Las Vegas Raiders star Davante Adams cleared the NFL’s concussion protocol and returned to practice Wednesday, three days after a brutal illegal hit knocked him out of the loss to the Buffalo Bills.
Late in the game, Adams streaked downfield and went up for a pass in triple coverage. Bills safety Taylor Rapp delivered a huge helmet-to-helmet hit and got flagged for unnecessary roughness.
Adams left the game and did not return, and went into the concussion protocol.
Here's the unnecessary helmet-to-helmet hit on Davante Adams#RaiderNation #Raiders pic.twitter.com/F7Ugqf9ugm
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Back at practice Wednesday, the three-time All-Pro wide receiver called Rapp’s actions “out of control.”
“Was it unnecessary? Completely, obviously,” Adams said (via ESPN). “But certain players play a certain way too. Some people, out of control, they fly around, they don’t really have much true purpose out there. I mean, playing a half field on one side, you run over and hit somebody in the head on the other side of the field.”
Adams then continued his attack to explain plays like that are why Rapp doesn’t see more playing time. Rapp, a fifth-year player who spent his first four seasons with the Los Angeles Rams, has played only 24 snaps this season, including six Sunday.
“That’s the kind of stuff that contributes to you not being on the field,” Adams said. “That’s why you’re in when you’re blowing us out by 25 at the end of the game. Maybe if that man learns how to play the game the right way, he’ll see the field. Until then, he’ll have to go and live off of plays like that, I guess.”
[ESPN]
