Vikings rookie Cameron Dantzler must be stretchered off the field in a terrifying scene during the main quarter against the Packers Sunday, enduring a neck injury subsequent to enduring an accidental shot to the head from his own partner.
The 22-year-old cornerback and wellbeing Anthony Harris both went to handle Green Bay running back AJ Dillion, bringing about a Harris’ hip striking Dantzler directly in the head. Dantzler tumbled to the ground and was quickly tended to by the Vikings’ preparation staff.
The group declared that Dantzler endured a neck injury and is being assessed for a blackout. Kevin Burkhardt, calling the game for Fox, said Dantzler’s fingers seemed, by all accounts, to be moving before he was removed the field.
Dantzler, the Vikings’ 2020 third-round pick, recorded two handles against the Packers before the injury. Heading into Sunday’s down, Dantzler had enlisted 21 performance handles and two handles for misfortune in four games.