After Lions safety Morice Norris was taken off the field in an ambulance early in the fourth quarter of Friday’s preseason game in Atlanta, Falcons coach Raheem Morris spoke with Lions coach Dan Campbell, and they both agreed to stop playing.

Morris said after the game that he and Campbell talked on the field in the aftermath of Norris’s injury and felt that out of respect for Norris and his family, it would be best not to play anymore. So the Falcons took one snap with 14:31 remaining in the fourth quarter and all the players on the field just stood together and let the clock run out.

“Just Dan and myself, respect for his family, Morice Norris, it was that simple,” Morris said. “There’s not a lot of times that happens. I can’t sit here and tell you I’ve been through a lot of those or se

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