Holy shit! I didn't know he's been in the league since 2013.Oh man, only 10 years too late.
How time really flies.
Holy shit! I didn't know he's been in the league since 2013.Oh man, only 10 years too late.
is this real or a meme lol
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Doctors determined Tuesday afternoon that the Pittsburgh Steelers' T.J. Watt does not surgery on his torn pectoral and the star pass-rusher is expected to miss about six weeks, a source told ESPN's Adam Schefter.
Watt, who suffered the injury on Sunday in a 23-20 overtime victory over the Cincinnati Bengals, had sought out second and third opinions on the injury.
Watt on Tuesday tweeted a gif of Arnold Schwarzenegger's Terminator character saying "I'll be back."
Steelers coach Mike Tomlin said earlier Tuesday that the organization was "encouraged" about the injury outlook for the reigning Defensive Player of the Year.
"We're probably in a lot better place than we were after the game," Tomlin said Tuesday. "... I can definitively say that T.J. won't play this week [against the Patriots], but I won't make any commitments beyond that.
"We're encouraged, and we'll just continue to look at the situation and gain opinions and do what's appropriate."
Watt appeared to suffer a torn left pectoral muscle in the final seconds of regulation when he tried to sack Bengals quarterback Joe Burrow, and as he walked off the field, he told medical personnel that he tore his pec. Watt recorded a sack and an interception in Sunday's game.
Asked if Watt would go on injured reserve, Tomlin was noncommittal on Tuesday. Injured reserve would rule Watt out for a minimum of four games. The Steelers can designate up to eight players to return from IR throughout the season, and each player can return twice.
In Watt's absence, the team will first turn to outside linebackers Malik Reed, acquired in a trade with the Broncos last month, and Jamir Jones, whom the organization grabbed off waivers. The Steelers signed veteran linebacker Ryan Anderson to their practice squad later Tuesday, but Tomlin didn't commit to playing new faces on Sunday.
Last season, Watt had 22.5 sacks to tie the NFL's single-season sack record. He has 73 sacks in his career.
ESPN's Brooke Pryor contributed to this report.
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DETROIT -- If the betting odds hold, the Detroit Lions will be in unfamiliar territory Sunday at home against the Washington Commanders.
After playing in 24 consecutive games as an underdog, the longest active streak in the NFL, the Lions are currently 2 1/2-point favorites against the Commanders, according to Caesars Sportsbook.
The Lions' streak is the team's longest in the Super Bowl era.
The last time Detroit was favored was Nov. 22, 2020, when it was a 1-point favorite on the road against quarterback PJ Walker and the Carolina Panthers. The Lions went on to lose 20-0.
The New York Giants hold the second-longest active streak as an underdog at 15 straight games. They are currently 2 1/2-point favorites for Sunday's game against the Panthers, according to Caesars Sportsbook.
Detroit (0-1) is looking to redeem itself after a 38-35 loss to Philadelphia in the season opener. The Lions have won five of their past six games against Washington.
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Seattle Seahawks safety Jamal Adams is expected to miss the remainder of the NFL season after suffering an injury to his quadriceps tendon in the team's opener, a source confirmed to ESPN's Jeremy Fowler.
The Seahawks placed Adams on injured reserve on Thursday and signed defensive back Teez Tabor off the Atlanta Falcons' practice squad to take his place on their 53-man roster.
Adams and the Seahawks believed the three-time Pro Bowl selection was in for a bounce-back campaign after a disappointing 2021 season in which he was held without a sack in 12 games. But any chance of that ended in the second quarter of Seattle's 17-16 victory over the Denver Broncos on Monday night when Adams was carted off the field after he was hurt while blitzing former teammate Russell Wilson.
Coach Pete Carroll called it a "serious" injury postgame and said on his weekly radio show on Seattle Sports 710 AM on Tuesday morning that Adams would "have to get some work on that," though he stopped short of declaring then that Adams' season was over.
NFL Network first reported Thursday that Adams would have season-ending surgery.
Adams limped off the field in obvious pain, heavily favoring his left leg, after delivering pressure and a hit on Wilson that helped force a third-down incompletion. After being examined in the medical tent, he was helped onto an injury cart. Adams was visibly upset, at one point appearing to burst out in frustration, as he was driven into the locker room.
Carroll has said the injury is to Adams' quadriceps tendon, which attaches the quad muscle to the top of the kneecap.
"The fact that he is such a heartthrob about the game of football, he loves playing and he just can't deal with it right now about 'how could this keep happening?'" Carroll said on his radio show. "It was good he had his mom and dad in the locker room really during the game when he was in there to kind of help him through it and all that, but it was really tough. So I hope everybody sends the love to him."
Adams had three tackles and defended a pass before his injury. Josh Jones replaced him for the rest of the game. Seattle also has Ryan Neal as a safety option. Neal made four starts in 2020 while Adams was sidelined by a groin injury. Tabor, 26, played safety last season with the Chicago Bears under defensive coordinator Sean Desai, who's now on Seattle's defensive staff.
Adams missed only two games over his first three seasons with the New York Jets but then missed nine games over his first two seasons with the Seahawks -- four in 2020 and the final five last season after he suffered another torn shoulder labrum that required surgery. Adams missed time early in training camp this summer after rebreaking the middle finger on his left hand, another injury he has dealt with in the past. He had finger surgeries in each of the past two offseasons.
Adams and the Seahawks were hoping that Seattle's new defense -- with its emphasis on split-safety looks -- would put him in position for a bounce-back. During his stellar debut season in Seattle in 2020, Adams set the NFL record for sacks by a defensive back with 9.5, earning him his third straight Pro Bowl nod, despite playing through a shoulder labrum tear that season. But then came his zero-sack 2021 season, which ended after 12 games when he retore his left shoulder labrum.
Speaking last week for the first time since his latest finger injury, Adams said Seattle's new defense puts him "in position to make plays."
"I'm back in my element, man," he said. "I feel like I'm back playing defense."
The Seahawks acquired Adams from the Jets in 2020 for a package that included first-round picks in 2021 and 2022. They signed him to a four-year, $70 million extension last summer that made him the NFL's highest-paid safety at that time.
Source: Seattle Seahawks star safety Jamal Adams expected to miss rest of NFL season
That's a huge loss for the Seahawks, to lose him for the entire season.
And that sucks for Seahawks fans, who are duped to watch their team fall apart and suffer disappointing seasons, because of bad decisions by the organization, mainly getting rid of Russell Wilson, which is understandable on his part. If I were Pete Carroll and if the Seahawks had a shitty 2022 campaign, I would leave the team and like you said, either retired or fired, or even go elsewhere.The trade will be the reason the Seahawks are in the cellar for at least the next five years and why pete carroll either retires or some how gets fired. Fact is he wasn't even doing big things last year when he arrived onto the team.
They really could use anyone. I know it's not always the most popular answer but I'm surprised I haven't heard anything about them testing the OBJ market.Cole Beasley is getting calls from teams, would like it if Indy picked him up. He could add a solid veteran to their WR corps and he's better than Parris Campbell.