Lions’ Fauria injured trying to stop Lil’ Rufio from urinating inside house

The Detroit Lions officially are the kings of the bizarre injuries.

Last year, Nate Burleson broke his arm trying to prevent pizzas from sliding off his car seat. In Week 3, Stephen Tulloch suffered a season-ending torn ACL while celebrating a teammate’s play. Heck, Matthew Stafford almost was hit by a falling bridge on Monday.

But Lions tight end Joseph Fauria has entered the team’s Injury Hall of Fame for his mishap. 

Fauria was trying to stop Lil’ Rufio from urinating in the house when he misstepped & sprained his ankle at home. pic.twitter.com/djBc9XVjp5

— Detroit Lions (@Lions) September 29, 2014

That’s the Lions’ official Twitter account. Not that of The Onion.

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Lil’ Rufio, who appears to be a Husky puppy, caused his owner to suffer a sprained ankle and miss game action. Fauria is still in a walking boot from the dog.

Fauria said he sprained his ankle at home slipping on his hardwood floor chasing his dog. Said it wasn’t a volleyball injury

— Dave Birkett (@davebirkett) September 29, 2014

This is real life.

There had been rumors of Fauria getting hurt at a volleyball game, but he shot those down. 

Fauria said he was goofing around, warming up with his friends at a rec volleyball game Wednesday but that has nothing to do with injury

— Dave Birkett (@davebirkett) September 29, 2014

No, it definitely was a tiny, adorable dog trying to micturate on the hardwood floors. Hard not to believe a guy with that story.

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