Micah McFadden injury: Giants’ LB may have escaped serious injury

When Micah McFadden was carted off the field with his right leg in a cast early in the New York Giants’ loss to the Washington Commanders on Sunday, it looked as if his season might be over before it really began.

X-rays on the leg/foot injury McFadden suffered have been reported to be negative, and McFadden was spotted on the sideline later in the game with his right foot in a boot.

That is, obviously, potentially good news as the fourth-year linebacker has emerged as a defensive mainstay.

Here is the play on which McFadden was injured:

McFadden was replaced in the lineup by Darius Muasau. The Commanders targeted Muasau on a 7-yard touchdown pass to Zach Ertz shortly after McFadden was carted off the field.

The Giants’ defense gave up 432 total yards on Sunday, 220 of that on the gro