Overview
- Brian Mason went down in visible pain on the sideline after a Hail Mary attempt on the final play of the preseason opener at Gillette Stadium.
- Broadcast replays captured a Colts player and a Patriots player making contact with Mason and sending him to the ground.
- Indianapolis team doctors attended to Mason on the field and escorted him to the locker room for further evaluation.
- Head coach Shane Steichen said Mason was being evaluated for his knee and the team has not provided a formal diagnosis or a timeline for his availability.
- Mason is entering his fourth season as the Colts’ special teams coordinator and has prior coaching stops at Ohio State, Cincinnati and Notre Dame, and the NFL’s rare sideline coach injuries make the club’s follow-up medical checks important.