Matt Nichols’ audition as the Edmonton Eskimos’ starting quarterback came to an early conclusion on Friday night.
Nichols suffered a right knee injury at the 14-minute mark of the first quarter of Edmonton’s Canadian Football league preseason game against the Saskatchewan Roughriders. He’d just thrown his second interception of the game and was trying to stop Riders’ defensive back Carlos Thomas from running into the end zone.
Nichols hit the ground and rolled over, holding his right knee. He was helped off of the field by the Eskimos’ trainers, examined on the sidelines and was carted off of the field with Mike Reilly assuming control of the Eskimos’ offence.
Shortly after Nichols left the game, 630 CHED’s Dave Campbell posted on Twitter that Nichols was handed crutches when he got to the Eskimos’ locker-room. There has been no confirmation on the severity of the injury.
The Eskimos’ highly-touted return man, Tavoy Moore, has also left the game with a lower-body injury and will not return.
Nichols finished the night two-for-five with two interceptions with 86 yards.
The game is airing live on 630 CHED and on TSN.
More to come…
