NEW YORK The NFL will review how the Panthers medical team handled a hit to Cam Newtons head during Carolinas loss to Denver in the season opener.
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Officials from the Carolina Panthers told ESPN that Newton was questioned four times to ensure that he had no residual effects from the hits he took on Thursday and declared that he passed the concussion tests given to him. “In order to ensure that it is being uniformly applied across all 32 National Football League teams, we have made a decision to initiate a review of the medical team’s response to the Cam Newton tackle, under the procedure set forth by the collective bargaining agreement”, National Football League spokesman Brian McCarthy said in a statement.
“There’s a little bit of prejudice to that”, Rivera said Friday. A few of those hits on Thursday were a little high for the rest of the league’s liking, but does that mean that the Broncos are dirty?
A good day, but also a painful one for Newton, who afterward refused to blame the refs for the no-calls or imply the Broncos were dirty. “He has the ball in his hand. if he carried the ball on the play before or not”. During an appearance on a Dallas radio station, Jones saluted the United States military that has “given it all so we can get out and show off in front of millions of people on television”. Only one drew a penalty.
“It’s insulting”, Olsen said. Newton was treated like a quarterback playing in the 1970s, not a quarterback playing in a league that says-all the time-how it cares about its concussed players. “And he’s not. He’s a quarterback, who happens to big and fast and strong”.
While that was an obviously subjective statement by a man tasked with representing one of the league’s most-talented players, there’s more to this story than meets the eye.
Violating the NFL’s concussion rules could result in a fine of as much as $150,000 for the first offense.
On the prospect of some teammates opting to kneel during the anthem in future games, Marshall said: “It’s cool if they do, I respect them for that, and it’s cool if they don’t”.
“I talked to Colin Kaepernick and he said that he appreciated what I did”, Marshall said.
“We follow the protocol the way it’s been explained to us, and I say that because of what we’ve done the last few years”.
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Panthers offensive coordinator Mike Shula said he wants to limits Newton’s carries, too.
