{"id":160507,"date":"2025-09-22T02:30:16","date_gmt":"2025-09-22T02:30:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/160507\/"},"modified":"2025-09-22T02:30:16","modified_gmt":"2025-09-22T02:30:16","slug":"calgary-stampeders-qbs-vernon-adams-jr-p-j-walker-injured-vs-bc-lions","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/160507\/","title":{"rendered":"Calgary Stampeders\u2019 QBs Vernon Adams Jr., P.J. Walker injured vs. BC Lions"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"c-paragraph\">Calgary Stampeders quarterbacks Vernon Adams Jr. and P.J. Walker each left Friday\u2019s game against the BC Lions early with apparent injuries. <\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">Adams went down in the second quarter after a 10-yard run and did not return, officially being ruled out toward the end of the third quarter.<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">Walker came on to replace Adams but suffered an injury of his own late in the fourth quarter when he took a hit and landed hard on his right side. Walker made his way off the field accompanied by the training staff appearing to favour his right shoulder. <\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">After the game, Calgary head coach Dave Dickenson told reporters Adams was dealing with a rib injury and Walker an arm injury.<\/p>\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Post-game, Dave Dickenson said Vernon Adams Jr\u2019s injury was more ribs than anything else. PJ Walker was arm. <\/p>\n<p>2 QBs down in a single game. <\/p>\n<p>Fascinating to see next steps here.<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Salim Nadim Valji (@salimvalji) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/salimvalji\/status\/1969267540078596585?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">September 20, 2025<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">Adams was 11-of-16 with 125 yards and two interceptions against his former team prior to exiting. Walker was 8-of-9 for 64 yards and one touchdown. <\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">Adams came into Friday\u2019s matchup having thrown for 2,831 yards and 15 touchdowns compared to 10 interceptions in 11 games. Walker was 27-of-50 with one touchdown and four picks in 12 games entering Week 16.<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">The Stamps will take on the Alouettes in Montreal next Friday evening.<\/p>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Calgary Stampeders quarterbacks Vernon Adams Jr. and P.J. Walker each left Friday\u2019s game against the BC Lions early&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":160508,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[437],"tags":[49,48,521,522,520,82,14977],"class_list":{"0":"post-160507","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-cfl","8":"tag-ca","9":"tag-canada","10":"tag-canadian-football-league","11":"tag-canadianfootballleague","12":"tag-cfl","13":"tag-sports","14":"tag-vernon-adams-jr"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/160507","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=160507"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/160507\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/160508"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=160507"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=160507"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=160507"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}