Travis Swanson played all 70 offensive snaps in the Detroit Lions' win over the New Orleans Saints on Sunday, then landed in concussion protocol because of a brain injury suffered in the game.
Lions coach Jim Caldwell today declined to say when Swanson first showed signs of the injury, but he insisted at his news conference that the team followed NFL rules.
"We don’t talk about those things in particular, or when things happen," Caldwell said. "But I can just tell you this, in regard to that, that we followed the rules, protocol that the league set mandated.