Zac Taylor on Tee Higgins going into concussion protocol After Bengals' Loss to Bills

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00:00He made some enormous plays for us in the game.

00:04And so, again, he comes up really big in big moments,

00:06and he's a guy that Joe can trust.

00:09So proud of the way they handle that.

00:11There were a lot of conversations about, obviously, he had to clear the protocol.

00:15What's that conversation like between the independent spotter, Matt,

00:19and you in terms of how available a player is?

00:22Yeah, I'm just told if he's available or not.

00:25And so I think what happened yesterday was,

00:27obviously there were some that looked bad.

00:29T felt good throughout it is what I've gained throughout the game

00:33and post-game, obviously.

00:36He did this morning and last night have symptoms again,

00:39so we will put him back in the protocol.

00:41But, again, just I talked to T one-on-one too on when you feel this

00:46because you're worried about the guy.

00:47Okay, did you feel it during the game?

00:49No, I felt fine.

00:49You know, I took hits.

00:51I got up and felt fine.

00:52And then after the fact reported that he felt concussion symptoms.

00:57So we'll put him back in the protocol, and we'll go through that this week.

00:59Is there any – I mean, what was your reaction like given, like,

01:03all that information as you gain it now?

01:05He's, you know, experiencing symptoms again.

01:07You know, is there anything you wish you could have done differently?

01:09No, it's hard because in the game you don't really see it all.

01:12And the first one happens on their sidelines.

01:14So probably you all have a better perspective than anyone on our sidelines.

01:19And so it's – and, again, he – the way he talks to me about it was I got hit.

01:24And so I'm shaking up on the play just from a football hit.

01:27And by the time the dogs got out there, I felt fine.

01:29I got up and it was good, cleared everything.

01:31And then postgame you get on the plane and come in this morning

01:33and he's doing the right thing and saying, okay, now I don't feel great.

01:37And so we'll put him back in the protocol.