Updating a previous report, Mike Jones of the Washington Post reports that the injury Washington Redskins kick/punt returner Brandon Banks suffered Saturday during a fight outside a Northwest D.C. nightclub was more serious than the team and his agent have indicated and he will not be released from the hospital today as had been expected.
Banks remains hospitalized with a knife wound that was significant enough for doctors to insert a tube into his chest, his agent, James Gould, said Tuesday. Redskins head athletic trainer Larry Hess reported through team spokesmanTony Wyllie that the chest tube was inserted to prevent Banks's left lung from collapsing.
When asked about Banks's condition on Monday, Wyllie said only that team doctors had visited him at the hospital and reported that he was doing fine. When initially told Tuesday about the more serious description of the injury released by Banks's agent, Wyllie expressed surprise. "You've got to be kidding me," he said, adding that he would try to get more information.
When he called back, Wyllie said, "Larry Hess and our team doctors have been in constant communication with Brandon's doctors and we are aware of the situation." He said he could not explain the differing descriptions of the severity of Banks's wounds.
Banks remains hospitalized with a knife wound that was significant enough for doctors to insert a tube into his chest, his agent, James Gould, said Tuesday. Redskins head athletic trainer Larry Hess reported through team spokesmanTony Wyllie that the chest tube was inserted to prevent Banks's left lung from collapsing.
When asked about Banks's condition on Monday, Wyllie said only that team doctors had visited him at the hospital and reported that he was doing fine. When initially told Tuesday about the more serious description of the injury released by Banks's agent, Wyllie expressed surprise. "You've got to be kidding me," he said, adding that he would try to get more information.
When he called back, Wyllie said, "Larry Hess and our team doctors have been in constant communication with Brandon's doctors and we are aware of the situation." He said he could not explain the differing descriptions of the severity of Banks's wounds.