Falcons reserve offensive tackle Terren Jones suffered a concussion and is the league’s concussion protocol program and defensive tackle Ra’Shede Hageman suffered an undisclosed hand injury, Falcons coach Mike Smith said on Monday.
Jones was taken off the field on a stretcher to an awaiting ambulance on Sunday. He was apparently kicked in the head while on the ground. Hageman was hurt in a scuffle with center Joe Hawley.
“He was taken off the field, but he was returned to the facility early evening and is resting today,” Smith said. “I thought that our medical people did a wonderful job in terms of the situation yesterday with getting him off the field and to the Northeast Georgia Medical Center. He returned within a couple of hours and was back in here last night.”
Hageman told others he suffered a hairline wrist fracture before getting an x-ray. The x-ray revealed that he didn’t have a fracture, but a bone bruise.
“Hageman does not have a fractured hand,” Smith said. “You will see that he will be a full participate in practice today. There was no fracture whatsoever in his hand.”
Smith would not go into much detail about the bruise. Hageman appeared to have a small pad on his right hand during the team’s morning walk through.
“The extent of his injury is that he’s going to be practicing today as a full participate,” Smith said. “The test that we did, the x-ray that was taken showed that there was no fracture.”
Also, Jones joins Falcons safety Dwight Lowery and linebacker Pat Angerer in the league’s concussion protocol.
No update was given on running back Steven Jackson, who suffered a hamstring injury during the first padded practice.
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