Steelers staff hurt TJ Watt

[Just Jack]

Steelers Star T.J. Watt Hospitalized With Lung Issue After Experiencing ‘Discomfort’ at Team Facility

 

Rumor mill says they were giving him pain killers and stuck the needle to deep, puncturing his lung. 

 

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“T.J. Watt is currently in a local hospital for further medical evaluation of his lung after experiencing discomfort at the practice facility on Wednesday,” the team said in a statement released Thursday, December 11. “He will not be at practice on Thursday, and his status for Monday night’s game vs. Miami is in question. Coach [Mike] Tomlin will provide more updates at the appropriate time.” ESPN’s Adam Schefter later revealed that Watt, 31, first reported the injury while receiving an unspecified treatment before he was hospitalized.

 

 

[co_springs_billsfan]

Somebody find out if it was Tyrod's doc from Chargers

[Buffalo716]

O jeez

[US Egg]

Here’s hoping the best. If it’s akin to Tyrod’s incident, he was home the next day.

[Richard Noggin]

Hurts the Steelers, which is fine by me.

 

Also hurts the Dolphins, because more meaningless wins for them will mean worse draft position, I guess? 

 

And also hurts the Patriots, if the Bills win on Sunday, because a motivated week 18 Dolphins team on an impressive late-season run could be formidable with momentum and nothing to lose?

 

And moreover, hopefully, helps ALL players by shining another light on player health and medical treatment, given that we've potentially seen this type of procedure-caused "injury" play out previously (and with MAJOR impact to the player in question: Tyrod Taylor of course)?

[Kelly to Allen]

Hope he's okay. Happened to Tyrod too

[BuffaloBillies]

How deep is the lung? Gotta risk it that close?! Seems like something that should never happen. 

[JoshAllin]

Need Steelers at the 4th seed

[US Egg]

5 minutes ago, BBills said:

That’s a pretty Billsy move by the Pittsburgh trainers.  😂

You really like using that term. Add the y already.

[haroldwaide]

If this was the same Procedure Tyrod had, and it probably was, then that is lousy luck.. as an LPN, I have to question what safety protocols are in place to prevent this type of injury from happening.  Either way, I'm praying for a speedy recovery .

 

[Herc11]

I HIGHLY doubt this had anything to do with pain killers being administered and "popping" a lung. You wouldn't be putting a local that deep and through the ribs. Locals aren't given that deep and neither are opioids or nsaids.

 

Maybe he had a pleural effusion and they were doing a thoracentesis. That very well could have done it, and it happens more frequently than you would imagine.

Edited 1 hour ago by Herc11

[QB Bills]

45 minutes ago, JoshAllin said:

Need Steelers at the 4th seed

Exactly. Don't want the ravens winning that division 

[JoshAllin]

3 minutes ago, QB Bills said:

Exactly. Don't want the ravens winning that division 

Things also opens up for Burrow if miami wins and they take care of the ravens