Morice Norris says he’s “all good” after a scary injury halted an NFL pre-season game on Friday.
The Detroit Lions defensive back wrote on Instagram Saturday that he’s OK after he was taken off the field in an ambulance against the Atlanta Falcons.
“I’m all good man, don’t stress it. Appreciate all the check-ins and love,” Norris wrote above a previous post featuring a bible verse.
The Lions said after the game that Norris, 24, was in stable condition with movement in his extremities.
He was hurt with 14:50 to go, trying to tackle Atlanta running back Nathan Carter.
Norris, the former Fresno State player listed as Detroit’s second-team safety, hit Carter with his facemask facing the running back’s midsection, and the defender’s head snapped back after making the hit.
Lions quarterback Kyle Allen said it was immediately obvious the medical personnel saw this as a serious injury.
The Lions led 17-10 when the game was stopped.
Lions coach Dan Campbell and Falcons coach Raheem Morris made the decision not to finish the game.
“Raheem Morris is a class act,” Campbell said. “He’s the ultimate class act. We agreed it just didn’t feel right to finish that game.”
Morris said it was “common courtesy” for the coaches to decide not to finish the game.
“It was tough to watch,” Morris said. “It was tough for the other team to see getting a teammate hurt that way. It was the right thing to do for Dan and his crew and his team and everything we had going on right there, I thought that was the right thing.
“You never like to see anybody get hurt in any type of game or any type of way. It was a tough deal for those guys, a tough deal for us, a tough deal all across the board.”
— With files from The Associated Press
