He continued, “Pretty much been dealing with a little bit of a lower-leg issue, a tendon muscle thing, for a while, so I kind of had that cleaned up.” Ahead of the Lions’ preseason debut, the second-year head coach updated the media on his current health.
“It really is day-by-day for me. I think I’ve had like four different casts on,” he said. “This is a walking boot, but I’m still kind of in the same mode right now. This is just so that the trainers and the physical therapy can get in and just start moving my foot around and stuff like that.”
With Matt’s leg still in a boot, he is required by the NFL to stand further back from the sideline than usual, to not compromise his safety. Well, because his communication with officials is a bit limited, a controversial timeout was called by the Lions… and it did not work in their favor.
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