Dolphins’ Tyreek Hill Says He Thought His Ankle Was ‘Gone’ After Injury vs. Titans

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Miami Dolphins superstar wide receiver Tyreek Hill divulged Monday night that he initially thought he had suffered a serious ankle injury on a sideline tackle during the first quarter of Monday’s 28-27 home loss to the Tennessee Titans.

According to ESPN’s Marcel Louis-Jacques, Hill suggested that he was initially concerned about the injury, but made the decision on his own to re-enter the game during the second half:

“When it happened, like my first reaction was like, man, my ankle is gone. My adrenaline kicked in, I ran off the field, then I sat for a while and it got stiff and I was going through a lot of pain. Then I just made up in my mind, I came in at halftime, I texted my wife, I was like, ‘This s–t hurt.’ I need an ankle massage tonight, and she’s like, ‘You’d better get your ass back in that game, dawg.’ I was like, ‘All right.’

“So I just made up my mind that it’s going to hurt. It’s going to suck. Tonight and tomorrow morning. I just went back in the game on my own, without anybody saying, ‘Reek, go.’ It was like, no, f–k this, I’ve got to get out there and bring some energy and be that spark.”

After missing the rest of the first quarter and the entire second quarter, Hill went back into the game during the third quarter, but he was limited the rest of the way, and spent far more time on the sidelines than he normally would.

Hill played 47 percent of the snaps, which was his second-lowest percentage of snaps played in a game this season, and he finished with only four receptions for 61 yards and no touchdowns.

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