(FOX 2) - In their second pre-season game of the year, the Detroit Lions took on the Atlanta Falcons, which ended in a heartbreaking injury.
This game comes after a 7-34 loss to the LA Chargers in their first pre-season game.
Timeline:
As the teams entered the fourth quarter, all stopped after DB Morice Norris Jr., 24, suffered a serious injury while trying to tackle Nathan Carter, which left Lions and Falcons players horrified.
Detroit Head Coach Dan Campbell said Norris is breathing, is awake and talking. His mother is also with him.
"When something like that happens, it puts things in perspective," Campbell said. "Norris is a class act. He's the ultimate class act, and it just didn't feel right to finish that game. That man's a class act. Always has been."
The backstory:
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