Everyone Tore Into Bears LB Danny Trevathan After An Illegal Hit Injured Packers Receiver Davante Adams

A scary moment occurred during Thursday night’s game between Green Bay and Chicago. Packers receiver Davante Adams caught a pass from Aaron Rodgers and looked like he was going to be wrapped up. But instead of going down easily, he put up a fight and tried to gain an extra yard or two.

For some reason, Bears linebacker Danny Trevathan decided to get in on the play. He lowered his helmet and hit Parker’s face mask with the top of his head. It was indisputably an illegal hit, one which left Adams motionless on the field. Here is a video of the hit, with the disclaimer that it’s really hard to watch.

https://twitter.com/CaseyBake16/status/913607495532318720

Jim Nantz’s voice as he saw the replay, along with the analysis from Tony Romo that chastised Trevathan, sums up just how ugly this hit was. As you can kind of see in the video, Adams’ mouthguard straight up went flying into the air, and a closer look shows that a tooth might have gone flying, too.

Unsurprisingly, Adams got medical attention, as he got taken off the field on a stretcher and taken out of the stadium in an ambulance. A report from the hospital was as good as a preliminary report can be in this situation.

But in the immediate aftermath of the hit, everyone on Twitter came together to criticize Trevathan.

https://twitter.com/netw3rk/status/913607261376831488

As that last tweet shows, Trevathan wasn’t ejected from the game — he was given an unnecessary roughness penalty. But plenty of people had the same thought: Even though he was able to stay in the game, it’s hard to imagine the league not suspending Trevathan.

These are the kinds of hits that have zero place in football at any level. There is no reason to go head-first into anyone, let alone intentionally lead with the crown of your helmet into someone’s face mask.