I admit, that headline makes me think to a certain degree that Quenton Nelson for some reason laid one of his highlight blocks on a punter Sunday, as the Colts were getting ready to take on the Buccaneers in Tampa.
Before the matchup began however it was Bucs punter Bradley Pinion, a Clemson product, who had a pregame punt hit Nelson, who was going through his warmup on the other side of the field, in the head.
Nelson was reported to be none too pleased as you’ll see below, and confronted Pinion himself.
Quenton Nelson was hit in the head by a warm up punt from @Buccaneers punter Bradley Pinion – @BigQ56 had a few words with him and after another punt came close to Nelson, he punted the ball away.
Pretty good form from the lefty. @PatMcAfeeShow #ForTheBrand #Colts pic.twitter.com/2YnOua6KIP
— Brett Bensley (@brettbensley) December 8, 2019
Nelson punts the ball in the video after a second punt lands closer to him than he’d like.
The Colts entered the day 6-6 on the year and two games behind Houston for the AFC South lead.
I can’t personally think of more than a couple people in the NFL who’d be a worse matchup in a fight for a punter than one Quenton Nelson.