INDIANAPOLIS — In a game all about instincts, Parris Campbell had to fight to stifle his.
The sharpness of the pain shot through him so quickly, the young Indianapolis Colts wide receiver didn’t have time to stop himself from reflexively grabbing at the source of his agony.
But when his brain finally caught up to what was going on, Campbell immediately let go, stood up and tried to pretend as if nothing had happened. Incomplete pass. Everyone move on.
Except, something had happened. Campbell had broken his foot.
“Literally when it happened,” Campbell said of the Week 14 injury that ended his season, “I was on the ground, just thinking to myself, ‘Not again!