Quote: If it wasn't for Gus Bradley objecting that Delanie Walker was able to stay in the game without missing a play or Tennessee having to use a timeout,  Walker wouldn't have even missed one play.  It was surprising that Walker was cleared as fast as he was.   There's no question that when it comes to potential concussions,  err on the side of caution.

I remain curious as to why Tennessee wasn't hit with a delay of game penalty for that. It's on the coaches and players to know the rules, and imo, the play clock should have been rolling while Walker figured out if he was supposed to be on the field or not.

 

Of course, if Walker was genuinely confused about whether or not he should have been on the field after, what, eight years in the league...? Maybe that should have been enough to justify pulling him for yet another look.

 

All I know for sure is that the concussion protocol is a joke. If a guy bangs his head hard and stays down (or even look unconscious, like Hoyer did), there's no way that guy should be back in the game anytime soon, and if a guy looks like he's out, he should be done for the day. The independent neurologists are either not paying attention or not being cautious at all with players.

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