A frightening incident took place during a practice session for the New York Giants, as their tight end, Tommy Sweeney, unexpectedly collapsed on the field.
“Scary scene as TE Tommy Sweeney received significant medical attention while working on a side field for rehabbing players,” New York Giants beat reporter for The Athletic, Dan Duggan, wrote on Wednesday.
“Unclear what happened, but [Head Coach Brian Daboll and General Manager Joe Schoen] came over and stayed there until Sweeney was put on a cart. He was shirtless, sitting up on the cart,” Duggan added.
Scary scene as TE Tommy Sweeney received significant medical attention while working on a side field for rehabbing players. Unclear what happened, but Daboll and Schoen came over and stayed there until Sweeney was put on a cart. He was shirtless, sitting up on the cart.
— Dan Duggan (@DDuggan21) August 23, 2023
Eventually, the 28-year-old athlete was transported off the practice field. The Giants later issued a statement confirming that he was in a “stable” condition. The team described the incident as a “medical event” and reassured the public that Sweeney was being attended to by medical experts in the Giants’ athletic training room.
“TE Tommy Sweeney had a medical event and is under the care of medical professionals in the Giants athletic training room. He is stable, alert and conversant,” said Duggan.
“Daboll said Sweeney is still being evaluated and declined to divulge specifics about what happened, but said he was in the facility this morning and is in “good spirits,” he concluded.
Daboll said Sweeney is still being evaluated and declined to divulge specifics about what happened, but said he was in the facility this morning and is in “good spirits.”
— Dan Duggan (@DDuggan21) August 24, 2023
The New York Post reported:
One day after tight end Tommy Sweeney was carted off after experiencing a “medical event” during practice, the prognosis from Giants coach Brian Daboll sounded cautiously optimistic.
“He’s good,” Daboll said ahead of the last practice of training camp on Thursday. “He’s still going through some evaluations. Not going to get into anything specific. … He’s still going through some stuff.”
Sweeney was in the building Thursday morning, though Daboll declined to say whether he was hospitalized after leaving practice Wednesday.
He also did not say whether the event had anything to do with an undisclosed injury Sweeney was dealing with prior to Wednesday.
