{"id":344362,"date":"2025-12-12T12:27:12","date_gmt":"2025-12-12T12:27:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/344362\/"},"modified":"2025-12-12T12:27:12","modified_gmt":"2025-12-12T12:27:12","slug":"nflpa-is-aware-of-t-j-watt-situation-and-has-been-in-contact-with-him","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/344362\/","title":{"rendered":"NFLPA is aware of T.J. Watt situation, and has been in contact with him"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The news out of Pittsburgh regarding linebacker T.J. Watt\u2019s <a class=\"Link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nbcsports.com\/nfl\/profootballtalk\/rumor-mill\/news\/steelers-t-j-watt-undergoing-medical-evaluation-of-lung-at-local-hospital\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">hospitalization with a lung issue<\/a> has raised plenty of questions. At the appropriate time, the NFL Players Association may seek some answers.<\/p>\n<p>For now, the NFLPA has acknowledged that it is aware of the situation and has been in touch with Watt and his representation.<\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s far too early to compare Watt\u2019s health issue with past situations, including most notably the punctured lung that Chargers quarterback Tyrod Taylor suffered in 2020. He later <a class=\"Link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.espn.com\/nfl\/story\/_\/id\/34615132\/tyrod-taylor-sues-los-angeles-chargers-team-doctor-medical-malpractice-seeks-least-5-million-2020-punctured-lung\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">sued the team\u2019s doctor<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Litigation is, in theory, a possibility in this case, depending largely on the extent of the impairment and its impact on Watt\u2019s ability to play.<\/p>\n<p>Watt officially did not practice on Thursday due to the condition. The Steelers host the Dolphins on Monday night.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The news out of Pittsburgh regarding linebacker T.J. Watt\u2019s hospitalization with a lung issue has raised plenty of&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":344363,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[63],"tags":[349,99],"class_list":{"0":"post-344362","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-nfl","8":"tag-nfl","9":"tag-sports"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/344362","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=344362"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/344362\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/344363"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=344362"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=344362"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=344362"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}