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defensive lineman Michael Brockers accidentally crashed into Skura's left knee.
It's a hit that would cost Skura $1.1 million. Four months ago, when all of
Brockers' 305 pounds rolled into the side of Skura's leg, Skura's ACL, MCL and
PCL were severed. His kneecap dislocated. Skura was the starting middle for the
NFL's highest-scoring offense and was nearing his biggest payday. In one
collision, his season was abruptly over in Week 12 and the course of a promising
football career was altered. Skura felt the pain of the NFL's brutal
unpredictability on that one play in LA. Then last week, the financial reality
of that injury came. Skura received the low tender as a restricted free agent at
$2.1 million, which is much less than the $3.2 million second-round tender he
almost assuredly would've gotten if he had avoided injury. "It's crazy because
we've ran those plays hundreds of times in the last three years and nothing
happens. Then one play can change it," Skura said. "And that's the tough part,
too. You think you can go back and rewind NFL
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mentally overcoming an injury. It happened and now you just got to move forward
and you gotta focus on making your knee better or injury better rather than
trying to dwell on the 'what ifs.'" There were plenty of shocked faces when
Skura was carted off the field at the Coliseum. If anyone was going to be
impervious to damage along the offensive line, it was going to be Baltimore's
iron man in the trenches. Skura had started 36 straight games. His 1,814 snaps,
from the time he took over as starting center in the 2017 opener to when he blew
out his knee, led the NFL.