Tampa Bay receiver Russel Gage was stretchered off the sector throughout their wild card playoff defeat to Dallas Cowboys following a clumsy blow to the top.
The incident occurred with slightly below three minutes left within the last quarter after an incomplete go on second-and-10. Gage stumbled in the course of the passage of play as he tried to catch the go, just for Donovan Wilson to plough full pressure into his head and neck on his method down.
As silence fell throughout the stadium in Flordia, the 26-year-old was seen making an attempt to get again to his ft however was unable to, prompting the medical crew to hurry on subject and have a tendency to his accidents.
His fellow teammates, and most notably Tom Brady, could be seen within the clip beneath visibly shocked at seeing Gage try to get again to his ft.
Right here is the damage to #Bucs Russell Gage. Praying that he’s okay🙏 pic.twitter.com/d6b748nQOq
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“They took him to the hospital proper now, he has a concussion. They’ll additionally take a look at him for potential neck accidents,” Bucs coach Todd Bowles confirmed within the press convention following the 31-14 defeat to the Cowboys.
He additionally went on to deal with whether or not there was motion in his extremities, to which he mentioned, “his fingers have been shifting when he was down there. I don’t learn about the remainder.”
Simply as Payments security Damar Hamlin recovers from his scary cardiac arrest firstly of January, followers of the NFL have been fearing the worst as gamers and workers huddled round Gage to take the knee, simply as they did little over a fortnight in the past. After being resuscitated on the sector, Hamlin was later discharged from a Buffalo hospital final week.
“It was actually robust – particularly with what occurred a pair weeks in the past,” Tampa linebacker Lavonte David mentioned.
“Russ is a superb dude off the sector and a terrific man on the sector. We undoubtedly hope he’s nicely. He was shifting and stuff like that; that was a superb signal. Undoubtedly hope he’s okay.”
45-year-old Tom Brady fell to defeat in opposition to the Cowboys for the primary time in his profession after eight conferences as Dak Prescott led spirited Dallas aspect to a convincing win in Tampa. They now face one other journey on the highway within the Divisional Spherical as they journey to California on Sunday to face the 49ers (14-4).
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