The corner of the Detroit Lions, Morice Norris, was removed in ambulance after a violent clash in the last quarter of the preseason duel against the Atlanta Falcons.
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What should be a simple preseason duel between Atlanta Falcons and Detroit Lions ended in a sepulchral silence. The Ford Field went from the shouts and shocks of shoulder pads to the sound of helmets supported by the grass, when Morice Norris, a 24 -year -old Detroit corner, fell motionless after a brutal impact on the neck.
The action occurred at the beginning of the last quarter. Nathan Carter, Atlanta runner, loaded the ball and met Norris in a direct collision. The defensive helmet folded back violently, leaving it lying. What followed was an image that no player, coach or amateur wants to see: doctors in the field for more than 20 minutes, colleagues and rivals forming a circle to pray, and an entire stadium containing his breath.
Dan Campbell, coach of the Lions, spoke with the broken voice: “We are all praying for him. We know that he moves a little and now they are doing more evidence … We agree that we didn't seem good to finish that game.”
Norris was retired in ambulance and transferred to a nearby hospital. Although the NFL ordered the game to resume, the atmosphere did not be the same again. In the next play, Atlanta's Marshal Marshal, Emory Jones, barely held the ball while everyone remained motionless in the line. Minutes later, from New York the final decision came: to suspend the meeting.
Until that time, Detroit won 10-17 thanks to a solid performance of the Kyle Allen Quartback, who launched two scoring passes, one for Jackson Meeks and another for Isaac Teslaa. But the score was in the background.
In a league accustomed to physical hardness, nights like this remember that, above the show, there is human fragility.
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