FOXBOROUGH, Mass. -- New England Patriots linebacker Darius Fleming didn't hesitate when he saw a woman trapped in a smoking car: He kicked out the window, enabling her to escape, and cut his right leg in the process.
Then he began to worry about how coach Bill Belichick would react.
"The first concern was, like, 'Man, Bill's going to be pissed about my leg,'" Fleming said in the Patriots locker room on Wednesday after word of his rescue filtered out. "I explained the story to him and he said, 'That was pretty cool. I'm glad you were able to help her.