Rahim Moore to doctor: 'You're not cutting off my leg'


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Rahim Moore left the Broncos’ Nov. 17 win over the Chiefs with a leg injury. It was a puzzling move at the time. He hadn’t suffered an apparent sprain, tear or break. There was no stop in the game where he was led off by trainers.

Instead, Moore was experiencing pain in his leg while in the game. It couldn’t be explained by an X-ray or MRI. When he woke up in the middle of the night from a sharper pain, his girlfriend rushed him to the hospital. According to MMQB, she likely saved his life, and his leg.

Moore was diagnosed with compartment syndrome, which creates pressure in the limbs. When at the hospital, he was clear with doctors.


Six months after going through such a harrowing experience, Moore still has his leg. He is back with the Broncos, and is expected to start at free safety in 2014.

What both Moore and the Broncos need is for him to continue down the road he started in 2o13. Moore had two picks and six broken up passes last season before the compartment syndrome injured him. Denver was in the middle of the road in interceptions last year.

Moore back to form could make a big difference with the Denver defense.

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