Colts coach gets wiped out on sideline during preseason game in painful scene

The Indianapolis Colts’ biggest wounded from their archetypal preseason crippled mightiness not person been to a player, but alternatively to a coach.

Colts peculiar teams coordinator Brian Mason was taken retired connected the last play of scrimmage successful the team’s 13-13 necktie with the New England Patriots connected Thursday nighttime astatine Gillette Stadium.

Mason, 39, unsuccessfully tried to debar the Patriots and Colts players who were barreling toward the sideline. He appeared to get deed down debased and was past writhing connected the crushed successful pain.

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Indianapolis Colts peculiar teams coordinator Brian Mason stands earlier a crippled betwixt the New England Patriots and Indianapolis Colts connected Dec. 1, 2024, astatine Gillette Stadium successful Foxborough, Mass. (Fred Kfoury III/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images)

"He got rolled up close connected the sideline that past play," Colts caput manager Shane Steichen said postgame. "So we’ll see. He’s getting evaluated for his genu close now."

Mason is entering his 4th play arsenic the team’s peculiar teams coordinator. Last season, his portion was strong, arsenic the Colts ranked 2nd successful the NFL successful kickoff instrumentality mean (28.8) and had the lowest hostile punt instrumentality mean (6.3).

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Indianapolis Colts peculiar teams coordinator Brian Mason looks connected during an NFL crippled betwixt the Houston Texans and the Indianapolis Colts connected Jan. 6, 2024, astatine Lucas Oil Stadium successful Indianapolis, Ind. (Michael Allio/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images)

Despite utilizing 3 antithetic kickers, Spencer Shrader (13-of-14), Blake Grupe (11-of-11) and Michael Badgley (10-of-11), the Colts had the second-highest tract extremity percent (94.4) successful the NFL.

Prior to joining the Colts, Mason had spent his coaching vocation successful assemblage football. He began arsenic a pupil adjunct astatine Denison successful 2007-08 and yet bounced astir a fewer schools arsenic a postgraduate adjunct earlier becoming Cincinnati’s manager of recruiting and peculiar teams adjunct successful 2017.

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Special Teams Coordinator Brian Mason of the Indianapolis Colts looks connected earlier the crippled against the Houston Texans astatine NRG Stadium successful Houston, Texas, connected Jan. 4, 2026. (Alex Slitz/Getty Images)

In 2018, helium was promoted to peculiar teams coordinator and remained successful that relation with Cincinnati until 2021, erstwhile helium near and took the peculiar teams coordinator occupation astatine Notre Dame.

After 1 play with Notre Dame successful 2022, helium joined the Colts. The Colts volition anticipation to person Mason backmost connected the sideline sooner alternatively than later.

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