Jacksonville Jaguars quarterback Trevor Lawrence will require surgery to repair an AC joint injury in his left shoulder, according to NFL.com. 

Lawrence initially injured his shoulder in Week 9 against the Philadelphia Eagles and missed two games before returning Sunday against the Houston Texans. He was the victim of an illegal hit by Texans linebacker Azeez Al-Shaair that landed him on season-ending injured reserve.

The hit incited a brief but intense melee between the two teams after Al-Shaair was flagged on the play and later dealt a three-game suspension without pay. 

Lawrence's fourth NFL season ended after a disappointing 2-10 start. It's the second year in a row Lawrence has injured his shoulder. 

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Last season, he sustained a shoulder injury in a 30–12 loss to the Tampa Bay Buccaneers in Week 16. He missed the team's next game, the first he had missed in his career due to injury. He had only missed games in college at Clemson when he tested positive for COVID in 2020. 

Lawrence, who signed a $275 million contract extension with the Jaguars in the offseason, will undergo the second major surgery of his life. He previously had surgery to repair a torn labrum in his left shoulder before he was drafted first overall in 2021. 

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The hit has become one of the most controversial moments of the 2024 NFL season, prompting backlash against Al-Shaair and sparking conversations about player safety among current and former players like Tom Brady and Stephon Gilmore.

Al-Shaair has apologized for the hit and insisted it wasn't intentional. The linebacker appealed his suspension, but the NFL upheld it. 

Al-Shaair also spoke out against "racist and Islamophobic fans" in the aftermath of the public response to the incident. 

"I’ve always played the game as hard as I could. Never with the intent to harm anyone and anybody that knows me knows that. My goal is to hit you as hard as I can then I pray you’re still able to get up and play the next play," he said in a statement. "And when the game is over go home to your family unharmed because it’s not personal! It’s just competition. We both are trying to do the same thing which is provide for our families!

"I genuinely didn’t see him sliding until it was too late. And it all happens in the blink of an eye. To Trevor I genuinely apologize to you for what ended up happening. Before the game we spoke and I told you how it was great to see you back out on the field and wished you well. I would never want to see any player hurt because of a hit I put on them especially one that’s deemed ‘late’ or ‘unnecessary.’ To the rest of his teammates I can definitely understand you having his back and defending him in a situation like that."

Al-Shaair was fined earlier this year after he punched Chicago Bears running back Roschon Johnson on the sideline during a Week 2 game. The incident occurred during a scuffle that started after Al-Shaair's hard shot on Bears quarterback Caleb Williams near the sideline wasn’t flagged.

The hit against Lawrence Sunday resulted in multiple Jaguars players pouncing on Al-Shaair in retaliation, leading to the violent melee. 

Jaguars tight end Evan Engram was the first player seen pushing and shoving Al-Shaair after the hit before other Jacksonville players followed.

Head coach Doug Pederson defended his team Wednesday for its response. 

"We’re not out to hurt anybody. We’re not out to ruin careers. We’re out to win a football game and play hard within the rules. That’s our job. That’s how we coach it, that’s how we play it," Pederson said at a team press conference. 

"If they’re asking or suggesting we go after someone, we’re not doing that. Flat out, we are not doing that. It’s not how I coach. It’s not how I’m going to coach these teams, these players. We’re just going to go out and do our jobs. Play hard, play fast, play physical within the rules."

Texans head coach DeMeco Ryans suggested Lawrence should share responsibility for the hit. 

"We stand behind Azeez and everything that came from that," Ryans said. "Of course, unfortunate hit on a quarterback, but it's two-fold. A lot of the quarterbacks in this day and age, they try to take advantage of the rule where they slide late, and they try to get an extra yard. 

"Now, you're a defender, and a lot of onus is on the defender. … Unfortunate that Trevor got hurt. We hope Trevor's OK. But, also, if we're sliding, you have to get down."

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Golf legend Tiger Woods has a goal of competing on the PGA Tour at least once a month, but he admitted Tuesday at the Hero World Challenge he’s not close to doing so. 

Woods spoke with reporters prior to the event in the Bahamas, where he said he has a "long way to go" before he returns to the tour after another back surgery. 

Woods underwent microdecompression surgery, which he hopes can help him get strong enough to play on the PGA Tour at least once a month. 

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Woods said he was hurting badly toward the end of this year’s season, to the point he knew he needed to do something to help himself get back to normal.

"I didn’t think my back was going to go like it did this year," he said, via Yahoo Sports. "It was quite painful throughout the end of the year and, hence, I had another procedure done to it to alleviate the pain I had going down my leg. 

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"So, whether my commitment going forward is once a month, yeah, I could say that all over again, but I truly don’t know."

Woods added that, for now, continuing to rehab and get stronger is the top priority. Once he feels like he can start swinging a golf club up to his standards, he will consider playing again. 

The Tiger Woods Foundation benefits from the Hero World Challenge, which is why the 15-time major winner is in the Bahamas despite announcing last week he wouldn’t be participating in the field. 

"I’m still not there," Woods said of being "tournament sharp." "And these are 20 of the best players in the world, and I’m not sharp enough to compete against them at this level."

Woods did battle through injury, but he was able to accomplish a small milestone this year, competing in all four majors for the first time since 2020. He finished 60th at the Masters, though he missed the cut at the PGA Championship, U.S. Open and The Open. 

Other than those events, Woods competed in the Genesis Invitational in February, but he withdrew from the tournament midway through his second round. 

Woods will turn 49 at the end of this month, but he told reporters "the fire still burns to compete."

Golf fans will wait patiently, hoping Woods can get back on the course next year.

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The Philadelphia Eagles' superb season hit a bump Sunday night when Brandon Graham tore a triceps, an injury that ended his season.

The 36-year-old edge rusher acknowledged his career may be coming to an end with the injury, saying after the Eagles' win Sunday night that even though he doesn't want to go out this way, "it's pointing towards that."

Graham kept his composure when speaking to reporters Sunday night in Los Angeles, but he unleashed his emotions during a radio interview Tuesday.

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Graham said he was "trying to keep it in" to speak, and the hosts of WIP radio in Philly reiterated to Graham he was letting "nobody" down because of the injury.

"I’m just more hurt on how we’ve been coming every week and trying to defy the odds and being with it and being with them. I'm still with them, I know that. I just needed this right here," Graham said on the show. "I needed to get this out. It’s been awhile since I’ve cried, man.

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"I'm hurting a little bit, because, man, for the 15 years I've been here, and people doubting me, this was a big one for me, and I think I accomplished a lot this year. I know it's God's plan. I'm trusting it. That's where I'm at. I needed this, man. I needed this in a big way."

After the game, Graham said he was "content" if he were to have played his last snap, but he still wants to play.

Graham won the 2018 Super Bowl with the Birds, with whom he's spent his entire career since being the 13th overall pick in 2010 out of Michigan.

He made his lone Pro Bowl in 2020, but his best season came in 2022, when he recorded 11 sacks after playing in just two games the previous year. He finished fourth in the 2022 Comeback Player of the Year vote.

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