NFL says ACL injuries down through 13 weeks

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    NEW YORK — The NFL has told its Health and Safety Advisory Committee that ACL injuries were down through 13 weeks of the season.

    In a memo to the committee sent earlier this week and obtained by The Associated Press, there were 30 ACL injuries in games through the preseason and first 13 weeks of the schedule. There were 39 such injuries in 2012, 35 in 2011, 37 in 2010, and 31 in 2009.

    Anterior cruciate ligament problems are the most severe knee injuries.

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