Lions’ Jahvid Best suffered concussion; RB sits out practice
Tim Twentyman/ The Detroit News
Allen Park — Lions running back Jahvid Best missed practice Sunday after suffering a concussion during the first series of Friday’s preseason game in Cleveland.
Best caught a swing pass from quarterback Matthew Stafford on the first play of the game and took a helmet-to-helmet hit along the sideline from Browns cornerback Joe Haden. He stayed in for two more plays, the second being a fumble, and was then removed from the game.
The second-year running back has dealt with health problems, including two turf toes that limited him as a rookie and a concussion in college that ended his junior season prematurely. Best, who played at Cal, entered the NFL draft after his junior season.
“When he was originally on the sideline he was bell-rung and then he recovered pretty quickly,” coach Jim Schwartz said Sunday when he was asked about Best. “Then he started to experience a little headache so we took him in (the locker room).
“By the next day he was clearing up and I think that’s a big thing. In my experience with guys that have been concussed, usually they finish the game and they feel fine right after the game, and the next day they come in and haven’t slept and all the classic symptoms.”
Schwartz said Best hasn’t experienced any of those symptoms.
“But we’ll take it slow with him just based on his situation from a couple years ago and we’ll just be very, very cautious with him,” Schwartz said. “But we should have him back on the practice field soon.”
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