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Kansas City Chiefs wide receiver Tyquan Thornton suffered a gruesome injury in Sunday’s game against the Las Vegas Raiders, appearing to dislocate his ankle after a long fourth-quarter catch.
Thornton went down after a catch that brought the Chiefs inside the 10-yard line, pointing to his ankle. The medical cart came out immediately for Thornton, who was unable to stand on his own weight.
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Replay showed Thornton make a long reception before being tackled, with his legs tangling underneath his body. The Chiefs had already lost wide receiver Rashee Rice to a hamstring injury earlier in the game.
As doctor and sports injury analyst Jeff Mueller noted in a post on X, Thornton didn’t appear to understand the severity of the injury, first getting up to celebrate before falling to the ground in pain.
“Goes to show what adrenaline does,” Mueller wrote in a post on X. “Tyquan Thornton goes to celebrate and stand up without even knowing his foot is facing the wrong way. Goodness gracious.”
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Nathan Dougherty is a sports reporter covering the NFL for Heavy.com, with a focus on the Buffalo Bills, Detroit Lions and Miami Dolphins. Previously he wrote for the Rochester Business Journal and served as the assistant editor of athletic trade magazines Coaching Management, Athletic Management and Training & Conditioning. He is based out of Rochester, New York, and loves everything football. More about Nathan Dougherty
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