"I didn't want to risk it," Quigley said of the sudden decisions beginning Saturday morning that led to Steve Weatherford being signed and Quigley being deactivated Sunday ahead of the New England game. "Live to fight another day."
The swelling in Quigley's shin could have gotten a lot worse had he tried to fight through it.
"I had two cuts on my shin from the blocked punt," he said about the late end zone special teams play against Washington. "The trainers treated it and everything seemed fine. But they say just a little bit of bacteria can get in and it blows up.