Ron Rivera is letting his feelings be known about a controversial play from Sunday’s win over the Las Vegas Raiders.
In the fourth quarter of Washington’s 17-15 victory over the Raiders, WFT tight end Logan Thomas suffered an injury while blocking for an Antonio Gibson run. Raiders defensive end Yannick Ngakoue tried to get around the block and ended up going low and taking out Thomas’ knee.
Here is another angle of the play.
Thomas, who was in just his second game back since hurting his hamstring in Week 4, was initially feared to have suffered a significant knee injury. But testing revealed that Thomas’ ACL was intact, although there was still some damage to his knee.
On Monday, Rivera spoke on Ngakoue’s hit on Thomas.
“You know, I thought the play was avoidable,” he said, per Nicki Jhabvala of the Washington Post. “It’s unfortunate that the hit occurred, and it was low. … For the most part, I just felt that it was something that was avoidable.”
At 6-6 on the year, Washington would be in the playoffs if the season ended today. While it does have a capable backup tight end in Ricky Seals-Jones, another prolonged absence from Thomas would obviously sting for the WFT.
For the Raiders, however, they are probably feeling the same way about a different play from Sunday’s game. One of their skill players was also injured on a controversial hit by a Washington defender.
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