Safety Earl Thomas tweets about retiring after fracturing left leg
— -- SEATTLE -- Seahawks safety Earl Thomas left Sunday night's game against the Carolina Panthers with a lower left leg injury and later posted a tweet that suggested he is contemplating retirement.?
The team announced that Thomas suffered a lower leg fracture and would not return.?Seattle coach Pete Carroll told NBC at halftime that Thomas cracked his tibia.?
Thomas collided with teammate Kam Chancellor while breaking up a pass intended for tight end Greg Olsen with 10:40 left in the second quarter. Thomas tried to get up and walk the injury off but was unable to and went back to the ground.
Members of the Seahawks medical training staff carried Thomas off the field so he wouldn't have to put weight on his left leg. He was later taken off the field on a cart.?
Thomas tweeted at halftime that he had "no regrets," but that there was a lot running through his mind, "including retirement."?
He also directed a playful jab at Chancellor.?
Thomas had never missed a game in his NFL career until Week 12, when he was sidelined with a hamstring injury. That broke a streak of 118 straight starts (regular season and playoffs) since he was drafted in 2010.
Meanwhile, Seahawks running back Thomas Rawls?left the game in the second quarter after taking a hit to the head. Rawls was evaluated for a concussion in the locker room and returned with the offense at the start of the second half.
Rawls had a big first half, carrying 11 times for 103 yards and a pair of touchdowns.
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