Jaguars Safety Eric Murray Is Out for the Season With an Elbow Injury Suffered on Sunday's Opening Kickoff
The cost of Sunday's 42-7 win over Indianapolis rose again on Monday: head coach Liam Coen announced safety Eric Murray is out for the season with the elbow injury he suffered on the game's opening kickoff - the second season-ending injury from the Colts game, after DaVon Hamilton's torn quad.
Jacksonville's secondary took the second season-ending hit from Sunday's game. Head coach Liam Coen announced on Monday that safety Eric Murray is out for the season with an elbow injury suffered on the opening kickoff against Indianapolis, the Florida Times-Union, Black and Teal and NFL Trade Rumors reported on November 2 in files read by the Sports Desk this run. Murray, 32, played six games this season with 15 tackles, NFL Trade Rumors reported.
Murray's news completes a brutal 24 hours of accounting from a 42-7 win: defensive tackle DaVon Hamilton's torn quad, filed by this desk this morning (SQ-20261102-028), is also season-ending, and Murray had been carried on the injury watch in the desk's depth-bill file (SQ-20261102-039) before Monday's announcement settled his status. The next names up at safety are Rayuan Lane and Kaevon Merriweather, the reports said.
Coen, in his Monday virtual press conference reported by the Times-Union, addressed the replacement work in front of him: “Disappointing for sure,” he said, noting of rookie nose tackle Albert Regis that he “has gotten better and better” and that “now is going to be a great opportunity for him.” At the other safety spot, Antonio Johnson's ankle leaves him doubtful for Thursday: “We'll see,” Coen said. “It's going to be harder,” with a better feel expected Tuesday.
The standings cushion is real even as the depth thins: Jacksonville is 5-2 and leads the AFC South by three games, but plays at Baltimore on Thursday night at 8:15 p.m. and is home only three times in the next ten weeks, not again until November 29 against Tennessee, the Times-Union reported.
