Referee 'didn't see enough' to eject Trevathan for helmet-to-helmet hit

Officials had the jurisdiction, but didn't have the appropriate perspective to eject Chicago Bears linebacker Danny Trevathan for his helmet-to-helmet hit on Davante Adams on Thursday night.

As the Green Bay Packers receiver was wrapped up in a tackle and rendered defenseless, Trevathan struck Adams with a blow to the facemask that forced him to be stretchered off the field.

The play drew a 15-yard penalty, but nothing more.

Lead referee John Hussey said after the game that he "didn't see enough" for Trevathan to be ejected.

"From my perspective, I just didn't see enough to have it rise to that level," Hussey said, according to Rob Demovsky of ESPN.

"The runner's progress - he caught the ball and became a runner - his progress was stopped. He was being stood up. That's when (Trevathan) came in, and what I felt was (Trevathan) came in and hit a defenseless player in the helmet area unnecessarily."

Hussey explained the decision to eject a player is a judgment call.

"I didn't have enough information from my perspective to make that," he said.

Trevathan could still earn a fine or suspension for his hit.