Jon Allen Expected to Miss Season with Pectoral Injury

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Grant & Danny react to the news that Washington Commanders star defensive tackle Jonathan Allen is expected to miss the remainder of the season with a torn pectoral injury.

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00:00According to NFL Network's Tom Pellicero, the commanders may have lost more than just

00:04the game yesterday. According to Pellicero, commander standout defensive tackle John Allen

00:09is feared to have suffered a significant pectoral injury that will require season-ending surgery.

00:15Allen looking to get a second opinion, but would be a huge loss for Washington, who currently

00:18sits atop the NFC East at 4-2.

00:23Thank you, Linnell, for the breaking news here to 106.7 The Fan. So John Allen, potentially

00:29a Danny loss for the year. He has been one of their best players over the last several

00:33seasons. He has had a down statistical year. He does get double teamed and chipped a whole

00:37lot in the middle of the defensive line. They are deeper there where they've got De'Ron

00:41Payne, who's terrific, where they drafted Johnny Newton. That pick looks a little bit

00:44more fortuitous now, as you plug him in, presumably as a starter. They kept Darion Mathis, a former

00:49second round pick, around as well. And they do have a pretty heavy rotation. They lost

00:54two defensive ends yesterday, Dorrance Armstrong with a rib injury, and Javante Jean-Baptiste

00:58was in a boot after the game.

01:00But if Allen is out for the year, a bad defense losing one of its best overall players is

01:05a very, very bad sign. Yeah. When you're when you have a bad group, regardless of whether

01:10Allen's had a banner year or not, he is not by all accounts, especially to statistically

01:14measured, doesn't make you better. You know what I mean? It just makes it that you're

01:17going to have to have other folks step up.

01:19And I hate next man up. It's so cliched and hackneyed, but that has to happen. Guys are

01:24gonna have to do more pain. He's gonna have to be more productive than he's been. Johnny

01:27Newton went from rotational piece, presumably to focal point. So that stinks for Allen on

01:32a number of fronts. Just a great dude who's done everything right since he's been here.

01:36Not much guaranteed money. I think no guaranteed money going in the next year. So maybe for

01:39an agent year for him. So that is not ideal, certainly for him. But yeah, I mean, the defense

01:43itself, it's like at a certain point, you can't see you can afford to lose anybody.

01:48You don't want root for injuries or, you know, can't even deal with them. But there are certain

01:51spots where you could probably deal with it a little bit better.

01:53You know, if like I'm trying to think of a good example, I don't have one. But if you

01:58know, if somebody at the linebacker spot was out and you have four or five guys that are

02:02waiting in the wings, that's fine. But this is a weak group that's gotten a little bit

02:07weaker. I mean, they're not getting after the pastor. They're not disruptive and not

02:09having John Allen, who's been capable, who has had times where he's been that disruptive

02:13force. That's not going to help you.

02:16Tom Pellicero, NFL Network reporting. Jonathan Allen could be done for the season. And this

02:21is something we've been hearing rumblings of, I will say, at the radio station over

02:25the last few hours, that this was presumably going to be a pretty serious injury, that

02:29it could cost him much of, if not the remainder of his season. And the team is currently fearing

02:35that he will miss the entirety of the season recovering from this torn peck.

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