Referee immediately sends Tyrod Taylor off field in NFL concussion emphasis

The NFL’s enhanced vigilance enforcing its concussion protocol was on full display on Sunday at MetLife Stadium, just three days after the Tua Tagovailoa Miami Dolphins catastrophe in Cincinnati.

Referee Carl Cheffers ran over to shaken Giants quarterback Tyrod Taylor in the fourth quarter and pointed him off the field for evaluation immediately after Taylor was smoked in the head by Bears DB Kyler Gordon on a scramble near the sideline.

The Giants medical staff took Taylor to the blue tent and into the locker room for concussion evaluation. Taylor had been in the game, seeing his first snaps as a Giant, after Daniel Jones had sustained a left ankle injury.

Meanwhile, the NFL’s concussion spotter at MetLife Stadium also stopped the game with 12:27 remaining in the second quarter to send Giants safety Julian Love off for a check.

Love had appeared shaken up after taking on Bears RB Trestan Ebner in a big one-on-one collision on the outside.

Love initially looked like he was trying to stay in the game, but two referees escorted Love to the sideline. And the Giants’ medical staff took Love into the locker room, evaluated him and confirmed a concussion.

This is how the process is supposed to work.

The NFL and players’ union already announced they are making “modifications” to the concussion protocol in the wake of the mishandling of Tagovailoa’s head injury last week against the Buffalo Bills.

And that put every team and spotter on notice entering Sunday’s game.

In Sunday’s third quarter, Giants running back Matt Breida looked woozy after making a tackle on a kickoff return.

A Giants trainer immediately grabbed him when he came to the sideline and called over a couple others to evaluate Breida’s head, neck and motor skills on the sideline. He was not taken to the blue tent or into the locker room.

Breida then remained on the sideline and continued to play in the game.

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