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Russell Gage update: Todd Bowles updates condition of former LSU WR after he left field on stretcher
By Keith Farner
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Russell Gage was taken off the field by stretcher late in the fourth quarter of the team’s 31-14 wild-card playoff loss to the Dallas Cowboys on Monday night.
The former LSU wide receiver was injured after an incomplete pass as he absorbed a hard shot to the neck from safety Donovan Wilson. Gage attempted to get up, but was eventually taken off the field by a stretcher. After the game, coach Todd Bowles said he has a concussion, was taken to a Tampa hospital to evaluate “potential neck injuries.” Said he was moving his fingers when he was down on the field.
It was a quiet and emotional scene on the field before Gage left. Players from both teams took a knee and prayed while medical personnel attended to Gage.
The injury came 2 weeks after Buffalo Bills safety Damar Hamlin collapsed, suffered cardiac arrest and needed to be resuscitated on the field during a Monday night game in Cincinnati. He was discharged from a Buffalo area hospital last week, 9 days after the incident.
H/T Greg Auman.
A former newspaper veteran, Keith Farner is a news manager for Saturday Down South.
