As the NFL heads into its sixth week, concerns around brain injuries are at a renewed high after a dramatic hit on quarterback Tua Tagovailoa prompted a change to the league's concussion protocol.
On Sunday, Miami Dolphins backup quarterback Teddy Bridgewater became the first player to be pulled from a game under the NFL's revised concussion policy. After Miami Dolphins quarterback Tua Tagovailoa sustained a pair of big hits, the second of which left him needing to be carted off the field, the league and its players' union opened an investigation and said it would review its concussion policy.
Then, four days later, Tagovailoa returned to the field for a Thursday night game against the Cincinnati Bengals. He was sacked and his head hit the turf again; immediately afterward, his fingers and arms were flexed unnaturally in what appeared to be a"fencing response," a telltale sign ofAfter Tagovailoa's injuries, many viewers – including former players and concussion experts – criticized the decision to allow the quarterback to return to play.
But the league and union also acknowledged that"the outcome in this case was not what was intended" when its concussion protocol was drafted. The first was a Sunday flag against the Atlanta Falcons' Grady Jarrett for tackling Tom Brady of the Tampa Bay Buccaneers. The other came Monday night against the Kansas City Chiefs' Chris Jones, whose strip-sack of Las Vegas Raiders quarterback Derek Carr was overturned by the penalty.
Over the weekend, the NFL's top medical official said that players diagnosed with a concussion miss a median time of 9 days.
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