The NFL's players union said Friday it has agreed to changes to the concussion protocols and wants the revisions in place for Sunday's games.
Tagovailoa, 24, was hit and appeared woozy during a Sept. 25 game against the Bills but later returned to the field. He was allowed to play in a game against the Bengals four days later and was“Our union has agreed to change the concussion protocols to protect players from returning to play in the case of any similar incident to what we saw on September 25,” the NFL Players Association’s board and executive committee said.
The NFL said in a statement that it agreed changes need to be made, but it made no mention of changes by this Sunday when the next games occur.
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