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Dirty Bird grounded Anderson suffers sprained knee in first quarter
Posted: Tuesday September 21, 1999 03:00 AM
IRVING, Texas (AP) -- Atlanta running back Jamal Anderson, who led the NFC in rushing last year while helping the Falcons reach the Super Bowl, sprained his right knee midway through the first quarter Monday night against Dallas. On a handoff, Anderson planted hard on his right foot and cut left. He went down immediately without being hit and was grabbing his knee by the time he hit the artificial turf of Texas Stadium. Anderson limped to the sidelines and laid down next to the bench while being examined. Soon after, he limped to the locker room and did not return to the game.
Anderson said he rebounded after a similar injury his rookie year and is hopeful the diagnosis will be the same. "I was trying to make a cut and my knee gave out," he said. "I felt the sensation right away. It feels better now, but you never know." Anderson was lost on his third carry. He had runs of 7 and 4 yards before losing 2 on the painful play, which came with 9:01 left in the first quarter. Anderson was coming off a 16-carry, 50-yard performance in a season-opening loss to Minnesota that ended his streak of six straight 100-yard games. His 1,846 yards were second in the NFL last year and ninth all-time.
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