Stevan Ridley done for AFC Championship Game
Stevan Ridley - RB - New England Patriots
Jan. 20, 2013 - 9:30 PM ET
Stevan Ridley was forced from the AFC Championship Game with a head injury, and will not return.
Taking the rock from the Patriots' 39-yard-line early in the fourth quarter, Ridley got destroyed by Ravens SS Bernard Pollard, losing a fumble on a (legal) helmet-to-helmet hit. He's almost certainly concussed. Ridley was doing his best to move the chains against an inspired Ravens D before departing, rushing 18 times for 70 yards. Although Ridley's latest lost fumble may have Dynasty-league owners fretting, it would be cruel of coach Bill Belichick to hold it against him, as Pollard's hit would have jarred the ball loose from almost any rusher.
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