US EditionDominant Defenses Have Carried some NFL Teams This Season
Adrian Hill was replaced by umpire Roy Ellison after a non-contact leg injury in the third quarter during the Bills-Texans game, NFL officials confirmed.
- On Thursday, referee Adrian Hill was carted off during the Buffalo Bills–Houston Texans game after suffering a leg injury.
- Grabbing his right leg in the end zone, Adrian Hill, referee, appeared to suffer a non-contact injury during a punt midway through the third quarter.
- Umpire Roy Ellison took over referee duties, covering the entire offensive line and roughing-the-passer infractions with Hill unavailable.
- The game paused as medical staff examined Adrian Hill and officials removed him from play, disrupting on-field leadership since the referee acts as crew chief.
- Hill, who earned engineering degrees, was hired by the NFL and later promoted to referee, holding degrees from University at Buffalo and Johns Hopkins University.
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Referee carted off field with injury as Texans’ defense roughs up Buffalo Bills to give Houston big upset win
By Patrick Sung, Jill Martin, CNN (CNN) — Thursday night’s NFL game between the Houston Texans and Buffalo Bills was a rough and tumble affair, featuring injuries aplenty – including to one of the officials. Referee Adrian Hill had to be carted off the field following a non-contact injury in the third quarter of the Texans’ 23-19 win at NRG Stadium. Hill came up limping after a play and the game was stopped as medical staff looked him over befor…
Referee carted off field with injury as Texans’ defense roughs up Buffalo Bills to give Houston big upset win
By Patrick Sung, Jill Martin, CNN (CNN) — Thursday night’s NFL game between the Houston Texans and Buffalo Bills was a rough and tumble affair, featuring injuries aplenty – including to one of the officials. Referee Adrian Hill had to be carted off the field following a non-contact injury in the third quarter of the Texans’ 23-19 win at NRG Stadium. Hill came up limping after a play and the game was stopped as medical staff looked him over befor…
Referee carted off field with injury as Texans’ defense roughs up Buffalo Bills to give Houston big upset win
By Patrick Sung, Jill Martin, CNN (CNN) — Thursday night’s NFL game between the Houston Texans and Buffalo Bills was a rough and tumble affair, featuring injuries aplenty – including to one of the officials. Referee Adrian Hill had to be carted off the field following a non-contact injury in the third quarter of the Texans’ 23-19 win at NRG Stadium. Hill came up limping after a play and the game was stopped as medical staff looked him over befor…
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