Blue Bombers' Chris Matthews stabbed at downtown Winnipeg restaurant

Jul 23 2019, 2:57 am

Winnipeg Blue Bombers wide receiver Chris Matthews is doing ok after a scary incident this weekend.

The 29-year-old was reportedly stabbed at La Roca Restaurant in downtown Winnipeg on Saturday night. Remarkably, Matthews was present at Bombers practice on Monday, though he “wasn’t doing much” according to a report. He’s been placed on the one-game injured list.

Winnipeg head coach Mike O’Shea didn’t comment on the incident, other than to say: “we’ll leave that to the Winnipeg Police Services.”

After playing four seasons in the NFL with the Seattle Seahawks and Baltimore Ravens, Matthews returned to the CFL last season, helping the Calgary Stampeders win the 106th Grey Cup.

Matthews is most famous for having the game of his life in Super Bowl XLIX between the Seahawks and New England Patriots. Coming into the game never having never made an NFL reception in the regular season or playoffs, Matthews caught four passes from Seahawks QB Russell Wilson for 109 yards and a touchdown. Matthews had been working at Foot Locker and as a security guard in the offseason before getting the call to join the Seahawks.

The Long Beach, California native signed a three-year deal with Winnipeg in May, returning to the team he starred at in 2012 and 2013.

 

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