Jordan Reed says he won't allow a history of concussions to halt his football career.

Reed has suffered at least five concussions since he started playing college football, three of which have occurred in the NFL. The tight end says he has given no thought to quitting.

He signed a contract extension with the Washington Redskins this spring that will pay him $22 million guaranteed.

Reed says he probably suffered a concussion in Week 5, but hid it from the Redskins during the game.

"I kind of kept it to myself," Reed said "I had a pretty bad headache. ... I was feeling it throughout the game and kept playing. The next day I was feeling all right, and then there were some exercises I started doing and I started to feel a little worse."

Jordan Reed has been ruled out for Week 6 with a concussion.

Reed's latest injury occurred in Sunday's win over the Baltimore Ravens, but he did not complain of any symptoms until Tuesday, when he entered the concussion protocol.

Reed has been quarterback Kirk Cousins' favorite target. In the last two years with Reed in the game, Cousins owns a 70.2 total quarterback rating out of 100, having thrown 32 touchdowns and 12 interceptions. Without Reed in the game, Cousins owns a 59.2 total QBR with 14 touchdowns and 13 interceptions.

Jordan Reed is being evaluated for a concussion after showing symptoms during Tuesday's workouts.

Reed has had a number of concussions throughout his football career.

Through the first five weeks of the 2016 season, Reed has caught 33 balls for 316 yards and two touchdowns.

Dean Blandino, the NFL's senior vice president, acknowledged Tuesday the "bad visual" of a controversial fumble ruling in Week 4' s game between the Cleveland Browns and Washington.

Sarah Thomas awarded possession to Washington long before Browns running back Duke Johnson, Jr. emerged from the pile with the ball.

"We don't have evidence [on replay] that Washington recovered it or Cleveland recovered it, so we have to go with what the official called on the field," Blandino said.

The play occurred with nine minutes, 41 seconds remaining in Washington's eventual 31-20 victory. Screen grabs circulated around the Internet and social media showed Thomas pulling players off the pile -- presumably looking for the ball -- while Johnson stood next to her, holding it high above her head.

According to Blandino, Thomas saw a Washington player recover the ball before Johnson "pulled it away."

"We're not digging at that point [when Johnson had the ball]," Blandino said. "What we're doing is signaling to the players that possession has been established so that they don't continue to fight, and we do that for player safety reasons."

The official box score credited Washington linebacker Will Compton with the recovery. There is no evidence of that on replays of the broadcast, nor was there on any angle reviewed by officials after the play. The NFL replay system requires "clear and obvious" evidence of a mistake to overturn a call.

"There is never an angle that shows Johnson recovering the football on the ground," Blandino said, "and the player coming out of the pile with it is not sufficient evidence, because we all know that the ball can change hands in the pile."

Josh Norman was critical of his former team after the Carolina Panthers gave up 300 yards receiving to Julio Jones in Week 4.

"You get what you pay for," Norman said Monday on ESPN's The Dan Le Batard Show.

Norman was allowed to leave the Panthers in the offseason.

Norman held Jones to a combined 10 catches for 107 yards and 0 touchdowns in 2014, when Jones averaged 99.5 yards receiving per game.

Carolina defensive coordinator Sean McDermott wouldn't speculate on how Sunday's game would have turned out had Norman been on the field against Atlanta.

"I haven't thought about Josh on our defense since the minute he left," McDermott said. "We have new players in those positions, and I have a tremendous amount of confidence in those players, and I expect them to do the job at a high level.

"Josh is a Washington Redskin. We are the Carolina Panthers, and we embrace that."