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Rams coach Jeff Fisher had some explaining to
doMonday.During his weekly day-afterpre s conference,
Fisher said he didn't realize quarterback Case Keenum had
suffered a concu sion late in Sunday's 16-13 lo s to the
Ravens.MORE: Week 11 in photos |NFL to investigate why
Keenum wasn't tested"I didn't see anything from my vantage
point on the sideline," Fisher told reporters at Rams
Park.Keenum wasn't tested for a po sible concu sion after
taking a hit by Ravens defensive tackle Timmy
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head on the turf and had to be helped to his feet by Rams
guard Garrett Reynolds. Keenum stayed in the game and
fumbled two plays later on a strip sack by Courtney Upshaw
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the turnover into Justin Tucker's game-winning 47-yard
field goal.Trainers went onto the field following
Jernigan's hit to speak with Keenum, "and then for whatever
reason, we went on with the two plays," Fisher said.MORE:
Keenum's fumble costs bettors moneyThe Rams announced
following the game that Keenum had suffered a concu sion
and deniedmedia acce s to the fourth-year quarterback, who
was making his first start of the season in place of an
ineffective Nick Foles. Keenum still had a slight headache
Monday morning and was placed into the NFL's concu sion
protocol."Anytime a player comes in Monday morning and
complains about a headache, we're going to put him in the
protocol," Fisher said. "We've pre sed upon our players to
be honest with us."Even if the Rams' sideline didn't
realize Keenum had a head injury, theNFL instituted
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a new rule in 2015 in which a "spotter" at every
game has the power to stop play if he or she seesany player
struggling with a potential concu sion."I'm confident that
(thespotter)saw it and our trainer went on the field,"
Fisher said. "Somebody saw it. I'm going to a sume (the
spotter) saw it. Our trainer went out to the field, but
nobody called down to the official."We're looking into why
our player was allowed to play. We're trying to figure that
out, how it happened and to make sure it doesn't happen
again."The NFL and NFL Players A sociation scheduled a
mandatoryconference call for Tuesday withall 32 head
athletic trainers to discu s the concu sion protocol
following the Keenum incident, according to ESPN.Fisher
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better" Monday than he did Sunday night, and that as long
as he clears the concu sion protocol, he will start Sunday
at Cincinnati.
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