Joe Flacco has entered concussion protocol, Ian Rapoport of NFL.com reports (on Twitter). This comes less than 15 minutes after Kiko Alonso delivered a controversial hit to the Ravens quarterback’s head on a Flacco slide attempt.
The Ravens ruled Flacco out for the remainder of the game with a concussion.
This comes as little surprise to those watching Thursday night’s Dolphins-Ravens game, given the impact of Alonso’s penalized hit, and Ryan Mallett has taken over for Flacco. The Ravens are up 20-0, with Mallett having thrown a touchdown pass after being summoned in the red zone, but the team’s chances obviously take a hit without their starter.
Although Flacco has struggled this year, he’s been mostly durable during his 10-year career. He missed time earlier this year due to a back injury, but it didn’t cost him any regular-season time. A severe knee injury shelved him for six games in 2015, but Flacco has started every other regular-season contest since the Ravens picked him in the 2008 first round.
That was a bad 1, old school cartoons…..u can see the birds flyin round his head, so could he, get well soon Joe !
Agreed. You could tell as soon as you saw his face he was heading into concussion protocol. It’s too bad. Never good to see that happen to anyone.
That was a bad 1…..ol school cartoon style, could see the birds flyin round his head….so could he, get well soon Joe !