{"id":239709,"date":"2025-07-27T07:52:29","date_gmt":"2025-07-27T07:52:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/239709\/"},"modified":"2025-07-27T07:52:29","modified_gmt":"2025-07-27T07:52:29","slug":"cardinals-j-j-russell-in-concussion-protocol","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/239709\/","title":{"rendered":"Cardinals&#8217; J.J. Russell in concussion protocol"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Arizona Cardinals linebacker J.J. Russell is in concussion protocol following a collision at training camp on Thursday.<\/p>\n<p>Head coach Jonathan Gannon said Russell is in good spirits and is back in the building.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Cardinals LB J.J. Russell is in concussion protocol, per head coach Jonathan Gannon. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/d8DRTelOxN\" rel=\"nofollow\">pic.twitter.com\/d8DRTelOxN<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Tyler Drake (@Tdrake4sports) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Tdrake4sports\/status\/1948830156128407654?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">July 25, 2025<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Russell had collided with safety Kitan Crawford during a 7-on-7 drill on the second day of practice which caused training camp to stop. Crawford was able to get up following the collision.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Cardinals training camp practice has come to a stop\u2026<\/p>\n<p>The cart and stretcher are out after Kitan Crawford and J.J. Russell collided during 7-on-7s.<\/p>\n<p>Crawford got up. Russell stayed down. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/0Ywp5rQVTK\" rel=\"nofollow\">pic.twitter.com\/0Ywp5rQVTK<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Tyler Drake (@Tdrake4sports) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Tdrake4sports\/status\/1948497474634588297?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">July 24, 2025<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Russell was taken to a hospital afterward for a head and neck injury evaluation. Arizona <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/AZCardinals\/status\/1948562884742779041\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">announced<\/a> Thursday evening he was released from the hospital and had rejoined the team at training camp.<\/p>\n<p>Russell signed a <a href=\"https:\/\/arizonasports.com\/nfl\/arizona-cardinals\/jj-russell-signs\/3584691\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">one-year deal<\/a> with the Cardinals in May. He previously spent his first three seasons in the NFL with the Tampa Bay Buccaneers.<\/p>\n<p>In 30 games, he has registered 49 tackles and a sack.<\/p>\n<p><a class=\"twitter-follow-button\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Leasure96\" data-show-count=\"false\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">Follow @Leasure96<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/arizonasports.com\/arizona-sports-newsletter-signup\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/AZSportsEmail-830x100-1.jpg\" style=\"margin: 0 auto;\" class=\"mobile-signup\"\/>\t&#13;<br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/AZSportsEmail-830x100-1.jpg\" style=\"margin: 0 auto;\" class=\"desktop-signup\"\/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>                    <script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Arizona Cardinals linebacker J.J. Russell is in concussion protocol following a collision at training camp on Thursday. 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