One play before Saquon Barkley broke open a defensive game with his 65-yard touchdown run, teammate DeVonta Smith left with a concussion after a 5-yard reception. While Smith lost his helmet on the fourth-quarter play, the big hit wasn’t the worst part of the timeline.
Replays showed the Saints’ Khristian Boyd contacting Smith in the back.
Video also appeared to show something much more disturbing, however. With a helmetless Smith on the Caesars Superdome turf, the FOX broadcast seemed to catch New Orleans defensive end Payton Turner spitting on Smith.
Neither Boyd nor Turner were flagged. Smith did not return but the short-handed Eagles won in thrilling fashion, 15-12, thanks to fourth-quarter heroics from Barkley and tight end Dallas Goedert.
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