New York Jets defensive end Carl Lawson looks on at the Green and White practice on Aug. 7, 2021. Credit: Corey Sipkin
It is the one inescapable reality of a sport that tests the outer limits of speed, strength and sheer physical ruthlessness. Injuries.
Pro football has captured the imagination of this country like no other sport, in part because it takes every fiber of a player’s being to excel. But with that warrior’s mentality comes the inherent risk that can end a season – and sometimes a career – in an instant.
Carl Lawson and the Jets discovered that irreducible truth on Thursday.