Concussion experts blasts 'insane' Josh Allen return in Bills loss after he stayed down when his head bounced sickeningly up off the turf

Concussion campaigners person slammed the determination to let Josh Allen to instrumentality to the tract minutes aft the Bills backmost suffered a sickening stroke to the caput against the Texans.

Allen's caput bounced disconnected the turf aft a tackle during Buffalo's 23-20 decision by Houston connected Sunday. The backmost was near look down, his near wrist bent into the turf, pursuing the brutal deed to his head.

Concerned teammates stood implicit Allen earlier helium headed to the aesculapian structure for evaluation, lone to instrumentality to the crippled shortly.

It comes lone weeks aft Dolphins QB Tua Tagovailoa suffered different concussion and Chris Nowinski - a neuroscientist and founding CEO of the Concussion Legacy Foundation - slammed the 'insane' and 'risky' decision.

'It's insane that Josh Allen was enactment backmost successful aft this hit. Even if helium says he's fine, wherefore stake the franchise QB that concussion symptoms aren't delayed?' helium wrote connected societal media. 

'Protocol aside, however are we taking risks similar this conscionable a fewer weeks aft different Tua concussion?'

Nowinski added: 'Fact: All #concussion protocols are imperfect. If I saw a player's caput bounce 18 inches disconnected the crook and his near wrist fold similar Allen's did here, I'd telephone it "no protective enactment erstwhile falling", a concussion sign. I'd astatine slightest beryllium him for the game. Why are we not cautious?'

Earlier connected Sunday, Tommy Tremble of the Panthers appeared to beryllium knocked unconscious aft taking a stroke to the head. 

Another clip from the Bills-Texas game, meanwhile, appeared to amusement Allen being handed thing by a subordinate of the seat earlier helium returned to the field. Sports doc Jesse Morse claimed it was smelling salts and helium called for a 'huge penalty' implicit the determination to fto Allen play on.

'Josh Allen appears to person SUFFERED A CONCUSSION, they gave him SMELLING SALTS past allowed him to instrumentality to the game,' helium said. 

'This should beryllium a HUGE PENALTY and VERY risky for Josh Allen’s health. He could person suffered different concussion which could person caused 2nd interaction syndrome, which tin beryllium deadly.'

After trainers rushed connected to the field, Allen reportedly stayed down for astir 20 seconds earlier helium sat up and made his mode off.

Following CJ Stroud's melodramatic fumble, however, Allen reportedly attempted to tally retired of the tent, lone to beryllium pulled backmost in.

Mitch Trubisky concisely replaced him nether halfway but soon Allen enactment his helmet connected and ran backmost on. He was incapable to forestall the Bills from suffering an 23-20 loss.