Packers WR Davante Adams Remains Hospitalized With A Concussion After Last Night’s Terrifying Hit

The Thursday Night Football game between the Packers and Bears was a blowout, with Green Bay rolling to a 35-14 win, but the talk after the game was about a disgusting helmet-to-helmet hit by Danny Trevathan that knocked Davante Adams out and left him motionless on the field.

The hit happened while Adams was being stood up by a Bears defender and Trevathan dropped the crown of his helmet and hit Adams in the facemask, causing his mouthpiece and possibly a tooth to fly through the air. Adams collapsed to the ground and players from both teams immediately called to the sidelines for medical personnel to rush to his aid.

Trevathan will almost assuredly be suspended, based off of what we heard from the NFL’s newsbreakers following the hit, and luckily Adams’ injury was limited to a severe concussion and nothing more, as the MRI showed.

That’s not to downplay the dangers of a concussion, both in the short-term and long-term effects that can have on someone. That said, when Adams was lying on the turf there were plenty of fears running through the minds of football fans who have seen too many neck and spine injuries leave players motionless as he was.

The hit by Trevathan, a spearing motion with the crown of the helmet to Adams’ helmet, is the exact type of hit the NFL and all levels of football are trying to legislate out of the game. It wasn’t an instance of a play moving too fast and an accidental collision of heads that will happen in football, but a decision made by Trevathan to drop his head and spear through Adams, who was being held up. Football has made minor strides in cleaning up the game, but this was a sobering reminder that there are still significant steps to go to in improving player safety.