New York Giants wide receivers coach Chad Hall briefly left Thursday’s practice with a split lip and stitches after an accidental collision with Malik Nabers during individual drills.
Nabers, who is rehabbing a torn ACL from last season and wearing a red non-contact jersey, was working on his release while Hall simulated a defensive back. The two crossed signals on which way they were moving. Nabers went to punch through with an arm-over move, and his helmet caught Hall flush in the face, opening a cut that required immediate attention.
Team medical staff stitched Hall up on the field. He stayed on the sideline, continued coaching the rest of the session, and still handled his media availability afterward.
Head coach John Harbaugh described the sequence in detail.
“I don’t know if you saw what happened to the wide receivers coach, Chad Hall, in individual. So, we had a rule that everybody respects the red jersey for Malik, obviously, when he’s out there, and in individual, Chad was the DB and Malik was releasing off of Chad," Harbaugh told reporters.
"Somehow they crossed signals in which way they were going, and Malik went to punch his way through, arm over, and he caught Chad right in the face. Split his lip open; he got stitches right out there on the field. Chad Hall took stitches on the field. Tough dude."
Hall took the mishap in stride. He told reporters he felt fine enough to get the stitches and return to work right away. Later he joked that the Novocaine was starting to wear off a little bit.
The incident came on a day when Nabers also took part in some team drills for the first time in this phase of camp, a positive step in his recovery. Even in controlled individual work, the competitive edge of training camp remains clear.
This article originally appeared on Giants Wire: Giants assistant coach bloodied, stitched up after practice collision
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