2023-09-13 20:39:48
Aaron Rodgers’ debut with the New York Jets was catastrophic. About five minutes following stepping on the field for the first time with his new team, the quarterback suffered a gruesome injury and his season was over.
Before him, other athletes had no luck in their new colors. Here are four other players who left their first game due to serious injury.
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George Parros
George Parros’ debut with the Montreal Canadiens was more than brief. On October 1, 2013, once morest the Toronto Maple Leafs, the strong man with the legendary mustache spent 4:17 on the ice… and received 20 minutes of punishment.
Except his wild fight with Colton Orr ended badly. The attacker was dragged into his opponent’s fall and his face hit the icy surface. He was diagnosed with a concussion and Parros missed a month of action.
Above all, this injury has reignited the debate surrounding hockey battles. The right winger is now monitoring all of this with a keen eye, as director of the player safety department.
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Gordon Hayward
It’s hard to find a worse injury than the one suffered by Gordon Hayward in his debut with the Boston Celtics. In October 2017, the team’s new star suffered a broken left ankle.
The horrific images of his leg twisted 90 degrees made many basketball fans wince. While going under the basket, number 20 fell on a single support, which gave way immediately. Hayward remained very calm, while his injury horrified all the courtside spectators.
Evacuated on a stretcher, the man who had participated in the all-star game the previous year finally had to skip the campaign. Fortunately, he recovered well from this injury and today plays for the Charlotte Hornets.
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Mats Zuccarello
In 2019, following nine years with the New York Rangers, Mats Zuccarello had a change of scenery by being traded to the Dallas Stars. Let’s say his debut with the Texas team was mixed. The Norwegian had a good game once morest the Chicago Blackhawks, with two points, on February 24.
However, the small forward received a blow from Connor Murphy which injured his arm. Zuccarello feared he had suffered a fracture that would have required surgery, but he recovered within a month, in time for the playoffs.
The Stars were eliminated in the second round, but the veteran had done very well with 11 points in 13 games during the playoff schedule.
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Julius Randle
For Julius Randle, it was his start to his career which was jeopardized by a fractured tibia on October 28, 2014. At the very end of the match, the Los Angeles Lakers were already suffering a lot since they were led 102 to 75 by the Houston Rockets. While jumping for the basket, the rookie player’s two legs came into contact and he quickly collapsed to the ground.
It was the only game of the season for the 19-year-old, who was selected seventh overall in the 2014 draft. The team’s point guard, Kobe Bryant, tried to comfort the young man, who was obviously very disappointed.
It was ultimately not with the Lakers that Randle blossomed into the NBA, but with the New York Knicks. Last season, he finished 19th in the Silver League with an average of 25.0 points per game.
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