{"id":86040,"date":"2022-10-03T22:24:59","date_gmt":"2022-10-03T22:24:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/harchi90.com\/tampa-bay-buccaneers-coach-todd-bowles-explains-handling-of-te-cameron-brates-concussion\/"},"modified":"2022-10-03T22:24:59","modified_gmt":"2022-10-03T22:24:59","slug":"tampa-bay-buccaneers-coach-todd-bowles-explains-handling-of-te-cameron-brates-concussion","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/harchi90.com\/tampa-bay-buccaneers-coach-todd-bowles-explains-handling-of-te-cameron-brates-concussion\/","title":{"rendered":"Tampa Bay Buccaneers coach Todd Bowles explains handling of TE Cameron Brate’s concussion"},"content":{"rendered":"
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TAMPA, Fla. — The Tampa Bay Buccaneers’ handling of Cameron Brate’s concussion against the Kansas City Chiefs on Sunday night raised some eyebrows, but coach Todd Bowles said Monday that the team initially believed the tight end injured a shoulder and did not show concussion symptoms until halftime, which is why he stayed in the game.<\/p>\n

With 1 minute, 35 seconds to go in the second quarter, Brate’s head collided with teammate Chris Godwin’s shoulder as he was running across the field. Brate flung backward onto the ground, drawing a collective gasp from the crowd.<\/p>\n

“He went on the sideline. He complained of shoulder discomfort, nothing about his head,” Bowles said Monday. “He was checked out three times. You just say, ‘Give him a minute.’ Nothing came up. He went back in until the end of the half. At halftime, he started having symptoms, but they were delayed. He started complaining about that. We tested him, he’s in the protocol, and we kept him out the rest of the game.”<\/p>\n