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Good news for Jason Pierre-Paul … the Tampa Bay Bucs pass rusher says he’s all healed up after suffering a neck injury in a May car crash and expects to get back on the field for Week 8.
As we previously reported, JPP suffered a fracture in his neck during a single-car wreck on May 2nd at 5 AM in Florida while driving his SUV. He spent the past couple of months in a neck brace while he recovered.
At the time, the Bucs placed 30-year-old JPP on the non-football injury list — making him ineligible to play for the first 6 weeks of the NFL season.
The player is allowed to receive treatment and attend team meetings — and JPP has been doing just that. In fact, he was at the Bucs gym on Thursday working out and showing off his 6-pack.
We reached out to JPP’s agent, Doug Hendrickson, who tells us Pierre-Paul is ready to go and would play as early as Week 7, but the Bucs have a bye that week.
But, the Bucs play the Tennessee Titans on Oct. 27 (Week 8) … and we’re told JPP is targeting that game for his triumphant return.
The Bucs are probably eager to get JPP back on the field soon since they’re paying him a ton of money He was originally slated to make $13.65 mil in 2019 but amended his contract after suffering the injury and will only make $10.5 mil instead.
Don’t feel too bad for JPP, he’s reportedly made over $72 mil in his NFL career.
The Bucs are currently 2-2 with a pretty stacked pass-rush. Should be interesting to see how JPP fits into the system.