On Sunday, Earl Thomas suffered the exact fate he feared would change his career when he couldn't get a long-term contract extension this offseason and penned a story in The Players' Tribune breaking down the reasoning for his holdout.
The three-time All-Pro safety fractured his lower left leg and will likely miss the remainder of 2018. He is set to turn 30 during the offseason and will enter free agency coming off his second broken leg in three seasons.
When Thomas was being carted off the field during Seattle's win Sunday, he gave a middle finger to the Seahawks' sideline to make it very clear where he stood with the team that drafted him with the No.