We've been going over the block Buffalo Bills WR Stevie Johnson laid on Kansas City Chiefs S Eric Berry that resulted in a torn ACL for Berry, whose season is now over.
Here's the video of Berry's injury; here's a good interpretation of the rules saying it's a legal block; Johnson's response to whether it was a dirty hit; Todd Haley discussing the injury.
Now we have Stevie Johnson's latest from his Twitter account. He tweeted at Berry last night and offered up this:
Not expecting reply but Heard final news and Real shyt bra Never intended for that. Not even for U to sit for 1 play man. My B
It sucks. From top to bottom, it's just a bad situation and it's hard to find a bright side.
Sometimes players leave KC and rehab elsewhere when they're put on IR -- Berry hasn't officially been put on IR yet -- but Todd Haley told Mitch Holthus on the Chiefs Kingdom Show Monday night that Berry was already taking in the meetings with the rest of the team and it sounded like he would be around throughout the year.