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Brain scientist Chris Nowinski has expressed his want for the NFL to discover the obvious head damage sustained by Buffalo Bills quarterback Josh Allen through the defeat to the Houston Texans on Sunday.
Bills head coach Sean McDermott knowledgeable journalists on Monday that Allen “was given the green light and he returned to the game” after being checked by medical personnel for concussion and chest and ankle accidents.
Allen’s head collided with the bottom within the fourth quarter after being tackled and lay immobile earlier than he was turned over by his teammates.
The quarterback exited the sector and was directed to the sideline medical tent, the place physicians consider gamers’ accidents. Upon leaving the tent, Allen appeared to be introduced with smelling salts, which improve gamers' alertness earlier than returning to the sector.
McDermott additionally talked about that Allen wouldn't start the week within the concussion protocol.
“The more I observe this video, the more I'm concerned about what transpired,” Nowinski, co-founder of the Concussion Legacy Foundation, knowledgeable CNN’s Brianna Keilar and Boris Sanchez.
“As Josh Allen was descending, you observe him lifting his left arm to protect his head, which is a really regular gesture when falling like that. After his head rebounds sharply off the bottom, that arm goes limp and his wrist hits the bottom, which may lead to a wrist fracture.
“That's something any athlete, if aware, would try to prevent. Therefore, I strongly believe he was briefly unconscious after that impact… From an ethical standpoint, the notion that he was attempting to be a hero without realizing he was knocked out and his teammates had to turn him over really raises questions about what occurred and necessitates an investigation.”
Nowinski, a former faculty soccer participant and WWE wrestler, added that “the appearance of being handed smelling salts as he exited that tent is an absolute fiasco and should not occur.”
He said: “The proximity of the blue tent to someone being evaluated for a concussion is unacceptable, so I hope that scenario is never repeated, and I look forward to seeing a corresponding rule change.”
CNN contacted the NFL and the Bills for enter on Monday.
Last Friday, the league and the NFL Players Association (NFLPA) issued a mixed assertion affirming their satisfaction with how the incident was managed and confirming that the concussion evaluation course of was followed.
“The NFL and NFLPA have scrutinized the reports from the Unaffiliated Neurotrauma Consultant and Booth Spotters, and those reports validate that the measures mandated by the concussion protocol were adhered to in assessing and clearing Bills’ quarterback Josh Allen in last Sunday’s game,” the assertion notes.
“The protocol has been collaboratively developed and is jointly managed by the NFL and NFLPA. Within the program, both parties jointly select, secure, and train Unaffiliated Neurotrauma Consultants and Booth Spotters.”
Allen remarked in his postgame press convention that he “felt well enough to return to the game” following the incident.
