Last Friday afternoon, after Cincinnati Bengals head coach Zac Taylor said cornerback Mike Hilton would miss the game against the Carolina Panthers with a pinky injury, Hilton started getting direct messages on social media.
Fans were asking him why he was going to miss a game because of a pinky injury. Three days later, Hilton held up his left pinky finger to the camera and showed the reason.
The left side of his left hand had swollen to the size of a golf ball. He had surgery last Tuesday, but Hilton still expects to play against the Pittsburgh Steelers Nov.