The NFL has initiated a review of the concussion protocol used in the evaluation of New York Giants rookie quarterback Jaxson Dart in the second half of the team’s game against Philadelphia.
The league announced Friday the review will be conducted jointly with the NFL Players Association.
Cameras caught coach Brian Daboll poking his head into the blue injury tent on the sideline when Dart was being checked for a concussion on Thursday night. Dart grabbed his head after taking a hit while being sacked by Patrick Johnson and falling into another Eagles linebacker, Azeez Ojulari, late in the third quarter.
Daboll was impatient about the time it was taking to clear Dart, saying he just wanted him out there “if he was OK.” Former starter Russell Wilson, who was benched four games into the season, entered the game and threw incomplete on his only pass attempt.
“I apologized directly to our team physician,” Daboll said, acknowledging he was in the wrong. “We were getting ready to go for it on a potential fourth down. I would have burned a timeout if he could have come out there. I was asking how long was it going to take. You want your guy out there, not at risk of anything else.”
Daboll on a video call with reporters Friday again tried to explain he was wondering how long it would take and said the Giants would “abide by all those rules” for concussion evaluation.
