ASHBURN, Va. -- Clinton Portis' season has come to an early end for the second year in a row.
Teammates said Wednesday that the Washington Redskins running back was being placed on injured reserve. Coach Mike Shanahan was expected to discuss the move following the team's practice.
Portis missed five games with a torn left groin, then aggravated the injury after just five carries in Sunday's win over Tennessee.
Last year, he missed the last eight games of the season with a severe concussion.
The move could bring an end to Portis' career with the Redskins after seven seasons. The 29-year-old back is 77 yards short of 10,000 for his career and 648 yards shy of John Riggins' franchise record.
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Vince Young Situation:
First Take debates whether Tennessee should keep Jeff Fisher or Vince Young (VIDEO)
REPORT FROM ESPN:
After reflecting upon the tumultuous events of Sunday's overtime loss that culminated with him walking out on the Titans, quarterback Vince Young texted coach Jeff Fisher with an apology Tuesday for his actions and words.
Fisher confirmed for reporters Wednesday that he received the text. Asked if he rather would have the apology occur face to face, the coach said: "You guys draw that conclusion."
"I'm not a real big text guy. I'm not really into this new-age stuff," Fisher said. "I don't Twitter or tweet. But I think face to face is a man thing, OK?"
Asked if a text was better than no apology at all, Fisher said: "Someone could have grabbed his phone."
In the text, a source told ESPN NFL Insider Adam Schefter that Young thanked Fisher for the opportunity to play for the Titans and wished him and the team good luck for the rest of the season. Young ended the text by asking Fisher to have more faith and confidence in him moving forward, and said that they each wanted the same thing -- to win a Super Bowl.
Young needs season-ending surgery to repair a flexor tendon in his right thumb, which he injured in the third quarter of a 19-16 loss to Washington.
Things became even messier for Young and the 5-5 Titans after that.
Young, who tossed his pads into the stands while leaving the field, got into a heated exchange with Fisher and stormed out of the stadium.
Fisher confirmed that he instructed Young to leave the team's facility Monday because he was not welcome at the squad meeting that was held to discuss the quarterback's volatile standing with the team.
"There has been speculation that he has been banned," Fisher said. "That is not correct."
Young, who has been placed on injured reserve, will be allowed to seek treatment at the team's facility for his thumb.
The team said in a statement that Young will be treated as most players who are on injured reserve, where their presence is not required.
"Yesterday, he was informed by a coach at the facility not to attend Monday's team meeting and was free to leave. The intention was to be able to talk to the team about Young's situation and how the team would move forward," the Titans said in a statement. "Players that are on injured reserve are not required to attend team meetings.
Earlier this week, Titans owner Bud Adams reportedly said he wants his quarterback and coach to "get this thing settled." It's unclear whether their relationship is irreconcilable.
"I think there will be a conversation at some point," Fisher said. "I'm not going to put a timetable on it. He's on injured reserve, and we're moving on."
In nine games this season, Young threw for 1,255 yards and 10 touchdowns, posting a career-high quarterback rating of 98.6.
Information from ESPN.com AFC South blogger Paul Kuharsky, ESPN senior NFL analyst Chris Mortensen and The Associated Press was used in this report.
Stan Van Gundy Calls Phil Jackson "inappropriate and ignorant"
ORLANDO, Fla. -- Magic coach Stan Van Gundy, who faces former employer Miami on Wednesday night, called Phil Jackson "inappropriate" and "ignorant" for hypothesizing that the Heat soon could change coaches if the ultra-talented team doesn't shake its sluggish start.
Jackson drew attention -- and some ire -- after discussing the fallout to the Heat's 8-6 start under coach Erik Spoelstra during an interview Tuesday with ESPN 1000 in Chicago.
"That record, I think, says a lot about coming together with some real talented guys, and not having a base," the Lakers coach said on "The Waddle & Silvy Show."
Jackson went on to say, "The scenario that sits kind of behind the scene, is that eventually these guys that were recruited -- [Chris] Bosh and [LeBron] James -- by [team president] Pat Riley and Micky Arison, the owner, are going to come in and say, 'We feel you [Riley] can do a better job coaching the team. We came here on the hopes that this would work,' and whatever, I don't know," Jackson said. "That's kind of my take on it, is that eventually if things don't straighten out here soon, it could be the Van Gundy thing all over again."
Jackson's direct analogy to the events that precipitated Van Gundy's departure in Miami during the 2005-06 season particularly irritated the Magic's coach.
"Phil has no idea what the Van Gundy situation was because, even though he coaches in our league, he certainly had no insight or knowledge of that," Van Gundy said Wednesday. "So an analogy he'd make to my situation would be totally useless because he doesn't have any clue what the situation was in that case."
Van Gundy resigned in December 2005 after the Heat went 11-10 through the early stretch of their season. Although he cited personal reasons for resigning, many observers maintain that Van Gundy was forced out by Riley. In the five years since his departure, Van Gundy has insisted repeatedly that the prevailing views of his exit are patently false -- an opinion he reiterated in the wake of Jackson's comments.
"To second-guess another coach and comment on a situation he knows nothing about -- it's inappropriate. And it's also ignorant," Van Gundy said. "I don't mean that commenting on Phil's intelligence. He's obviously a very smart guy. I mean it as ignorant [in that] he doesn't know what that situation was and he doesn't know what the situation is now.
"I don't think, unless their relationship has changed drastically, that [Jackson] and Pat talk on a regular basis. So I doubt he would have any information whatsoever on what's going on in Miami."
Asked about Jackson's assessment of the situation in Miami, Spoelstra had a considerably more light-hearted reply.
"My coaching staff was giving me some grief about it, they got a good chuckle out of it," Spoelstra said. "Everybody has had something to say about us, I can't expect that I would be excluded from that. I'm sure people are saying some stuff about me out there, other than him, too."
Heat guard Dwyane Wade was taken aback by Jackson's comments, though he conceded that the 11-time NBA champion has earned a certain license to speak candidly.
"The only thing surprising about it is a coach saying it about another coach," Wade said. "I respect someone else to say it but not another coach. It is unfortunate but I guess Coach Jackson had earned the right to say what he wants so he continues to exercise that right."
Kevin Arnovitz covers the NBA for ESPN.com.