This article was originally published on www.si.com/nfl/patriots/onsi as Patriots Reveal Rookie Defender's Injury Status. The New England Patriots will be without the services of their starting left guard for the foreseeable future.

The high ankle sprain is not a sprain of the ankle particularly but of the leg and as such, often occurs with an injury to the ankle. For instance, a patient may have an injury to the anterior talofibular ligament, the calcaneofibular ligament and even the posterior talofibular ligament as well as a high ankle sprain of the syndesmosis (a name for the joint where the tibia and fibula connect just above the ankle.

Bengals running back Chase Brown was diagnosed with a high ankle sprain and his status is in question for Cincinnati's Week 18 matchup against the Steelers according to NFL insider Jordan Schultz. The Bengals have to win to keep their playoff hopes alive.

It was a five-point Raiders lead at the half. A five-point lead at the end of the third quarter. and a five point lead at the two-minute warning. And yet with 1:35 left, the Raiders were losing. That meant, instead of kneeling out for a win, they would ...