Former Browns wide receiver Mohamed Massaquoi has divulged that he lost most of his left hand in an all-terrain vehicle crash last April.

Massaquoi Nathan Peterman Jersey , who starred at Georgia before he was drafted by Cleveland in the second round in 2009, revealed his prosthetic and details of his misfortune in a video posted Monday on The Players Tribune.

Massaquoi was riding ATVs with friends when he said he took a turn too sharply and crashed. The 31-year-old said it felt as if an explosion had gone off in his hand, and he was initially unaware of the severity of his injury.

"What I'm seeing and what my friends are seeing are completely different," he said, giving the first public description of his life-changing ordeal. "They're seeing what actually happened. I'm seeing what I think happened. I'm thinking that I just broke my hand. My friend Josh Bellamy Jersey , on the other hand, thinks my hand just went through a meat grinder or something like that. Meanwhile you can see the panic and the fear in everybody."

Massaquoi said he was flown by helicopter to a hospital, where doctors initially tried to save his hand. However, after it didn't heal as hoped, four fingers were amputated. His thumb was spared.

He has battled denial and fear during his recovery.

"It gives you a perspective of how precious life is Jerry Hughes Jersey ," he said. "How fast things can change. You go from joy-riding to getting in a helicopter to find out that your hand's going to be amputated."

Massaquoi, who spent four years with the Browns and has been out of football since, credited his family and friends for helping him come to terms with the injury.


Giants wide receiver Odell Beckham didn’t play in the team’s preseason opener, so he got his first chance to work against someone other than his teammates during Tuesday’s joint practice against the Lions.

He spent some of the day matched up with Lions cornerback Darius Slay, who has faced Beckham in each of the last two regular seasons. Slay didn’t see where last year’s fractured ankle created a difference between the player he faced in those games and the one on the field now.

“He looks like he’s going Shaq Thompson Jersey ,” Slay said, via NJ.com. “He’s catching the rock, and running the rock. He’s always been explosive. He’s never going to lose that, except when he turns 50, I suppose. But Jordan Howard Jersey , he’s always been explosive. Other than that, he’s Odell. That’s just it.”

Slay’s report is good news for a Giants offense that missed Beckham a great deal last season.

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