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Washington Redskins: The Redskins lost starting defensive tackle Brandon Noble for the season when he suffered a knee injury in Saturday night's exhibition game loss to the New England Patriots, the Washington Post reported Sunday.

Noble was carted off the field in the first quarter with his left leg in an air cast, and team officials said he had suffered a dislocated kneecap and multiple ligament tears, according to the paper.

Coach Steve Spurrier left open the possibility of Noble playing late in the season, but other club officials said Noble's year is done, according to the report.

"I knew because when I looked at his knee, it was all twisted and popped out of joint," said Redskins middle linebacker Jeremiah Trotter to the Post. "He said, 'I'm done.' When he was lying there, I thought about how I went down last year."

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