NFL teams are opening training camp, but Minnesota Vikings quarterback Taylor Heinicke won’t be among his teammates on the practice field. It’s not abnormal for NFL players to miss time with ankle injuries. It is, however, abnormal for NFL players to miss time with ankle injuries suffered while trying to kick in their own front door.
Vikings backup QB out 3 months after getting injured trying to break into his house
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Let’s let Heinicke explain.
“I was locked out of my house after a late-night movie,” Heinicke said, via the Pioneer Press. “I came back and there’s no one home, and I’m trying to nudge the door a little. It was one of those double doors. I thought it just needed a little nudge.
“Me and my buddy were getting it going a little, but when I put my foot to the door, my foot kind of slipped and it went through a window. It was just kind of a freak accident. I’m very embarrassed, but I’m just excited getting going with rehab and trying to get this going as soon as possible.”
Heinicke suffered a severed tendon in the process, which could keep him off the field for three months, according to ESPN. Heinicke won the Vikings’ third-string quarterback job last season, although he did not appear in a regular season game. He earned that job in large part due to a strong showing in the preseason. He will now be unable to do the same this time with surgery likely keeping him out well into the season.
The Vikings currently have four quarterbacks on their roster including Heinicke.
