DeVonta Smith weighs in on the hit that gave him a concussion initially appeared on NBC Sports Philadelphia
DeVonta Smith has cleared the NFL’s concussion protocol and spoke publicly on Friday for the primary time since his concussion in New Orleans.
It was a scary scene on the Superdome on Sept. 22 when successful from Saints DL Khristian Boyd left Smith concussed within the fourth quarter.
Does Smith assume the hit was soiled?
“Nah, I don’t really feel prefer it was soiled or nothing,” Smith mentioned on Friday. “He didn’t hit me within the head or nothing like that. Extra so, I really feel just like the whistle ought to have been blown.”
Boyd was fined $4,665 by the NFL for the late hit (pointless roughness) after not being penalized on the sphere.
Usually, successful on a defenseless receiver brings a tremendous of $16,883 however a first-offense tremendous can’t whole greater than 10% of a participant’s wage cap hit for the week. That’s why Boyd’s tremendous was so minimal.
Smith, 25, had an even bigger downside with the referee not blowing the play lifeless when his ahead progress was clearly halted. Typically there is perhaps a tremendous line with gamers wanting to increase performs and never having it blown lifeless however this wasn’t a kind of situations.
“I can’t lengthen the play if I’m transferring backwards,” Smith mentioned.
Whereas the scene in New Orleans was scary for his teammates, Smith mentioned it wasn’t scary to him as a result of he didn’t actually know what was happening. He was clearly just a little out of it after the hit.
“I keep in mind every part up till I went to the locker room,” Smith mentioned.
Smith appreciated that his teammate A.J. Brown — who missed that sport with a hamstring harm — visited him within the blue medical tent and walked again to the locker room to verify on him.
In three video games this season earlier than the harm, Smith has 21 catches on 28 targets for 239 yards and a landing.
Smith, the 2021 first-round select of Alabama, has been very sturdy throughout his NFL profession. He has missed simply two video games whole in his 4 years within the league.
The Eagles have been with out Smith, Brown and All-Professional proper deal with Lane Johnson of their Week 4 loss to the Buccaneers earlier than the bye week. All of these gamers will likely be again on the sphere Sunday towards the Browns.
“Feels good simply to get again out right here across the guys,” Smith mentioned. “Two weeks away from them. So simply good to get again across the guys and simply get again to taking part in soccer.”
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