Raiders receiver Davante Adams made headlines after Las Vegas’ 30-29 loss to the Chiefs on “Monday Night time Soccer” for shoving a cameraman as he made his solution to the tunnel. It was seemingly the poorly-executed remaining play of the sport that bought him sizzling and bothered.
With lower than a minute left within the sport and on 4th and 1, the Raiders had an opportunity to maneuver into area objective vary, probably to win the sport. However as an alternative of choosing a shorter play to increase the drive, they tried to go for all of it, making an attempt a deep cross that may have all however assured a area objective try had it been accomplished.
The issue? The timing on the play – or maybe the design itself – seemed to be horribly off, and Adams collided with Hunter Renfrow as they each tried to get open downfield. Each receivers fell over and Derek Carr’s cross sailed effectively over their heads.
The Chiefs retook possession and kneeled the ball to expire the clock and seal the victory.
“I don’t know,” Adams mentioned when requested about what went mistaken on the sport’s remaining play. “I didn’t see something after I launched and bought again vertical. We ended up working into one another. … I don’t even know the place the ball went or nothing. I used to be simply on the bottom.”
The Raiders fell to 1-4 on the season with the one-point loss, regardless of main for a big chunk of the sport. On his manner again to the tunnel, Adams took his frustration out on a cameraman, shoving one which bought in his manner.
Adams might face self-discipline from the league – and probably a suspension – for his actions. He did apologize on Twitter not lengthy after the video of the shove started to go viral.
“Sorry to the man I pushed over after the sport,” his tweet learn. “Clearly very annoyed on the manner the sport ended and when he ran in entrance of me as I exited that was my response and I felt horrible instantly. Thats not me..MY APOLOGIES man hope you see this.”
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