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HC Marvin Lewis told reporters after the game that Irons suffered a significant knee injury in Thursday night's exhibition loss to the Lions and there will an MRI tomorrow. The fear of course, is that Irons may have suffered a season-ending anterior cruciate injury.
Reported by Bengals.com
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Irons, counted on to provide a change-of-pace spark for the offense, injured his left knee during the second quarter and was on crutches after the game. He was examined by doctors in the training room at Ford Field. As Bengals.com staffer Geoff Hobson noted, when Irons went down it conjured up memories of Ki-Jana Carter's injury on his third carry as a Bengal in his first game at Detroit 12 years ago. Irons got hurt on his fourth carry. ... Stay tuned. We'll have more on Irons when the MRI results are announced.
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