PITTSBURGH —Steelers quarterback Kenny Pickett self-reported concussion symptoms to team doctors during the Dec. 11 game against the Ravens after he was cleared by doctors to return.
Pickett’s willingness to pull himself from a game after being cleared is a positive step for the NFL during a season in which it has come under scrutiny for its handling of head injuries.
“I thought I was good to go,” Pickett said Thursday in his first interview since being concussed for a second time this season. “I felt good. I got back out there and started running, the vision started coming into play more and I started moving. Things are going fast. That’s when symptoms started coming up and I had to go inside. They ruled me out. We knew what it was after I started getting back into play. It was definitely the right call to get me into protocol.”
