#Patriots S Kyle Dugger was dealing with a serious ankle injury in 2024, per @_AndrewCallahan.

Dugger was diagnosed with a mild ankle sprain in September — he was then told it developed into a bone bruise two weeks later — two months later he was told he needed surgery.

On January 9th, Dugger underwent tightrope surgery on his right ankle in order to re-stabilize it.

“I have to answer to my play not being up to par and not up to what I know it can be like… it’d be easy to use (the injury) as an excuse, you know? But the reality is I’m deciding to be out there.“
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