ASHBURN, Va. (AP) – Add starting center Spencer Long and starting left guard Shawn Lauvao to the ever-growing list of Washington Redskins done for the season because they’re hurt.
Redskins coach Jay Gruden announced Tuesday that Long needs surgery on a quadriceps tendon and will be headed to injured reserve. The team later added Lauvao to the list as well. He left Sunday’s game against the Saints early with a neck stinger that had sidelined him earlier in the season.
Backup Chase Rouiller had a cast on his right hand and was wearing that arm in a sling in the locker room, and while Gruden did not rule him out for Thursday night’s game against the New York Giants, third-stringer Tony Bergstrom would be next in line. Bergstrom has started five NFL games since entering the league in 2012.
Long and Lauvao join running back Chris Thompson and wide receiver Terrelle Pryor in going on IR this week.
That raises Washington’s total to 15 players on the list, including starters Rob Kelley, Mason Foster and first-round draft pick Jonathan Allen.
In corresponding moves Tuesday, the Redskins signed free-agent center Demetrius Rhaney and signed running back LeShun Daniels and linebacker Pete Robertson to the active roster from the practice squad.
Robertson might be needed if linebacker Martrell Spaight is unavailable Thursday. Spaight, who moved into the starting lineup after injuries, was wearing a walking boot on his left foot Tuesday.
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