Sean McVay might need concussion protocol after sideline hit

L.A. Rams coach Sean McVay might need to head to his team’s concussion protocol after taking a hit from tight end Roger Carter against the Chiefs.

Somewhere along the line, someone told Roger Carter Jr. to never stop going all out. To his credit, he was ready and fired up to get out for his special teams assignment for the Los Angeles Rams on Sunday afternoon at Arrowhead Stadium. The only problem was that his head coach, Sean McVay, was in his path and took a nasty hit in the process.

The Rams were able to stop the Kansas City Chiefs on their first offensive possession, which meant they needed to get their special teams unit out on the field to receive a punt from Tommy Townsend. As Carter was running into the field, McVay walked into his path on the sideline and television cameras caught him taking a tough blow to the cheek as an assistant helped him stay upright.

Maybe Carter thought he wouldn’t be out there for a long time given that the Chiefs were on offense. That certainly makes sense why he might have been caught off guard when asked to take the field. Either way, if you missed the play, here it is:

https://twitter.com/benbrownpl/status/1596980364035371009

If Carter can lay the wood like that, they might want to add him to the defense where Aaron Donald is already making the Chiefs miserable by himself.

We’re not sure if NFL coaches have to get checked for a concussion protocol, but given McVay’s Rain Man-like memory, an appropriate would probably include some sort of repetition of the Contra code for extra lives from the old Nintendo 64 days.

Anyway, all of this is a good reminder that football is funny, that coaches are real people, that injuries happen, and that Roger Carter is probably fired on Monday. And as it turns out, everyone wants to make the same McVay to concussion protocol joke that we did.