Man, you just hate to see it. Linebacker/safety Jamal Adams was carted off the field Saturday during the first half of the game against the Giants, and while there’s no official update on his injury, it sure sounds like we won’t be seeing him back out there anytime soon. This is a gut punch, plain and simple.
O’Connell’s Words Tell the Story
Vikings Head Coach Kevin O’Connell talked about Adams’s condition during a halftime interview, and his message was clear. “Jamal has done such an unbelievable job coming here,” O’Connell said, talking about Adams’s passion. “You’re just crushed for him, the role he was kind of paving for himself and then just having a personality, experience, toughness that he brought in such a short amount of time.” That’s heavy, right? It really tells you everything about the impact Adams had made, even in what O’Connell called “such a short amount of time.”
The Brutal Play That Happened Without Contact
What makes this even tougher is how it all went down. Adams reportedly went down without even being contacted while he was in pass coverage. Just a brutal, sudden moment. On that very play, Giants quarterback Jaxson Dart found wide receiver Malachi Fields for a touchdown. Losing a guy like that, especially without any contact, it’s just a nightmare scenario.
O’Connell summed it up perfectly: “We’re going to miss him. We’re going to need to see some guys here step up. But what I told Jamal is our organization, we’ve got our arms wrapped around him. And he’s a part of this thing. But you absolutely hate to see that.” It’s going to be on the rest of the squad to pick up the slack now. Who steps up? That’s the question everyone is asking tonight.
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Originally reported by Pro Football Talk.
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