Vikings linebacker Jordan Hicks was hospitalized after suffering compartment syndrome from a direct hit to his shin in the team’s 27–19 victory against the Saints on Sunday, head coach Kevin O’Connell announced Monday during Minnesota’s news conference.
O’Connell said Hicks underwent a procedure to reduce the pressure from a contusion in his shin and to “address some of the complications from that direct trauma” to his lower leg. Hicks suffered the injury during the first quarter of the game and exited the field before being evaluated by the Vikings’ medical staff.
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