Before training camp, linebacker Junior Galette was watching a documentary about Kobe Bryant. Specifically, he remembers watching Bryant describe the Achilles injury he suffered in 2013 that altered his NBA career and began a challenging road to recovery.
“He said it felt like someone kicked him in the back of his leg,” Galette said.
Maybe watching the film was a premonition, but it also helped immediately diagnose the same sharp pain Galette would feel on Aug. 26, nearly three weeks before the regular season, when he collapsed in the middle of practice at Redskins Park and was quickly rushed and surrounded by teammates and coaches, confused and frightened.