NEW ORLEANS -- Atlanta Falcons defensive coordinator Dean Pees was taken off the field on a stretcher after a collision with a New Orleans Saints player practicing returns before Sunday's game between the teams.
Medical staff and coaches surrounded Pees for a number of minutes on the 35-yard line before a cart and stretcher came out on the field. They worked to stabilize Pees' neck before placing him on the cart to take him off the field.
Pees was treated and released from University Medical Center New Orleans and will fly back with the Falcons to Atlanta on Sunday night, the team later announced.