The NFL’s concussion protocol is a robust safeguard to help protect players from the long-term effects of head trauma. Through its five-step return process, independent oversight and mandatory monitoring, the league strives to ensure athlete health comes before schedule and competition.

A Week 6 concussion evaluation of Giants quarterback Jaxson Dart sparked a joint NFL-NFL Players Association investigation over whether protocol was violated by the team and multiple individuals who approached and/or entered the blue medical tent.

With more returns have come more injuries, including a surge in concussions that could prompt another look at how to manage player safety.

Paul Tagliabue led the NFL to greater riches, more diversity and soaring popularity during his 17-year tenure as commissioner of America's favorite sport. Tagliabue, who died Sunday of heart failure at age 84,

Kincaid emerged from the team’s Week 10 loss to the Dolphins with a hamstring injury.

Texans QB CJ Stroud remains in concussion protocol and is ruled out for NFL Week 10. Here’s the latest update on his injury.

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Jameis Winston was the third-string quarterback for the Giants for the first 10 weeks of the season and there's no guarantees that the 11-year veteran will keep finding jobs in the NFL, but he said on Wednesday that he "never thought about" the possibility that he'd played his final game.