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NFL wild-card weekend injuries: Steelers star T.J. Watt out vs. Bills with knee injury
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Date:2025-01-10 03:36:17
Pittsburgh Steelers All-Pro linebacker T.J. Watt will not play in Sunday's wild card playoff game against the Buffalo Bills due to a knee injury, head coach Mike Tomlin said Tuesday.
Watt was injured in the third quarter of Sunday's 17-10 victory over the Baltimore Ravens and did not play the rest of the game. The victory along with a loss by the Jacksonville Jaguars clinched the No. 7 seed for Pittsburgh.
His brother, former player and current CBS analyst J.J. Watt, said that the 2021 NFL Defensive Player of the Year was diagnosed with a Grade 2 MCL sprain and would need a few weeks to recovery from the injury.
The 29-year-old Watt had another excellent season for Pittsburgh, leading the NFL with 19 sacks and also forcing four fumbles, and recording 68 total tackles.
Dolphins' Van Ginkel, Baker, Goode unlikely to return for playoffs
The Miami Dolphins, coming off a game with major players on offense out, are now preparing for a playoff game against Patrick Mahomes and the Kansas City Chiefs without a huge chunk of their defense.
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The Dolphins will be without linebackers Andrew Van Ginkel, Jerome Baker and Cam Goode on Saturday night in Kansas City, with a strong likelihood the season is over for all three. In addition, the Dolphins are proceeding as if cornerback Xavien Howard, who missed Sunday’s loss to Buffalo, also won’t play against the Chiefs.
It’s also uncertain how effective safety Jevon Holland will be. Holland, coming off injuries to both knees, played only 27 snaps, 35 percent of the defensive plays, vs. Buffalo. Even defensive tackle Christian Wilkins, who had a strip/sack/fumble against Josh Allen, wore a wrap on his right wrist Monday but said it wasn’t anything serious.
Van Ginkel injured his foot against the Bills and is out for the remainder of the postseason, coach Mike McDaniel said Monday. Baker suffered a wrist injury that required surgery. It “appears” he’s done for the year, McDaniel said. And Goode was carted off in the fourth quarter with a knee injury that turned out to be a torn patella, ending his season. — Hal Habib, Palm Beach Post
Eagles' Jalen Hurts, A.J. Brown 'hopeful' against Buccaneers
The good news for the Philadelphia Eagles is quarterback Jalen Hurts did not fracture the middle finger on his throwing hand in the second quarter Sunday, according to an NFL Network report.
That doesn't mean Hurts' finger is fine as the Eagles prepare for their wild-card playoff game against the Tampa Bay Buccaneers in Tampa on Monday night. Eagles coach Nick Sirianni, without providing details, said he can only imagine what Hurts will go through this week in order to play Monday night.
"I know he's going to be sore," Sirianni said. "There’s no doubt about that. And I know that finger is going to get stiff, and he’s going to have to go through hard work to make sure that he is ready to go. I have no doubt that he’s going to do everything he can do to do that, and that he’ll be able to play through his bumps and bruises because I’ve seen him do it over and over and over again."
Sirianni said he's "hopeful" that star wide receiver A.J. Brown (knee) and safety Reed Blankenship (groin) can return against the Buccaneers, in addition to injured players who sat out in wide receiver DeVonta Smith (ankle), cornerback Darius Slay (knee) and running back D'Andre Swift (illness).
Brown was seen in the locker room after the game without a knee brace, and he appeared to be walking without a limp. Brown had 1,456 yards receiving this season, second in franchise history to the 1,496 yards he had last season. Smith, meanwhile, had 1,066 yards receiving. — Delaware Online
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