Chicago Bears tight end Zach Miller will remain in the hospital following Sunday night's emergency vascular surgery on his leg after he suffered a dislocated left knee in the game against the New Orleans Saints.
The 33-year-old Miller is at University Medical Center in New Orleans after doctors performed "urgent vascular surgery" to stabilize his devastating injury, which was diagnosed as a torn popliteal artery in his left leg, the Bears announced Monday.
"During our game at the New Orleans Saints yesterday, TE Zach Miller sustained a serious injury to his left knee and immediate evaluation from our medical team on site rushed him to nearby University Medical Center New Orleans (UMC) for urgent vascular surgery to repair a torn popliteal artery," the Bears said in a statement. "Successful surgery was performed immediately on Sunday by the UMC vascular surgeons to stabilize his injury.
"Zach remains at UMC, along with Bears medical personnel, where he will stay under further evaluation. We are thinking of Zach and his family and support from our entire organization goes out to them."
Surgeons were called in to save Miller's injured leg, league and team sources told ESPN's Chris Mortensen earlier Monday. Miller underwent an MRI on Monday as doctors evaluated the blood flow and overall anatomy of his leg, sources told Mortensen.
--The NFL suspended Bears linebacker Jerrell Freeman 10 games for violating the league's policy on performance enhancing substances.
This is the second time the league has suspended Freeman. He missed four games in 2016 for the same violation.
Freeman, in his sixth season from Mary Hardin-Baylor, will begin serving his suspension immediately and will not be paid. He currently is on injured reserve after suffering a torn pectoral and concussion. He will miss eight games this season and two games in 2018.
--Houston Texans coach Bill O'Brien is trying to keep his players focused after a weekend of dealing with team owner Bob McNair's "inmates running the prison" comment.
All but 10 Texans players kneeled and linked arms during the national anthem before Sunday's game against the Seattle Seahawks in protest of the owner's comment. O'Brien was asked about the keys to keeping players focused, a day after the 41-38 loss at the Seattle Seahawks.
"Understand the players' feelings," O'Brien told reporters regarding the issue. "Understand that you have 63 guys in that locker room that come from all different types of backgrounds, all different parts of the country.
"Make sure you listen to the players, and at the end of the day, you support the players. The players are the ones going out there and putting it on the line for us every week. I feel like our coaching staff and our players have a very important bond, and that's key. That's why I've always, since I started coaching when I was a graduate assistant, it's always been about the players for me."
--Indianapolis Colts quarterback Andrew Luck does not appear to be close to returning to the practice field because of soreness in his surgically repaired right shoulder.
The soreness continues to persist and now it has the Colts looking for answers, a league source told the Indianapolis Star. The soreness prompted the team to shut down Luck two weeks ago after he finally returned to practice on Oct. 4.
The 28-year-old Luck plans to see additional shoulder specialists in the coming days to find the source of the soreness, according to multiple reports. One of those visits to a specialist is scheduled for Monday, a source told ESPN.
--The Arizona Cardinals promoted linebacker Bryson Albright to the active roster from the practice squad.
The 6-foot-5, 235-pound Albright joined the Cardinals' practice squad on Sept. 4. He spent the preseason with the Cincinnati Bengals until he was released on Sept. 2
Albright appeared in one game with Buffalo in 2016 and split his rookie season between the Bills' active roster and practice squad. He entered the NFL with Buffalo last year as an undrafted free agent out of Miami (Ohio).
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