As we found out Tuesday from the Kansas City Chiefs, wide receiver Tyreek Hill avoided what originally looked like a more serious injury and came away with a quad contusion.
These injuries are extremely common in football and can be treated relatively easily as long as they are caught early and reported correctly. Fans often assume that with thigh pads, these injuries should not happen, but pads don’t always cover the entire thigh.
Too often in my career, a player would take a bruise to the quad and not report it due to its seemingly minor nature.