{"id":216416,"date":"2025-10-11T09:13:05","date_gmt":"2025-10-11T09:13:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/216416\/"},"modified":"2025-10-11T09:13:05","modified_gmt":"2025-10-11T09:13:05","slug":"nfl-nflpa-investigating-giants-handling-of-jaxson-dart-concussion-protocol","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/216416\/","title":{"rendered":"NFL, NFLPA Investigating Giants’ Handling Of Jaxson Dart Concussion Protocol"},"content":{"rendered":"

The NFL is investigating \u201cthe application of concussion protocol\u201d in regards to Giants quarterback Jaxson Dart<\/a> during Thursday night\u2019s game against the Eagles, per ESPN\u2019s Adam Schefter<\/a>.<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>The review will be conducted jointly with the NFLPA as required by the league\u2019s collective bargaining agreement.<\/p>\n

Giants head coach Brian Daboll was seen attempting to enter the blue medical tent and having an animated conversation with the team\u2019s medical staff as they evaluated Dart. Both Daboll and the Giants could face discipline a result of the incident, according to ESPN\u2019s Jeremy Fowler<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Daboll apologized for the incident after the game and said (via SNY<\/a>) that he was not trying to rush or otherwise influence Dart\u2019s concussion protocol. Instead, he claimed that he was trying to find out if Dart was \u201cgood or not\u201d as he considered calling a timeout and attempting a fourth down conversion, a point he reiterated on Friday<\/a>.<\/p>\n

After news of the league\u2019s investigation became public, the Giants released a statement<\/a> from team president and co-owner John Mara released a statement that backed Daboll\u2019s version of events while also noting that \u201cthe appearance of going to the tent is inappropriate.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cWe have protocols in place as a league to ensure player safety and we need to allow our medical staff to execute those protocols without interference,\u201d the statement continued. \u201cWe understand the situation is under review by the NFL and the NFLPA, and obviously we will cooperate fully.\u201d<\/p>\n

Giants running back Cam Skattebo<\/a> also went to the medical tent to check on Dart during the game. On Friday, he said (via SNY<\/a>) that he was trying to \u201ccalm down\u201d his teammate knowing that the rookie quarterback \u201cwants to be back on the field.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cWe know we have to go through protocol\u2026to make sure we can get back on the field,\u201d Skattebo added.<\/p>\n

Given the increasing national attention on the long-term impact of concussions on football players, the NFL cannot afford to take these incidents lightly. Any hint of a team not following concussion protocol could be a major issue for the league from both a liability and public relations standpoint. The Dolphins\u2019 handling of Tua Tagovailoa<\/a>\u2018s concussion in 2022 spurred a similar investigation<\/a> that found that the protocol was followed but needed to be improved.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The NFL is investigating \u201cthe application of concussion protocol\u201d in regards to Giants quarterback Jaxson Dart during Thursday…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":216417,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[35],"tags":[20000,95719,15944,83212,977,99],"class_list":["post-216416","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-sports","tag-brian-daboll","tag-cam-skattebo","tag-jaxson-dart","tag-john-mara","tag-new-york-giants","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/216416","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=216416"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/216416\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/216417"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=216416"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=216416"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=216416"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}