{"id":146453,"date":"2021-10-19T05:35:07","date_gmt":"2021-10-19T05:35:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/?p=146453"},"modified":"2021-10-19T10:57:04","modified_gmt":"2021-10-19T10:57:04","slug":"nfl-star-goes-down-in-scary-as-hell-collision","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/?p=146453","title":{"rendered":"NFL star goes down in &#039;scary as hell&#039; collision"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Tennessee Titans left tackle Taylor Lewan was carted off the field, strapped to a backboard after taking a hit to his head and neck area today against the Buffalo Bills.<\/p>\n<p>Lewan was being evaluated for a concussion and had movement in all of his extremities, according to the Titans.<\/p>\n<p>Lewan&#x27;s helmet appeared to come down hard and awkwardly on a Bills defender&#x27;s body after a running play by the Titans&#x27; Derrick Henry with 4:44 left in the second quarter.<\/p>\n<p>Lewan laid face down on the field.<\/p>\n<p><strong>READ MORE:<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/wwos.nine.com.au\/nrl\/nrl-2021-penrith-panthers-great-greg-alexander-criticises-players-for-nrl-grand-final-celebrations\/da2ff1a7-a200-43f0-9137-800c0611e2a8\" target=\"\" title=\"Penrith great blasts &#x27;out of control&#x27; celebrations\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><strong>Penrith great blasts &#x27;out of control&#x27; celebrations<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p><img data-id=\"f78d1623-2839-465c-b67e-df7e9a7a1d26\" src=\"https:\/\/prod.static9.net.au\/fs\/f78d1623-2839-465c-b67e-df7e9a7a1d26\" alt=\"Offensive tackle Taylor Lewan #77 of the Tennessee Titans is carted off after being injured against the Buffalo Bill\" data-width=\"1396\" data-height=\"785\" \/><\/p>\n<p>A cart came out quickly, and Lewan was placed onto the backboard. He raised his right arm, flashing a thumbs-up and a &quot;hang loose&quot; sign, as the cart left the field. He tore his right ACL about a year ago, ending his 2020 season.<\/p>\n<p>The moment shocked NFL fans at home as several current and former players flocked to social media.<\/p>\n<p><strong>READ MORE:<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/wwos.nine.com.au\/nrl\/nrl-2022-curtis-sironen-father-paul-slam-manly-sea-eagles-over-transfer\/e8ec48a6-b687-4265-9082-62847488affc\"><strong>Rugby league legend hits out at Manly&#x27;s treatment of his son<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Former NFL punter turned media icon Pat McAfee said the incident looked &quot;scary as hell&quot;, while Kansas City&#x27;s Tyrann Mathieu sent his best wishes to Lewan.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/PatMcAfeeShow\/status\/1450274441330626560\" rel=\"nofollow\" class=\"embed-social embed-twitter\" data-show-caption=\"false\" data-conversation=\"none\">https:\/\/twitter.com\/PatMcAfeeShow\/status\/1450274441330626560<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Mathieu_Era\/status\/1450274592023515137\" rel=\"nofollow\" class=\"embed-social embed-twitter\" data-show-caption=\"false\" data-conversation=\"none\">https:\/\/twitter.com\/Mathieu_Era\/status\/1450274592023515137<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/barstoolsports\/status\/1450274582309523459\" rel=\"nofollow\" class=\"embed-social embed-twitter\" data-show-caption=\"false\" data-conversation=\"none\">https:\/\/twitter.com\/barstoolsports\/status\/1450274582309523459<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/BussinWTB\/status\/1450275617732182017\" rel=\"nofollow\" class=\"embed-social embed-twitter\" data-show-caption=\"false\" data-conversation=\"none\">https:\/\/twitter.com\/BussinWTB\/status\/1450275617732182017<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/JellyRoll615\/status\/1450274989958213632\" rel=\"nofollow\" class=\"embed-social embed-twitter\" data-show-caption=\"false\" data-conversation=\"none\">https:\/\/twitter.com\/JellyRoll615\/status\/1450274989958213632<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/GrindSimmons94\/status\/1450320744894849025\" rel=\"nofollow\" class=\"embed-social embed-twitter\" data-show-caption=\"false\" data-conversation=\"none\">https:\/\/twitter.com\/GrindSimmons94\/status\/1450320744894849025<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Lewan was replaced by Kendall Lamm.<\/p>\n<p>The Titans already ruled out cornerback Caleb Farley, the No.22 pick overall, after he hurt his left knee earlier in the first half.<\/p>\n<p>Cameron Batson hurt a knee on a kickoff return late in the first half for Tennessee and was ruled out for the rest of the game.<\/p>\n<p>Tennessee came into the game with 16 players on injured reserve.<\/p>\n<p><strong><em>For a daily dose of the best of the breaking news and exclusive content from Wide World of Sports, subscribe to our newsletter by<\/em><\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/login.nine.com.au\/login?client_id=wwos&amp;redirect_uri=https%3A%2F%2Fwwos.nine.com.au&amp;newsletter=true\" title=\"clicking here!\"><strong><em>clicking here!<\/em><\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<div class=\"mh-excerpt\"><p>Tennessee Titans left tackle Taylor Lewan was carted off the field, strapped to a backboard after taking a hit to his head and neck area <a class=\"mh-excerpt-more\" href=\"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/?p=146453\" title=\"NFL star goes down in &#039;scary as hell&#039; collision\">[&#8230;]<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/146453"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=146453"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/146453\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":146455,"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/146453\/revisions\/146455"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=146453"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=146453"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=146453"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}