We know that Adam Thielen wound up being listed on the injury report on Wednesday after suffering an ankle injury in practice. The story was that he had gotten stepped on by a teammate during practice and wound up needing stitches in his foot, but we now know just how close Thielen was to suffering a pretty serious injury.
Here is the story from Ian Rapoport of the NFL Network. It’s less than two minutes, so listen to the whole thing.
“He immediately reached down, felt his own Achilles, realized it was intact and then said, ‘Okay, this is not a major injury.