FLOWERY BRANCH, Ga. -- Atlanta Falcons defensive coordinator Dean Pees said Wednesday he was briefly hospitalized following a pregame on-field collision in New Orleans because of blood thinner medication he has been on.
Doctors, he said, told him because of the medication and the collision, there was a chance he could have had bleeding in the brain and the only way to make sure that he didn't was by doing a CT scan, which is why he was taken to University Medical Center New Orleans for testing.
He has been cleared to coach this week and will be in Baltimore -- where he was the defensive coordinator from 2012 until 2017 -- once again calling plays.