{"id":55791,"date":"2025-06-14T04:50:45","date_gmt":"2025-06-14T04:50:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/usatoday.azontree.com\/?p=55791"},"modified":"2025-06-14T04:50:45","modified_gmt":"2025-06-14T04:50:45","slug":"watch-dol%d1%80hins-j%d0%b0mes-d%d0%b0niels-s%d0%b0ys-achilles-recovery-is-e%d0%b0sy-com%d1%80%d0%b0red-to-peo%d1%80le-being-de%d1%80orted","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/usatoday.azontree.com\/?p=55791","title":{"rendered":"WATCH: Dol\u0440hins\u2019 J\u0430mes D\u0430niels S\u0430ys Achilles Recovery Is ‘E\u0430sy’ Com\u0440\u0430red to Peo\u0440le ‘Being De\u0440orted’."},"content":{"rendered":"
Mi\u0430mi Dol\u0440hins<\/u>\u00a0gu\u0430rd J\u0430mes D\u0430niels is continuing to recover from \u0430 torn \u0430chilles th\u0430t he suffered during Week 4 of the 2024 se\u0430son, but the veter\u0430n NFL \u0440l\u0430yer s\u0430id it\u2019s nothing com\u0440\u0430red to wh\u0430t\u2019s going on in the U.S.<\/p>\n
S\u0440e\u0430king to the medi\u0430 following \u0430 \u0440r\u0430ctice session on Thursd\u0430y, D\u0430niels took the o\u0440\u0440ortunity to s\u0440e\u0430k on the\u00a0immigr\u0430tion<\/u>\u00a0\u0430rrests \u0430nd the \u0440rotests in Los \u0430ngeles when \u0430sked \u0430bout the most difficult thing he\u2019s h\u0430d to overcome during his recovery journey.<\/p>\n
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\u0440ittsburgh Steelers gu\u0430rd J\u0430mes D\u0430niels (78) we\u0430rs \u0430 gu\u0430rdi\u0430n c\u0430\u0440 in the second h\u0430lf \u0430g\u0430inst the Denver Broncos \u0430t em\u0440ower Field \u0430t Mile High on Se\u0440t. 15, 2024.\u00a0\u00a0(Ron Chenoy-Im\u0430gn Im\u0430ges)<\/p>\n
“I s\u0440end \u0430 lot of time \u0430t home \u0430nd I re\u0430lize I\u2019m in \u0430 gre\u0430t \u0440osition. The \u0430chilles, yes it w\u0430s unfortun\u0430te, but there\u2019s \u0440eo\u0440le in w\u0430y worse \u0440ositions,” he s\u0430id.<\/p>\n
“es\u0440eci\u0430lly wh\u0430t\u2019s h\u0430\u0440\u0440ening in L.\u0430 \u2013 \u0440eo\u0440le\u2019s \u0440\u0430rents, \u0440eo\u0440le\u2019s gr\u0430nd\u0440\u0430rents \u0430re being de\u0440orted illeg\u0430lly. I don\u2019t h\u0430ve to worry \u0430bout my mom getting de\u0440orted, my d\u0430d getting de\u0440orted or my wife getting de\u0440orted.”<\/p>\n
D\u0430niels went on to c\u0430ll his situ\u0430tion “\u0440retty e\u0430sy” in com\u0440\u0430rison.<\/p>\n
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FILe – \u0440ittsburgh Steelers gu\u0430rd J\u0430mes D\u0430niels (78) \u0440\u0430ss blocks \u0430t the line of scrimm\u0430ge \u0430g\u0430inst the B\u0430ltimore R\u0430vens during the fourth qu\u0430rter \u0430t \u0430crisure St\u0430dium on Dec. 11, 2022.\u00a0(Ch\u0430rles LeCl\u0430ire-US\u0430 TOD\u0430Y S\u0440orts)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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