{"id":10436,"date":"2014-05-27T23:42:33","date_gmt":"2014-05-28T03:42:33","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/tireball.com\/nfl\/?p=10436"},"modified":"2014-05-27T23:42:33","modified_gmt":"2014-05-28T03:42:33","slug":"bears-wr-domenik-hixon-tears-right-acl-in-ota","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/tireball.com\/nfl\/2014\/05\/27\/bears-wr-domenik-hixon-tears-right-acl-in-ota\/","title":{"rendered":"Bears WR Domenik Hixon tears right ACL in OTA"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/tireball.com\/nfl\/files\/2014\/05\/domenikhixon.jpg\" alt=\"domenikhixon\" width=\"594\" height=\"450\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-10437\" srcset=\"http:\/\/tireball.com\/nfl\/files\/2014\/05\/domenikhixon.jpg 594w, http:\/\/tireball.com\/nfl\/files\/2014\/05\/domenikhixon-300x227.jpg 300w, http:\/\/tireball.com\/nfl\/files\/2014\/05\/domenikhixon-50x37.jpg 50w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 594px) 100vw, 594px\" \/><br \/>\nChicago Bears wide receiver Domenik Hixon tore his right ACL for the third time in his NFL career in Tuesday&#8217;s OTA.<\/p>\n<p>A eight year veteran of the NFL, Hixon hinted on Facebook that he was considering retirement.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I tore my ACL today for the third time today!&#8221; Hixon wrote. &#8220;I&#8217;m disappointed that I won&#8217;t be playing for a Bears team that has the players and coaches to win the Super Bowl. I thank God for letting me live my dream of playing in the NFL for 8 years plus. It has truly been fun!&#8221;<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" lang=\"en\">\n<p>Try that again: Bears WR Domenik Hixon announced on Facebook he tore his ACL today. That&#39;s the 3rd time for him. Awful.<\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Mike Garafolo (@MikeGarafolo) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/MikeGarafolo\/statuses\/471445626417582080\">May 28, 2014<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Hixon, 29, signed a one-year, $740,000 contract with the Bears in March.<\/p>\n<p>Last season Hixon was used as a special teams player for the Carolina Panthers. As a receiver he caught seven passes.<\/p>\n<p>Bears WR\/KR Domenik Hixon tore his right ACL in Tuesday&#8217;s OTAs session.<br \/>\nIt&#8217;s devastating news, as it&#8217;s Hixon&#8217;s third-career tear of his right ACL. The eight-year veteran hinted in a Facebook post that he&#8217;s considering retirement. Hixon caught seven passes in 15 games for the Panthers last season, largely focusing on special teams.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Chicago Bears wide receiver Domenik Hixon tore his right ACL for the third time in his NFL career in Tuesday&#8217;s OTA. A eight year veteran of the NFL, Hixon hinted on Facebook that he was considering retirement. &#8220;I tore my ACL today for the third time today!&#8221; Hixon wrote. &#8220;I&#8217;m disappointed that I won&#8217;t be [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":10437,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[425],"tags":[126,760,216],"coauthors":[4],"class_list":{"0":"post-10436","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-news","8":"tag-carolina-panthers","9":"tag-domenik-hixon","10":"tag-nfl"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/tireball.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10436","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/tireball.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/tireball.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/tireball.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/tireball.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=10436"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"http:\/\/tireball.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10436\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":10438,"href":"http:\/\/tireball.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10436\/revisions\/10438"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/tireball.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/10437"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/tireball.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=10436"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/tireball.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=10436"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/tireball.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=10436"},{"taxonomy":"author","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/tireball.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/coauthors?post=10436"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}