Seattle Seahawks defensive end Jadveon Clowney has been playing through pain ever since he was recently diagnosed with a core injury. Although he has been able to suit up on game days, Clowney has been severely limited in practice during the week.
“It’s painful whenever you cough, you turn, you twist, lift your leg up. anything you do that involves your lower abs, when you’re moving and stuff,” Clowney told reporters Thursday. “It kind of hurts a lot but you just try to manage it as much as possible. Keep your reps down during the week and just put your foot on the gas on game day and just live with the outcome. Sometimes it gets worse sometimes it’s the same, so you just try to deal with it.”
Clowney opted to not undergo surgery with the hopes of finishing out the season. He was surprisingly able to log over 80% percent of the defensive snaps in Philadelphia against the Eagles. Clowney gets a little assist when he takes the field, courtesy of his adrenal glands.
“Yes. You feel it,” Clowney said of the pain. “Your adrenaline cuts the edge off of it though. Until you get done and you get ready to get on the plane. But it cuts the edge off when you get out there and get going. It’s the game, it’s part of the game. So, you don’t pay no attention, you just play with it.”
Clowney was listed as a full participant in the Seahawks walkthrough Friday and is expected to play Sunday in Green Bay.
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