Earl Thomas Posted A Gut-Wrenching Tweet After Suffering A Broken Bone In His Leg

Just a week ago Seattle Seahawks safety Earl Thomas missed the first game of his NFL career with a hamstring injury, and now his season might be over after a devastating injury suffered in the Seahawks’ Sunday night game against the Panthers. The 27-year-old Thomas was doing his usual flying-all-over-the-field-ball-hawking thing when he suffered a leg injury in a collision with teammate Kam Chancellor on a near interception.

Thomas was helped off the field, and the impact of his absence was immediately felt as the Panthers scored their only touchdown on a 55-yard pass on the next play. He was carted to the locker room and speculation was rampant, and sideline tests had ESPN’s Stephania Bell wondering if Thomas had suffered a fracture.

Sure enough, NFL Network’s Ian Rapoport later confirmed that Thomas had indeed suffered a broken bone in his leg.


It was later reported on the NBC broadcast that the injury is a cracked tibia – the shin bone – and Thomas tweeted a gut-wrenching, instant reaction to the injury where he seems to be contemplating retirement.

It was not all gloom and doom for Thomas though, as he also quipped that his buddy in the Seahawks secondary Chancellor owes him a steak.

Hopefully they’re both eating steaks together soon, with them both in good health.

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