Detroit Lions cornerback Khalil Dorsi He was taken off the field on Sunday, December 15 after suffering a serious ankle injury.
Dorsey, 26, He collided with a colleague Ezekiel Turner During the second quarter of the team's game against the Buffalo Bills at Ford Field in Detroit.
In the wake of the injury, Dorsey's teammates took a knee and surrounded him on the field. Lions national team coach Dan Campbell He also went to Dorsey to check on his injured player.
After being placed in an air cast, Dorsey was taken off the field on a cart in apparent distress.
According to a CBS sideline reporter Tracy WolfsonDorsey was transported to a local hospital.
Dorsey was inserted into the game after the Lions' cornerback injury Carlton Davis III.
The Lions immediately ruled Davis out of the game with an ankle injury.
The graphic nature of Dorsey's injury, which was shown on CBS, drew immediate backlash from viewers on social media.
“The Lions have had another injury. I feel so sorry for these players personally, and as a team I don't know if I've ever seen a team so destroyed by injuries,” one person wrote via X. We pray for Khalil Dorsey's safe and healthy recovery.
Another wrote: “Man, pray for Black #30 Khalil Dorsey…this is terrible.” I hate to see that happen.”
Some fans also criticized Bell's wide receiver Mac Hollinswho appeared to point at and mock Dorsey while on the floor.
“The Bills were my second favorite team, but after watching Mack Hollins make fun of a guy who snapped his leg in half, I can't wait to watch them get knocked out in the first round of the playoffs,” one person wrote via X. He always finds a way to catch up with people like that.
Another wrote: “If Mc Hollins is really laughing at Khalil Dorsey’s injury and making fun of him, he deserves whatever consequences he gets for it. “That should never be tolerated, especially with what this team has been through in 2023.”
The social media user was referring to the safety of the bills Damar Hamelinwho suffered a cardiac arrest during a game in January 2023. Hamlin, 26, will eventually return to action at the start of the 2024-25 season.
In 2023, Dorsey revealed that he had been diagnosed with the disease Rhabdomyolysis, a medical condition that affects the kidneys.
“It definitely messes with your mind, just because you want to be at 100 percent all the time,” Dorsey told reporters at the time. “But, in the back of my mind, if I go 100 percent all the time, are all these plays going to affect me? But, I'm going to do it.”