Scary moment Packers star Romeo Doubs leaves NFL playoff game after brutally smacking his head on the turf
This is the concerning moment Green Bay Packers star Romeo Doubs struggled to get to his feet after smacking his head on the turf.
The wide receiver was helped off the field during the third quarter of the Packers’ Wild Card clash against the Philadelphia Eagles with a suspected concussion.
Doubs attempted to haul in a potential touchdown pass when he was sandwiched by Eagles defensemen Quinyon Mitchell and Avonte Maddox.
The mid-air collision sent all three players crashing to the ground but Doubs hit his head particularly hard. Despite wearing a Guardian Cap, the wideout’s head visibly ricocheted off the turf.
After slamming the back of his head on the ground, Doubs immediately triggered fears when he failed to immediately stand and instead lay on the turf in pain.
His concerned teammates gathered around him in the endzone as Packers medical staff rushed to tend to him.
Packers wide receiver Romeo Doubs struggled to get up after smacking his head on the turf
Doubs’ concerned teammates took a knee as Green Bay trainers tended to him
The Green Bay star was eventually helped off the field and taken to the locker room
Doubs was eventually helped off the field with two trainers hauling him down the tunnel with the team announcing he would be evaluated for a concussion.
The receiver missed two games with a concussion earlier this season and has been wearing a Guardian Cap – a soft shell helmet cover – since returning to action.
His exit came as a blow to the Packers, who were trailing to the Eagles, as Green Bay had already entered the game thin in the wide receiver corps with Christian Watson ruled out after he suffered a torn ACL in last week’s regular-season finale against the Chicago Bears.
On the Packers’ next possession after Doubs’ injury, fellow starting receiver Jayden Reed left the field with an apparent injury to his right arm after a hard hit to his shoulder.
Reed also needed help off the field and was seen clutching his right arm in pain as he slumped to the locker room, leaving the Packers without three starting wide receivers.
Left guard Elgton Jenkins was ruled out with a stinger during the playoff showdown and defensive lineman Devonte Wyatt was ruled to not return after suffering a leg injury.
A couple of plays after Doubs’ injury, a defensive pass interference penalty on Eagles cornerback Mitchell, handing the Packers a first down at the nine-yard-line. However, the visitors had to settle for a field goal after two incompletions from Jordan Love.
