{"id":125376,"date":"2021-11-29T17:41:51","date_gmt":"2021-11-29T22:41:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/nfl\/?p=125376"},"modified":"2021-11-29T17:41:51","modified_gmt":"2021-11-29T22:41:51","slug":"dan-arnold-suffers-grade-two-mcl-sprain","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/nfl\/2021\/11\/29\/dan-arnold-suffers-grade-two-mcl-sprain\/","title":{"rendered":"Dan Arnold Suffers Grade Two MCL Sprain"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Dan Arnold left Sunday\u2019s game with what was believed to be a serious lower-body injury. Ian Rapoport has now confirmed that the Jacksonville Jaguars tight end has suffered a grade-two MCL sprain. This injury will likely bring an end to Arnold\u2019s 2021 NFL regular season. If Jacksonville, by some miracle, were able to make the playoffs, then there is a possibility Arnold would be healthy enough to return.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\"><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Jaguars?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">#Jaguars<\/a> TE Dan Arnold suffered a grade 2 MCL sprain, sources say, knocking him out 4-6 weeks. Based on the calendar, the injury could be season-ending.<\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Ian Rapoport (@RapSheet) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/RapSheet\/status\/1465344534980841477?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">November 29, 2021<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<h2><strong>Dan Arnold Suffers MCL Sprain, Season Likely Over<\/strong><\/h2>\n<h3>Promising Season Cut Short<\/h3>\n<p>Arnold is widely considered to be one of the up-and-coming tight ends in this league. Initially starting the season with the <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/nfl\/category\/nfl-teams\/panthers\/\" target=\"_self\">Carolina Panthers<\/a>, Arnold was traded to Jacksonville for <a href=\"https:\/\/www.pro-football-reference.com\/players\/H\/HendCJ00.htm\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">C.J. Henderson<\/a> and a draft pick. This trade, at the end of September, also included both teams swapping mid-round draft picks. Jacksonville received a 2022 third-round draft pick, and Carolina received a 2022 fifth-round draft pick.<\/p>\n<p>In 11 games this season, Arnold has recorded 35 receptions for 408 yards and zero touchdowns. His lack of touchdown production is understandable for a player switching organizations in the middle of a season. Regardless, it is a stat that has frustrated fantasy football owners to no end this year. On a positive note, Arnold had a three-game stretch where he recorded 60+ receiving yards in each exhibition. He had just begun to catch some momentum which makes this injury all the more unfortunate.<\/p>\n<p>Arnold has the potential to be a star at the tight end position in this league. Maybe not a superstar, but he has the potential to be in Pro Bowl contention annually. As his relationship with <a href=\"https:\/\/www.pro-football-reference.com\/players\/L\/LawrTr00.htm?utm_campaign=Linker&amp;utm_source=direct&amp;utm_medium=linker-\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Trevor Lawrence<\/a> continues to blossom, Arnold will be featured more and more in the weekly game plan. His focus in the off-season should be on route-running and contested catches. A solid off-season program could see Arnold return as a force to be reckoned with in 2022.<\/p>\n<p>[pickup_prop id=&#8221;16218&#8243;]<\/p>\n<p>Main photo:<br \/>\n<a id=\"bwjJo_W3RzVMmAg9AxYUzg\" class=\"gie-single\" style=\"color: #a7a7a7; text-decoration: none; font-weight: normal !important; border: none; display: inline-block;\" href=\"http:\/\/www.gettyimages.com\/detail\/1356072749\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Embed from Getty Images<\/a><script>window.gie=window.gie||function(c){(gie.q=gie.q||[]).push(c)};gie(function(){gie.widgets.load({id:'bwjJo_W3RzVMmAg9AxYUzg',sig:'NFjn5Lm9YKZSDoPMXNju0ab4romXaC7psxtN0yac-HQ=',w:'594px',h:'396px',items:'1356072749',caption: true ,tld:'com',is360: false })});<\/script><script src='\/\/embed-cdn.gettyimages.com\/widgets.js' charset='utf-8' async><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>After leaving Sunday&#8217;s game against the Atlanta Falcons with an injury, it has now been confirmed that Dan Arnold has suffered an MCL sprain<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3003,"featured_media":125391,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_lmt_disableupdate":"","_lmt_disable":"","sfio_featured_image":false,"sfio_embed_code":"","_ef_editorial_meta_date_first-draft-date":"","_ef_editorial_meta_paragraph_assignment":"","_ef_editorial_meta_checkbox_needs-photo":"","_ef_editorial_meta_number_word-count":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[13,36],"tags":[5556,7335,7646],"class_list":["post-125376","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-jaguars","category-nfl-news","tag-dan-arnold","tag-jacksonville-jaguars-news","tag-jaguars-featured"],"modified_by":"Connor Deitrich","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/125376","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3003"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=125376"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/125376\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/125391"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=125376"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=125376"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=125376"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}