Expectations for Troy Andersen were high heading into 2023. Nobody really knew if the hyper-athletic linebacker would pull it together and become a spectacular defender, but we were going to get to find out, and Ryan Nielsen’s scheme and its friendliness for versatile inside linebackers seemed to bode well.
We got some really fun moments through two games—Andersen missed one because he was in the league’s concussion protocol—but it appears that’s all we’ll get for this season. Per Arthur Smith, there is a fear that Andersen’s shoulder/pectoral injury suffered in Sunday’s loss to the Lions is season-ending.
Arthur Smith says scans on Troy Andersen’s shoulder “didn’t look good” and it’s possible he could be down for the year.