Patrick Chung To Undergo Two Surgeries

Patrick Chung will have two surgeries in the offseason.

Jeff Howe of The Athletic reported that the Patriots safety will have a surgery to treat his broken forearm. Chung suffered the injury during Super Bowl LIII. He will have a shoulder surgery in three weeks. This surgery is actually necessary for the issue he had this season.

Chung earned his fracture while trying to make a tackle in the second half of the game. A team of doctors assisted the safety, and they walked him to the locker room. Chung returned to the sideline to see his players win Super Bowl LIII.

“I said to (Matthew) Slater, ‘is it bad?’ He said, ‘I think he broke his arm,'” Jason McCourty said. “As a defense, we’re on the field, and there is nobody that can replace Pat. It’s not just like he goes down and it’s next person in. He plays safety, he plays linebacker, he plays the most different positions on our defense so when he goes down, it’s an adjustment on what guys can play different roles. Hats off to the staff and us as players for adjusting. Everybody knew that we had to pick up a little bit for Patrick and seeing him come back to the field with a sling on just encouraged us. This was a team win.”

Patrick Chung is an emotional leader

 “Pat is an emotional leader for us. He brings so much toughness, so much grit to our team, so much passion,” Matthew Slater added. “To see him go out, I think it was kind of a blow to us. We kind of had to pull ourselves out of a little bit of a fog there. When he came back out on the field, he made sure everybody was focused, locked in and trying to make the most of our opportunities. His leadership was very important tonight.