There was concern for Packers receiver Davante Adams after an enormous hit he took halfway via the fourth quarter within the Packers’ 30-28 win over the 49ers. He was attempting to find a deep ball from Aaron Rodgers when Jimmie Ward got here screaming throughout the sphere in an effort to knock the ball out.

Adams was unable to corral on the ball. Then, Ward got here in and put a bone-crunching hit on Adams that briefly left him immobile on the sphere. It seemed as if he might have suffered a big damage, presumably a concussion.

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Nevertheless, Adams apparently simply had the wind knocked out of him. He was capable of re-enter the sport after lacking only one play.

“I’ve handled a whole lot of stuff like that and simply the psychological toughness to get in there,” Adams mentioned to reporters after the sport, per Packers.com. “It wasn’t a concussion. On the sideline, they evaluated and noticed instantly. I used to be straight. Greater than something on the bottom was my chest, having bother catching a breath, however positively good now.”

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Adams in recognized to have suffered concussions thrice throughout his NFL profession. His first got here in 2016 earlier than he suffered two throughout the 2017 season. He needed to miss the ultimate two video games of ’17 because of them.

It is value questioning how the Packers deemed that Adams was match to return so rapidly. He missed only one play, although he wasn’t on the sphere for the Packers’ preliminary third-down conversion try. Rodgers referred to as timeout with the play clock winding down; that allowed Adams to return, however many identified that he in all probability ought to’ve been sidelined longer to make sure he wasn’t concussed.

That mentioned, the NFL launched an announcement on Monday morning saying that the league believed that “all concussion protocols have been totally adopted.”

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It is also value questioning why Ward wasn’t whistled for a penalty due to his hit on Adams. Not solely did he hit Adams late, but additionally the hit gave the impression to be of the helmet-to-helmet selection.

Former NFL referee Terry McAulay blamed the officers for the missed name. He defined on the NBC broadcast that the again choose allowed the gamers to get behind him and thus had a poor angle with which to see the hit. That resulted in no flag being thrown.

“That is actually a mechanical failure on the a part of NFL officiating,” McAulay mentioned.

Regardless, the Packers escaped the sport with a last-second victory and Adams helped contribute to the game-winning drive with a few receptions. Inexperienced Bay in all probability is not pleased with the hit on Adams, however for now, it did not finally affect the end result of the competition.