Las Vegas Raiders head coach Josh McDaniels has voiced his support for All-Pro wide receiver Davante Adams on Tuesday afternoon, shortly after a police report was taken on Adams pushing down a cameraman as he exited the field to enter the locker room during the Raiders loss to the Kansas City Chiefs on Monday night.
According to ESPN’s Adam Schefter, Adams is facing discipline from the NFL. McDaniels said he did not yet know “what may or may not come” from the league.
“I support Davante wholeheartedly as a human being,” McDaniels said, according to ESPN’s Paul Gutierrez. “As a person, he’s a great guy. I know that was an unfortunate situation. We obviously don’t want any of our guys to be doing anything like that. He knows that. He’s very well aware of that. But I know the person; I don’t think there was any intent behind it, on his part.
“But whatever [the NFL] asks of us, whatever they need from us, obviously we’ll comply. But we’re kind of in a wait-and-see [situation] at this point.”
The Kansas City, Missouri Police Department released a statement Tuesday morning regarding the incident.
“The victim is a photographer at the Chiefs/Raiders game. At the end of the game, he was pushed to the ground causing injury. He made arrangements for private transport to the hospital for treatment at which time he called police. The injuries are preliminarily thought to be non-life threatening. The incident will be investigated by our Assault Unit detectives, upon completion they will coordinate with the applicable city or state prosecutor to determine any applicable charges.”
