The cause behind 's injured ankle, which was last week, has come to light. After mi sing Sunday's win against the , the tight end told a tale of and a mi sed step. "Long story short, I was at home after I went to go hang out with some friends on Wednesday night at a little volleyball event, if you guys want to talk about that, and then it wasn't until like 11 o'clock, hanging out with my dog and he did something bad and he ran away from me," Fauria said, . "I wasn't running downstairs, but I kind of like was doing it a little faster than usual and I mi sed the last Darius Slayton Jersey two steps and my carpet goes to hardwood and I was wearing socks and I just put all my weight on my left foot and it was kind of in agonizing pain." So there you have it: 6-foot-7 profe sional athlete injured by tiny peeing dog. For the record, Fauria said alcohol wasn't involved in the injury. While we've heard some outlandish excuses for off-field injuries in the past, this one seems a bit too wild to make up, right? What sort of deranged person would get hurt and concoct a lie wherein a 3-month-old little dog was the scapegoat? It also reeks of being true because it falls right in line Adoree' Jackson Jersey with the type of injury the have been the subjected to in the last 12 months: Last year, receiver tried to and ended up breaking his arm in a car crash; two weeks ago linebacker tore his ACL while;and now Fauria injures himself trying to stop a tiny dog from peeing in his house. Fauria is expected to be out a few more weeks, meaning rookie first-round pick 's role should increase significantly. The latest recaps every game from Week 4 and picks the . Find more Around The NFL content on .