Josh Allen injury update: Bills QB heads to medical tent after hard tackle, losing helmet

by: Nick Geddes 8 hours ago NickGeddesNews

Buffalo Bills quarterback Josh Allen went into the blue medical tent during the first quarter of Sunday’s AFC Wild Card Round game against the Jacksonville Jaguars. Allen was in the tent being evaluated for a head injury.

The injury occurred on a third-down run, in which Allen appeared to take multiple hits to his helmet. CBS Sports sideline reporter Tracy Wolfson provided an update on the broadcast.

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“You see him back on the sidelines,” Wolfson said. “He went into the medical tent, and he was looked at by the independent neurologist, and then they went over, they reviewed the play where he got hit, and he has been cleared of concussion protocol and is good to go back in the game.”

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