{"id":45863,"date":"2025-08-11T16:02:58","date_gmt":"2025-08-11T20:02:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/idolchatter\/?p=45863"},"modified":"2025-08-11T16:02:58","modified_gmt":"2025-08-11T20:02:58","slug":"lions-and-falcons-gather-in-prayer-after-preseason-game-results-in-serious-injury","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/idolchatter\/2025\/08\/lions-and-falcons-gather-in-prayer-after-preseason-game-results-in-serious-injury.html","title":{"rendered":"Lions and Falcons Gather in Prayer After Preseason Game Results in Serious Injury"},"content":{"rendered":"
\"\"<\/a>
FOX 2 Detroit \/ YouTube<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

A preseason game between the Detroit Lions and Atlanta Falcons was suspended after a player was seriously injured. Lions safety Morice Norris attempted to tackle Falcons running back Nathan Carter when he appeared to hit his head on Carter\u2019s leg. Norris lay on the field for around 20 minutes while he was evaluated by medical staff and then was taken off the field in an ambulance to be evaluated. Players from both teams took a knee to show support for Norris while he lay on the field. The Falcons forfeited a snap when the game resumed and joined the Lions<\/a> in the middle of the field to join hands and pray for Norris.<\/p>\n

Lions head coach Dan Campbell addressed the moment at a press conference after the game. \u201cMan, it\u2019s a violent game, and we love it, but when something like this happens, the silver lining is the brotherhood. I mean, to see all those guys \u2013 from that team, our team \u2013 come together and everybody is thinking about another player, it just means a lot,\u201d he said. The decision to suspend the game was decided between both Campbell and the Falcons\u2019 head coach, Raheem Morris. \u201cWhen something like that happens, it puts things in perspective. I\u2019m just praying for Mo. I ask that everybody prays for him,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

The Lions reported that Norris was in stable condition, was breathing, and having some movement. \u201cHe\u2019s breathing, he\u2019s talking. It\u2019s good. He\u2019s got some movement. Now they\u2019re running more tests,” said Campbell. He was back at the Lions\u2019s headquarters on Sunday an anonymous source told The Associated Press<\/em>.<\/a> Norris also posted to his social media to report that he was doing well. \u201cI\u2019m all good man don\u2019t stress,\u201d he wrote.<\/p>\n

While professional sports are wrought competitiveness, it is also a place of profound camaraderie and compassion in times of serious injury. On January 2, 2023, Buffalo Bills safety Damar Hamlin<\/a> went into cardiac arrest on the field during a Monday Night Football game against the Cincinnati Bengals. The moment led to an outpouring of support for the Bills, including from the Bengals. The NFL suspended the game and made the decision to not reschedule it. Hamlin was able to make a full recovery thanks to emergency services on the field.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

A preseason game between the Detroit Lions and Atlanta Falcons was suspended after a player was seriously injured. Lions safety Morice Norris attempted to tackle Falcons running back Nathan Carter when he appeared to hit his head on Carter\u2019s leg. Norris lay on the field for around 20 minutes while he was evaluated by medical…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":516,"featured_media":45866,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"fbia_status":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-45863","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-television"],"yoast_head":"\nLions and Falcons Gather in Prayer After Preseason Game Results in Serious Injury<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Players and coaches from both teams prayed on the field after Lions safety Morice Norris suffered a serious head injury during game.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/idolchatter\/2025\/08\/lions-and-falcons-gather-in-prayer-after-preseason-game-results-in-serious-injury.html\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Lions and Falcons Gather in Prayer After Preseason Game Results in Serious Injury\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Players and coaches from both teams prayed on the field after Lions safety Morice Norris suffered a serious head injury during game.\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/idolchatter\/2025\/08\/lions-and-falcons-gather-in-prayer-after-preseason-game-results-in-serious-injury.html\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Idol Chatter\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2025-08-11T20:02:58+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/wp-media.beliefnet.com\/sites\/87\/2025\/08\/Lions-Falcons_credit-FOX-2-Detroit-YouTube.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"1200\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"900\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Cecilia Buchanan\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Lions and Falcons Gather in Prayer After Preseason Game Results in Serious Injury","description":"Players and coaches from both teams prayed on the field after Lions safety Morice Norris suffered a serious head injury during game.","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/idolchatter\/2025\/08\/lions-and-falcons-gather-in-prayer-after-preseason-game-results-in-serious-injury.html","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"Lions and Falcons Gather in Prayer After Preseason Game Results in Serious Injury","og_description":"Players and coaches from both teams prayed on the field after Lions safety Morice Norris suffered a serious head injury during game.","og_url":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/idolchatter\/2025\/08\/lions-and-falcons-gather-in-prayer-after-preseason-game-results-in-serious-injury.html","og_site_name":"Idol Chatter","article_published_time":"2025-08-11T20:02:58+00:00","og_image":[{"width":1200,"height":900,"url":"https:\/\/wp-media.beliefnet.com\/sites\/87\/2025\/08\/Lions-Falcons_credit-FOX-2-Detroit-YouTube.jpg","type":"image\/jpeg"}],"author":"Cecilia Buchanan","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/idolchatter\/2025\/08\/lions-and-falcons-gather-in-prayer-after-preseason-game-results-in-serious-injury.html","url":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/idolchatter\/2025\/08\/lions-and-falcons-gather-in-prayer-after-preseason-game-results-in-serious-injury.html","name":"Lions and Falcons Gather in Prayer After Preseason Game Results in Serious Injury","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/idolchatter\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/idolchatter\/2025\/08\/lions-and-falcons-gather-in-prayer-after-preseason-game-results-in-serious-injury.html#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/idolchatter\/2025\/08\/lions-and-falcons-gather-in-prayer-after-preseason-game-results-in-serious-injury.html#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/wp-media.beliefnet.com\/sites\/87\/2025\/08\/Lions-Falcons_credit-FOX-2-Detroit-YouTube.jpg","datePublished":"2025-08-11T20:02:58+00:00","dateModified":"2025-08-11T20:02:58+00:00","author":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/idolchatter\/#\/schema\/person\/450625ec20bf3e8a84060b9321455f3d"},"description":"Players and coaches from both teams prayed on the field after Lions safety Morice Norris suffered a serious head injury during game.","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/idolchatter\/2025\/08\/lions-and-falcons-gather-in-prayer-after-preseason-game-results-in-serious-injury.html#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/idolchatter\/2025\/08\/lions-and-falcons-gather-in-prayer-after-preseason-game-results-in-serious-injury.html"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/idolchatter\/2025\/08\/lions-and-falcons-gather-in-prayer-after-preseason-game-results-in-serious-injury.html#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/wp-media.beliefnet.com\/sites\/87\/2025\/08\/Lions-Falcons_credit-FOX-2-Detroit-YouTube.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/wp-media.beliefnet.com\/sites\/87\/2025\/08\/Lions-Falcons_credit-FOX-2-Detroit-YouTube.jpg","width":1200,"height":900,"caption":"FOX 2 Detroit \/ YouTube"},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/idolchatter\/2025\/08\/lions-and-falcons-gather-in-prayer-after-preseason-game-results-in-serious-injury.html#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/idolchatter"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Lions and Falcons Gather in Prayer After Preseason Game Results in Serious Injury"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/idolchatter\/#website","url":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/idolchatter\/","name":"Idol Chatter","description":"Beliefnet Entertainment blog, TV blog, Movie blog, Religion in entertainment blog","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/idolchatter\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/idolchatter\/#\/schema\/person\/450625ec20bf3e8a84060b9321455f3d","name":"Brandy Grenier","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/idolchatter\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/idolchatter\/wp-content\/wphb-cache\/gravatar\/e53\/e53f6ea4c6b15081d4df68e2d7d7750ex96.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/idolchatter\/wp-content\/wphb-cache\/gravatar\/e53\/e53f6ea4c6b15081d4df68e2d7d7750ex96.jpg","caption":"Brandy Grenier"},"url":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/idolchatter\/author\/bgrenier"}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/idolchatter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/45863","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/idolchatter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/idolchatter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/idolchatter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/516"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/idolchatter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=45863"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/idolchatter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/45863\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":45869,"href":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/idolchatter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/45863\/revisions\/45869"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/idolchatter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/45866"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/idolchatter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=45863"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/idolchatter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=45863"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/idolchatter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=45863"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}