The first thing Lorenzo Carter did was turn around.
"I got to the top of a rush and pulled off and it felt like somebody kicked me," the Giants linebacker said. "I was like ‘Dang!’ It felt like my foot was asleep. I thought I got hit or something. I thought somebody stepped on me and I looked back.
"But there was nobody there."
That was Carter’s first hint that he’d suffered a major injury. He was still standing, though, and teammates told him to lay down. Then the medical staff rushed out to see him.