Refs Somehow Miss An Egregious Hit On Titans' Adam Humphries
Titans receiver Adam Humphries was tracking a pass over the middle from Ryan Tannehill when he was clearly targeted by Bengals safety Jessie Bates III. Knocked out ice cold sending his right arm limp and somehow someway--the call the missed.
See for yourself.
Targeting is generally a difficult call to make because we always want to make sure we aren't punishing a defender when his intention was to make a play. There was no intention to make a football play in this instance. A completely inexcusable hit that unfortunately was met with no consequence. League officials will likely step in post-game on this one.
Here's a better angle:
Can always argue that Humphries was beginning to lower himself, but you can't blind side a receiver like that. Outkick's very own Clay Travis weighed in on the hit.
As Travis mentions, Humphries was able to walk off under team super-vision and was sent directly to the locker room. We await an update on his condition.