Week 15 was full of controversy.
From the catch rule situation in Pittsburgh to the referee using an index card to help measure a first down. But, what is quietly being overlooked was the dirty hit by Panthers linebacker Thomas Davis on Packers wide receiver Davante Adams.
Adams, who was furious about the cheap shot, took to Twitter to voice his frustration with the Panthers LB:
I’ll never understand it. Game is already dangerous enough and we got Pro Bowl players out here head hunting and saying they “didn’t mean to harm me”
— Davante Adams (@tae15adams) December 18, 2017
Somebody please explain to me what I wasnt trying to hurt him means when we nowhere near the play and u lead with ya head and ear hole a defenseless player….
— Davante Adams (@tae15adams) December 18, 2017
Look it’s football but no room for shit like that. We supposed to be in this together n look out for one another not mess with a mans livelihood and hand out unnecessary concussions. We all got mouths to feed what if I did that to him and his kids cant eat…
— Davante Adams (@tae15adams) December 18, 2017
Not the type to rant but when u go through this shit twice in a year it takes a lil toll on u so excuse me.
— Davante Adams (@tae15adams) December 18, 2017
Adams’ frustration is garnered. This was the second time this season he was nailed with a cheap shot, Bears LB Danny Trevathan nailed Adams with a dirty helmet-to-helmet hit that knocked Adams out of the game and forced him to miss a game.
Trevathan was suspended for it.
As for this hit, Adams’ rant didn’t go unnoticed as the person who nailed him with the cheap shot, Thomas Davis, took to Twitter to respond and even apologized for his hit:
I understand your frustration and I do apologize for the hit! In no way was I trying to hurt you. My first instinct was turn and make a block. In all sincerity I do apologize. I truly respect you as a player and I made a mistake!
— Thomas Davis (@ThomasDavisSDTM) December 18, 2017
No word yet if Davis will be suspended and/or fined but one can imagine with all the suspensions and fines handed out this season due to these unnecessary hits, one can assume the NFL will come down hard on the Panthers star linebacker.
