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Wade Phillips stretchered off field during Broncos game (Video)

Published Jun. 30, 2017 6:28 p.m. ET

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Denver Broncos defensive coordinator Wade Phillips was stretchered off the field after taking a hit on the sideline.

Things took a scary turn in Denver on Sunday when Broncos defense coordinator Wade Philips was stretchered off the field. The coach took a hard shot and needed immediate medical attention, which brought the game and the atmosphere to a grinding halt.

Phillips was eventually placed on a stretcher and carted off the field, and seemed to be conscious, but that didn’t change how scary things were. Phillips has helped make the Broncos defense into the brute force it is, and has given a lot of credit for the team making it to and eventually winning the Super Bowl last year.

Here’s a look at the hit that forced Phillips to be stretchered away from the game:

Wade Phillips got hit by a player on the sideline pic.twitter.com/MDlHvzYNUw

— Will Brinson (@WillBrinson) October 30, 2016

It doesn’t look like the hit was malicious, although everyone is going to have their own opinion about the incident. Nevertheless, now isn’t the time to play the blame game or turn this into something else. All that matters now is Philips health and how quickly he will hopefully recover.

As of now, it’s unclear the extent of his injury but the scene no doubt put a damper on the game, and reminded us that football isn’t the most important thing in the world and sometimes there are bigger things to worry about that the scoreboard.