The Giants got a huge win on Thursday night against the Eagles. The victory carries a problematic footnote for Giants coach Brian Daboll.<\/p>\n
Late in the third quarter, with the Giants holding a 10-point lead, rookie quarterback Jaxson Dart took a big hit at the end of a run. He was taken to the blue tent for a concussion evaluation.<\/p>\n
During the evaluation, the Prime Video broadcast displayed multiple shots of an agitated Daboll, who wanted his starter back in the game ASAFP. At one point, he poked his head into the blue medical tent.<\/p>\n
While Daboll didn\u2019t walk into the tent (running back Cam Skattebo did), Daboll went to the opening and looked inside.<\/p>\n
Coaches aren\u2019t allowed in the blue medical tent. The purpose of the device is to give doctors a chance to evaluate the player with no distractions. The last person who should be creating a distraction is the head coach.<\/p>\n
Daboll addressed the situation after the game, and he apologized to the team\u2019s doctors.<\/p>\n
\u201cIf you\u2019ve ever been on an NFL sideline, there\u2019s a lot of emotions,\u201d Daboll told reporters. There\u2019s a lot of emotions. And I certainly am an emotional guy. I apologized directly to our team physician. I just wanted his ass out there if he was OK. But I wanted the process \u2014 like, we were getting ready to go for it on a potential fourth down. I would have burned a timeout if he could have came out there. So I was asking how long is it gonna take?<\/p>\n
\u201cSo, again, you want your guy out there, not at risk of anything else. But, you know, he came out. \u2018I think he\u2019s gonna be good.\u2019 I\u2019m like, \u2018Is he gonna be good or not? I\u2019m gonna call a timeout on fourth down and go for this son of a bitch.\u2019 You know what I mean? So, I love our doctors. . . . I apologize. I was in the wrong.\u201d<\/p>\n
The league office likely will agree. Whether or not Daboll is disciplined for interfering in the evaluation process remains to be seen. At a minimum, expect a memo to be issued \u2014 as soon as tomorrow \u2014 to all teams with a clear reminder that no one should approach or enter the blue tent during an evaluation.<\/p>\n
The league also might be reminding its broadcast partners that, when a coach interferes with the concussion evaluation, it\u2019s not an occasion for making light of the situation or generally yukking it up. We all know by now the risks of concussions, and we should realize the procedures are taken seriously. <\/p>\n
Players who are being evaluated for concussions are patients receiving health care, as to the critical question as to whether it\u2019s safe and appropriate for them to keep playing. Everyone involved needs to act accordingly.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Giants got a huge win on Thursday night against the Eagles. The victory carries a problematic footnote…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":213881,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[63],"tags":[349,99],"class_list":["post-213880","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-nfl","tag-nfl","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/213880","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=213880"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/213880\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/213881"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=213880"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=213880"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=213880"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}