Detroit’s Best experienced concussion symptoms
ALLEN PARK, Mich. (AP)—Detroit Lions coach Jim Schwartz says running back
Jahvid Best(notes) began experiencing “concussion-like symptoms” after Sunday’s game
against San Francisco.
Best also missed time during this preseason because of a concussion.
“He has a protocol to go through and we’ll see where he is with it,”
Schwartz said Monday.
Best ran for 37 yards on 12 carries in Detroit’s 25-19 loss, but now his
status is uncertain for next weekend’s game against Atlanta. Best has 390 yards
rushing this season. He also has 27 catches for 287 yards.
This is his second year as a pro. When he was a college player at
California, Best missed a few games after a fall knocked him out and sent him to
the hospital with a concussion and sore back.
Schwartz says Best was available throughout the game Sunday but started
experiencing symptoms “pretty long after the game was over.”
“That’s not unusual,” Schwartz said. “We’ve had some of those that
they’re not even on the radar until 10 o’clock the next morning and we’ll have
them show up on the injury report and show up here and say, ‘Hey, I didn’t sleep
at all last night,’ or, ‘I’m feeling nauseous this morning’, or, ‘The light was
driving me crazy when I came into work,’ and they’re all signs of concussion
symptoms.”
Detroit linebacker Justin Durant(notes) and tight end Tony Scheffler(notes) missed
Sunday’s game while recovering from concussions of their own.