This week’s NFL games are the first under stricter return-to-play guidelines for concussions, and players say they appreciate the league’s recent shifts in policy.
In dozens of interviews across the NFL, The Associated Press found players are grateful to have extra sets of eyes looking out for them – and relieved to have a buffer against peer pressure about missing games or practices.
With independent neurologists now assigned to every club, and new rules about when someone can return from a head injury, players hope they are less likely to be questioned by teammates when kept on the sideline because of a concussion.
But a handful of players wonder whether the NFL’s latest efforts could cause some to be more unwilling to let on when they feel concussion symptoms.
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