A routine preseason game between the Cincinnati Bengals and New York Giants created some chaos on Sunday night.
Bengals tight end Thaddeus Moss went low to block fifth-overall pick Kayvon Thibodeaux and seemingly injured the defender.
Thibodeaux eventually ran past the cart despite appearing to be in major pain, then emerged from the blue medical tent and was declared out.
From the moment the hit happened, debate raged as to whether Moss committed a dirty play or one very much within the rules. Our experts say it’s the latter, but here’s a sampling of the unexpected outburst of drama on football social media to an occurrence in a preseason game.