Photos: Ex-UGA WR Chris Conley among NFLers with major injuries Sunday

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Photos: Ex-UGA player among NFLers with major injuries Sunday

Sunday appeared to be a particularly brutal day in the NFL with several players suffering season-ending injuries. One of those players was former UGA receiver Chris Conley, now with the Kansas City Chiefs. (Photo by Bob Levey/Getty Images)

Chris Conley (17) is taken off the field on a cart after he was injured during the second half of an NFL football game against the Houston Texans, Sunday, Oct. 8, 2017, in Houston. Conley suffered a ruptured Achilles tendon and will miss the rest of the season. (AP Photo/David J. Phillip)

Houston Texans defensive end J.J. Watt (99) is helped off the field after an injury during the first half of an NFL football game Sunday, Oct. 7, 2017, in Houston. (AP Photo/Eric Christian Smith)

J.J. Watt, a former NFL Defensive player of the year, suffered a tibial plateau fracture in his left leg and will miss the rest of the season. (AP Photo/Eric Christian Smith)

The third major injury of the Chiefs-Texans game was suffered by Texans linebacker Whitney Mercilus (59), who suffered a torn pectoral muscle and will miss the rest of the season. (AP Photo/Eric Christian Smith)

Giants All-Pro receiver Odell Beckham is carted off the field after sustaining an injury during the fourth quarter against the Los Angeles Chargers during an NFL game at MetLife Stadium on October 8, 2017 in East Rutherford, New Jersey. (Photo by Steven Ryan/Getty Images)

Odell Beckham suffered a fractured ankle in the 27-22 loss to the Chargers and is expected to miss at least the next eight weeks and possibly the rest of the season. (Photo by Steven Ryan/Getty Images)

Buffalo Bills tight end Charles Clay, who had a big game for the Bills in their Week 4 win over the Falcons, is carted off the field with a knee injury in the first half of an NFL football game against the Cincinnati Bengals, Sunday, Oct. 8, 2017, in Cincinnati. (AP Photo/Gary Landers)

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Sunday appeared to be a particularly brutal day in the NFL with several players suffering season-ending injuries. One of those players was former UGA receiver Chris Conley, now with the Kansas City Chiefs. (Photo by Bob Levey/Getty Images)

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