Downward Facing Dog. Seated Forward Fold. Revolved Triangle.
No, these aren’t D-line play calls.
They’re yoga poses, ones that helped 364-pound defensive linemen Dontari Poe rehabilitate this offseason.
Poe injured his back during Kansas City Chiefs minicamp last June, and to help him recover from herniated disk surgery, he turned to yoga to assist in nursing his disks in the offseason.
“As funny as that may sound, it worked,” Poe said, “just constantly doing that, it just helps you know how to take care of yourself better. And even now, the stretching and the ab work is consistent.