The sight of Detroit Lions safety Morice Norris being carted off the field during a preseason game at Atlanta on Friday night raised memories of several recent similar incidents occurring in both NFL preseason and regular-season outings.

The most frightening happened in January 2023 when Buffalo Bills safety Damar Hamlin went into cardiac arrest and had to be resuscitated on the field after attempting to make a routine tackle during the first quarter of a regular-season game at Cincinnati.

The last time a preseason game was stopped before completion actually happened in consecutive weeks in August 2023.

New England’s game at Green Bay in Week 2 of the 2023 preseason was called off when Patriots cornerback Isaiah Bolden was carted off in the fourth quarter. Bolden appeared to collide wit

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