TAMPA, Florida – The Tampa Bay Buccaneers outside linebacker Jason Pierre-Paul posted on Snapchat that he underwent arthroscopic surgery on the left knee on Friday, describing the procedure as a “tune-up”.
Pierre-Paul posted a video of himself waiting to be operated on in the hospital, then got into his car and walked on crutches with his bandaged knee.
“Get the surgery. Do you feel me? But I’m Gucci though. Do you feel me?” Pierre-Paul said in the video. “Because your boy just had to do it. He just had to do it.”
A source told ESPN that he was not concerned that he would miss the start of training camp.
After suffering two fractured vertebrae in his neck in the last off season, Pierre-Paul recorded 8.5 sacks in 10 games in 2019, while teammate Shaq Barrett led the NFL with 19.5 sacks. Throughout the season last year, Pierre-Paul was listed in the injury report with a knee injury but continued to play.
Earlier this off-season, he signed a new two-year deal worth $ 25 million. The operation was performed to alleviate the discomfort he felt.
“Your boy is good. I just had a little update,” said Pierre-Paul. “Do you feel me? But to be honest, if I want to break this bag record this year, I had to do the surgery. So I did it.”
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