Pittsburgh Steelers offensive lineman Mike Adams escaped serious danger over the weekend after he was stabbed in the stomach and forearm while stopping three men from stealing his vehicle. Adams was taken to surgery and he is expected to miss approximately six weeks, but the team is optimistic and expects a full recovery.
Steelers head coach Mike Tomlin spoke briefly about the situation with the media and he shed some light on just how lucky Adams was and what his recovery time will be like.
“I visited with him a couple days this weekend. He’s got great team support [and] family support. We expect a full recovery. He realizes of course how fortunate he is. We’re just glad he is going to be ok, and we’re just taking it day by day,” Tomlin said, via Dan Gigler of the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette.
“They’re expecting six weeks or so. He’s going to go through a couple of weeks of inactivity until he can proceed with the next step, but obviously the next step for him is getting out of the hospital. We expect that to come within the next 24 hours, and he’ll proceed from there.”
Not only did Tomlin approach this as a football issue, but he talked about what this means for the community.
Tomlin said, “It goes beyond the team. I just think as members of this community we need to recognize some things going on in the South Side that make it a dangerous place — particularly after hours — and we all need to take proper precautions, and hopefully as a community we’ll take the steps necessary to make sure that this doesn’t happen to anyone — whether it’s a Pittsburgh Steeler or not.”
Hopefully this can be a learning experience for everyone moving forward.
For Adams, he is lucky to not have sustained serious injuries and he has to be thankful that he will be able to compete in the NFL this season at 100 percent.