VIDEO: Panthers' Eric Reid Delivers Brutal Late Hit to the Head of Patriots TE Ben Watson

Thursday's Week 3 preseason matchup between the Carolina Panthers and New England Patriots got a bit heated. Shortly after Panthers quarterback Cam Newton left the game with a foot injury, the Patriots lost starting tight end Ben Watson. Tom Brady found Watson open for a decent gain, and as he was brought down by two Panthers players, safety Eric Reid came in with a nasty late hit that connected with Watson's head.

Ben Watson leaves the field under his own power but did have his helmet taken from him. The late hit provided by Eric Reid. The two men not seeing eye to eye on Twitter this week fwiw. #Patriots pic.twitter.com/VKJK6X2U9e
— Michael Giardi (@MikeGiardi) August 23, 2019

Fortunately, Watson left the field under his own power, but this was an incredibly scary hit delivered by Reid.

Ironically, the two were not on the same page following Reid's critical comments about the NFL Player's Coalition and rapper Jay-Z's new partnership with the NFL, in which Watson retaliated on Twitter.

In the same week Ben Watson took a shot at Eric Reid on Twitter, Eric Reid applied a late shoulder to the head of Ben Watson https://t.co/c6htExwfeW
— ProFootballTalk (@ProFootballTalk) August 23, 2019

There appeared to be no bad blood on the hit, as Reid approached Watson to check on his well being, as he sat on the turf.

Reid did approach Watson after the hit pic.twitter.com/g6fb2T6JaD
— Michael Giardi (@MikeGiardi) August 23, 2019

While there appeared to be no hard feelings on the field, this was still a dangerous hit from Reid which could result in repercussions from the league.