Say this for Wade Phillips: He can give it as good as he takes it.
On Monday, the day after he was stretchered off the field and taken to the hospital following a sideline hit by the Chargers' Melvin Gordon, the Broncos defensive coordinator was able to make light of his lights-out moment.
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In an early afternoon tweet to his 116,000 Twitter followers, Phillips — a.k.a. @sonofbum — said, in part, that not only is he OK and back at work but also "I get the big hit award for the week!"
Thanks and I appreciate everyone's concern -I am ok today and back to work at what I love --I get the big hit award for the week!
— Wade Phillips (@sonofbum) October 31, 2016
He then came clean on the big hit, which he described as not so much a collision but "actually I got run over."
They say it was a collision on the sideline but actually I got run over.
— Wade Phillips (@sonofbum) October 31, 2016