LOS ANGELES — On the day that Rams offensive lineman David Edwards cleared concussion protocol and said he would play Sunday against the Dallas Cowboys, the NFL players' union Friday released a statement urging the NFL to implement changes to the protocols immediately.
Friday's union action was spurred after Miami Dolphins quarterback Tua Tagovailoa left and then was allowed to return to a Sept. 25 game against the Buffalo Bills after a suffering a head injury. Tagovailoa then suffered head and neck injuries during a Sept. 29 game against the Cincinnati Bengals.
"Our union has agreed to change the concussion protocols to protect players from returning to play in the case of any similar incident to what we saw on Sept. 25," the NFLPA statement said. "We would like these changes to go into effect before this weekend's games to immediately protect the players and hope the NFL accepts the change before then as well."
