Junior Galette to miss second preseason game

ESPN’s John Keim has reported that Washington Redskins outside linebacker Junior Galette will miss the second straight preseason game of the 2017 season, due to the same hamstring strain that kept him out of the opener against the Baltimore Ravens. Galette was signed by the Redskins prior to the 2015 season, but is still yet to play a snap in a Redskins uniform.
With edge-rusher Trent Murphy set to miss the entire 2017 season due to injury, Washington will hope that Galette can return to 100 percent. The last full season he played, he produced the third most quarterback pressures (67) and second highest pass rush productivity (12.2) among 4-3 defensive ends, and achieved a pass rush grade of 87.9, which ranked fifth among the league’s qualifying edge defenders.
Galette has played 4 of his 5 seasons as a 4-3 defensive end, but he spent the 2013 season as a 3-4 outside linebacker, the position he will be playing in Washington. He performed well, racking up 58 pressures from 457 pass rushing snaps, and his 12 sacks ranked third among players at the position.