Detroit Lions linebacker Stephen Tulloch sustained an embarrassing injury in Week 3. Tulloch was celebrating a sack when he tore the anterior cruciate ligament in his left knee and will miss the remainder of the season. But the veteran linebacker says he has no regrets about how the injury occurred, saying that he'd do it again if given the opportunity, according to Dave Birkett of the Detroit Free Press.
Stephen Tulloch has no regrets about celebration that led to ACL injury
Stephen Tulloch will miss the rest of the season due to an injury sustained while celebrating a sack. He says he has no regrets for doing the sack dance, though.
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“If it’s going to happen, it’s going to happen,” Tulloch said, “Just a matter of time.” So it sounds like he doesn’t really blame the injury so much on the fact that he chose to celebrate. He said that he’s played a “long time” in the NFL and that players are simply “susceptible to this kind of injury when you go out there and play.”
Tulloch has played in 131 consecutive games and has made 75 straight starts, so this injury is significant regardless. He had a torn labrum in 2009, but he played through that injury with the Tennessee Titans. Tulloch has already said that he plans to be back next season, so there's no thoughts about potentially calling it a career after a lengthy and successful time in the league.
Tahir Whitehead will start at the middle linebacker spot in place of Tulloch. It's his first career start.
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