NFL Responds to Jaxson Dart's Comment on Concussion Protocol After Taking Big Hit in Giants Game

A spokesperson for the NFL denied New York Giants quarterback Jaxson Dart was treated any differently when he was required to enter the blue medical tent during Saturday's 13-10 preseason loss to the Minnesota Vikings.

"This was a standard medical timeout," Brian McCarthy said to Pro Football Talk's Mike Florio.

Dart briefly left the game after a big hit from Vikings safety Jay Ward at the end of the first quarter.

The second-year signal-caller said after the game he was a little "puzzled" by the NFL's concussion protocols because he thought he has been forced to take an inordinate amount of trips to the blue tent:

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