Pittsburgh Steelers safety Minkah Fitzpatrick defended his hit on Nick Chubb from Monday night's game that resulted in the Cleveland Browns' running back to sustain a season-ending knee injury.
"No chance that I would ever try to purposefully injury somebody," Fitzpatrick said."Unfortunate event. We play a physical game and people get hurt. People sit behind a screen and tell me how I should have done it or what they would have done and they've never played the game. It's a fast game. Things happen."
Fitzpatrick explained that he made the decision to go low with the hit when he saw Chubb run towards the hole in the offensive line and it was in part to protect himself. "If I tackle a guy like Nick Chubb high, he's running full speed downhill and I'm stationary, I'm going to get ran over and I'm going to get concussed," Fitzpatrick said."I know it's an offensive game and people want to see points, but defensive players are people, too. We got to protect ourselves, and when you're tackling big guys, it's easier, you take less of a brunt on your body and your head when you go low.
Fitzpatrick added that while Chubb was on the ground he did let him know that the hit was not intentional.
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