuesday.

Younger tore his proper ACL on Nov. 14 final yr and medical doctors wanted to restore his knee by grafting the wholesome patella tendon graf from his left knee, including to his restoration.

Rivera mentioned trainers advised him Younger’s knee is ok; he simply must regain the arrogance to push off laborious on his proper leg.

“If you speak to the trainers and take heed to the energy conditioning guys, there’s nothing else they will do for him, ” Rivera mentioned. “Now it is concerning the soccer a part of it. It is how assured, how comfy, how effectively does he do the soccer facet of it now. He can go straight forward and everyone else sits there getting fired up as a result of he will run someplace round 19-20 [Mph] on the GPSs you are going to really feel effectively. However now it is transferring if you’ve received 300 kilos pushing one path or 600 kilos, you are making an attempt to carry the purpose. That is the totally different factor. That is the factor you possibly can’t mimic throughout your rehab program. So that is the essential time for us.”

Rivera mentioned even after Younger is activated they may wait one other week or two relying if he reveals them what they wish to see.

Younger was the NFLs Defensive Rookie of the Yr in 2020 when he posted 7.5 sacks, 4 compelled fumbles and three fumble recoveries, together with one for a landing. He completed with 1.5 sacks final season