Concussion protocol for Giants' Dart under review

The NFL has initiated a reappraisal of the concussion protocol utilized successful the valuation of New York Giants rookie backmost Jaxson Dart successful the 2nd fractional of the team's crippled against Philadelphia.

The league announced Friday the reappraisal volition beryllium conducted jointly with the NFL Players Association.

Cameras caught manager Brian Daboll poking his caput into the bluish wounded structure connected the sideline erstwhile Dart was being checked for a concussion Thursday night. Dart grabbed his caput aft taking a deed portion being sacked by Patrick Johnson and falling into different Eagles linebacker, Azeez Ojulari, precocious successful the 3rd quarter.

Daboll was impatient astir the clip it was taking to wide Dart, saying helium conscionable wanted him retired determination "if helium was OK." Former starter Russell Wilson, who was benched 4 games into the season, entered the crippled and threw an incomplete walk connected his lone attempt.

"I apologized straight to our squad physician," Daboll said, acknowledging helium was successful the wrong. "We were getting acceptable to spell for it connected a imaginable 4th down. I would person burned a timeout if helium could person travel retired there. I was asking however agelong was it going to take. You privation your feline retired there, not astatine hazard of thing else."

The league's main aesculapian officer, Dr. Allen Sills, told reporters attending a pregame circuit of MetLife Stadium aesculapian facilities that determination were circumstantial rules astir who could beryllium successful the structure during a concussion valuation -- namely, the player, a squad physician, an autarkic specializer and perchance a squad diversion trainer.

"Never much than those people," Sills said. "Never immoderate coaches successful here, ne'er immoderate different players successful here, ne'er anybody other successful here."

Giants rookie Cam Skattebo besides poked his caput into the tent, joking helium was "making definite that Jaxson wasn't hurting anybody successful the wounded tent."

"I knew going implicit determination I needed to calm down a small spot due to the fact that I knew helium was going to beryllium connected fire," Skattebo said. "When I was successful there, helium was a small fired up, but we cognize we person to spell done protocol and bash each that worldly to marque definite we tin get backmost connected the field. I went successful determination and benignant of, 'We're good, man, we've got you,' and that's it."

It's astatine slightest the 3rd time, counting preseason, that Dart has missed immoderate magnitude of clip during a crippled due to the fact that of a concussion evaluation, and helium said helium is bushed of the interruptions.

"It felt truthful long," Dart said. "A fewer guys popped in. I was conscionable trying to get backmost determination connected the field. I recognize they person protocol and whatnot. I was conscionable trying to get retired determination fast."