How was Josh able to finish the game with a concussion?

[947]

No every head impact leads to a concussion. His helmet did bounce pretty good off the turf, but turf is a lot softer than another helmet, and it's not moving toward you.

 

If he passed protocol, it wasn't a concussion. He was absolutely lit up though, and looks like he was also hurting in the sternum area. The hit may have affected his play afterward.

[RyanC883]

he did get nailed in the ribs, likely knocking the air out of him, which also causes one to “stay down” for a second. 

[PauleeeWalnuts]

57 minutes ago, JakeFrommStateFarm said:

Watch the play again.

 

His head hit the ground hard and he was down for several minutes. 

 

Why else would Trubisky have to come in ?

He also looked unconscious for a few seconds or more. Watch his hands…he looked out 

Edited October 6 by PauleeeWalnuts

[Doc]

This would have been a good question...when the game was still going on.  When he showed up to the brightly-lit press conference and took questions for 3-1/2 minutes and it looked like every other presser by him...it's a non-story.

Edited October 6 by Doc

[BufBills83]

We don't know for absolute certainty he had a concussion.

[BuffaloBillyG]

1 hour ago, JakeFrommStateFarm said:

Maybe Allen pointed to his chest to distract from the concussion?

Because people suffering from concussions are known for their quick thinking skills

[Saxum]

1 hour ago, JakeFrommStateFarm said:

It was pretty clear that when his head hit the ground on the sack he got a concussion. 

 

It's the NFLs concussion protocol a joke ?

 

Where did you get your medical degree?

[Captain_Quint]

9 minutes ago, BufBills83 said:

We don't know for absolute certainty he had a concussion.

But we also don't know that he didn't. Common, man! 

[Billsfan585]

Back injury.  Coach much be concussed. 

[billrooter]

1 hour ago, Matt_In_NH said:

That was a back injury.   Josh did what most players instinctively know to do….stay down until you are more stable.  It happens all the time if you are looking in nfl games. My beef is with the internet concussion experts who think they know what is good for everyone not on the bills but they don’t say jack when it is Josh Allen. 

That was not a back injury.

[Matt_In_NH]

6 minutes ago, billrooter said:

That was not a back injury.

I thought everyone knew that

[iccrewman112]

To me anyone who isn’t wearing a guardian cap is being selfish and putting their ego ahead of the team. If Allen enters protocol early this week and misses next week. Was it worth it to not wear the guardian cap that reduces 12-15% of the impact of every hit?

[DapperCam]

He sure looked out cold to me. The only alternative I can imagine that makes any sense is that he got the wind knocked out really badly (like when you feel like you can't breath and are gasping for air). But he was motionless for a good 5 seconds after hitting the turf.

[Ethan in Cleveland]

P = MV and conservation of momentum 

 

Josh doesn't move fast enough anymore to generate enough momentum, so therefore when his head ricochets off the turf there is not enough force to cause a concussion...

 

Ps that was sarcasm....

Edited October 6 by Ethan in Cleveland

[Cusefan66214]

Have you talked with the team doctors? Let them know ASAP, he may not have been testee for it 

[Chaos]

Its clear he had what is known as a  transferrable concussion. All the symptons were moved to Brady and McDermott, which explains there play calling on the Bills last two drives. 

[JakeFrommStateFarm]

Replay of the hit.

 

He hit his head pretty hard

 

 

[Andrew Son]

How could you tell if he was playing concussed or not?

[HardyBoy]

He got hit really hard last week too...

[SoonerBillsFan]

I just saw on the CBS post game show that I think the league is going to look into why he didn't go to the tent tomorrow. They said something like that.  Its surely not the last we have heard of this esp with the Tua situation.