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A evaluate into New England Patriots vast receiver DeVante Parker’s head harm discovered no violations of the Nationwide Soccer League’s concussion protocol, the NFL and NFL Gamers Affiliation introduced Friday in a joint assertion.
Within the first quarter of the Patriots’ recreation towards the Arizona Cardinals on December 12, Parker obtained a blow to the top and appeared shaky on his toes.
The sport could have continued if not for Patriots teammate Nelson Agholor, who seen Parker appeared wobbly and signaled for the officers to halt the sport simply earlier than the subsequent snap.
Each events stated within the joint assertion {that a} medical spotter was within the strategy of stopping play when the Cardinals threw the problem flag.
The events additionally counseled Agholor and others for signaling recreation officers to cease play so Parker might be evaluated.
“The flexibility of varied people to set off a concussion analysis is a important part of the Concussion Protocol,” the league and gamers union added within the assertion.
Parker didn’t play in final Sunday’s recreation on the Las Vegas Raiders and has been dominated out for the workforce’s recreation scheduled for Saturday towards the Cincinnati Bengals attributable to his harm.
The NFL’s concussion protocol is triggered if a participant receives a blow to the top and reveals or reviews signs or indicators suggestive of a concussion or stinger – a nerve pinch harm – or the workforce athletic coach, sales space ATC spotter, workforce doctor, recreation official, coach, teammate, sideline Unaffiliated Neurotrauma Marketing consultant or sales space UNC initiates the protocol. The participant is eliminated to sideline or stabilized on the sector and required to endure testing.
One of many greatest considerations about repeated blows to the top and concussions is their affiliation with a lethal mind illness often known as persistent traumatic encephalopathy.
The NFL has been beneath renewed scrutiny over the problem in latest months, starting on September 25 when Miami Dolphins quarterback Tua Tagovalia was injured throughout play however was allowed to return to the sector.
