With questions looming regarding whether proper concussion protocol was followed when Carolina Panthers quarterback Cam Newton took a hit to the head late in the team's Week 1 loss to the Denver Broncos, former NFL head of officiating Mike Pereira called out the officials for mishandling the situation.
According to Michael David Smith of Pro Football Talk, Pereira said on PFT Live that Gene Steratore and his officiating crew should have mandated that Newton leave the field after the hit:
Certainly, I thought, 'Oh my God, the league is going to be upset that this is what happens in game No.