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jkeerie

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  1. 4 minutes ago, VW82 said:

     

    My personal view is that if you get knocked out or have your bell rung in a car wreck type of hit you shouldn't play the next week (at least). I get that isn't very scientific but the optics of rushing a player through protocol so he can play next game just isn't great, to say nothing of what's best for the player. 

     

    To answer your question, the results absolutely matter. I'm not suggesting that the whole process is corrupt -- it's certainly better than it used to be. It's possible that Josh would truly be 100% once he's through protocol. I just don't believe that doctors, even neurologists, know for sure when it comes to head injuries. That opinion is based at least in part from a discussion I had with a local neurologist (former client of mine). 

     

    Look, it was a really big hit. I just don't want to see Josh come back too soon, get tagged again, and be out for extended time. I feel like that's a reasonable concern given the way he plays, and I'd be hard pressed to believe that he wouldn't benefit from 3x the recovery length. Anyways, I've said all I can on this subject.  

    Tasker said on One Bills Live today...coming from a players perspective...that in the past, they used to rush players back too soon after they were concussed, and he said that if you brought them back too soon you risked them being concussed again.  In other words, the more time that passed the better.  He said that players would appear to be okay, but they weren't right inside (brain).  He then went on to say that today, with the testing done, if the neurologist clears you, then it is safe for the player to play.   

     

    So...now the question is...has Josh seen the neurologist  and not passed stage 5, or has he not yet seen the neurologist for that final stage.  I think we all hope for the latter.

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  2. 8 minutes ago, Royale with Cheese said:

     

    So your knowledge on neurology is at the same level as Neurologists?

     

    You can't be greater than 100%.  If his brain is 100% ready to go, that means with extra time, it wouldn't matter because it's already healed.  

    The NFL is sensitive in particular with this issue....if they're not completely cleared...they're not playing.  

    I would agree with this, but when it comes to the human body/brain, can anyone really say 100% following a trauma?  But yes...I do agree...that if he's cleared by the neurologists, they are telling the coaches, it is safe for Josh to play.  Josh just needs to take better care of himself on the field and learn from this episode.

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  3. 6 minutes ago, SCBills said:

     

    No.  I’m responding to people who think we should sit Allen because, apparently, every team is going to try to concuss him. 

     

    I do think they were told to light him up if he runs.  Just so happens he got hit like he did. 

     

    I didn't say we should sit him.  What I said is that if the coaches decide to sit him (operative word "may"), this would likely be part of their rationale....a second hit this close to the first could cause a second concussion. 

  4. 4 minutes ago, SCBills said:

     

    Ok, so say we sit him to be super safe... what’s to stop Flores, another B.B. disciple, from having a Dolphins defender do that?  

     

    If hes cleared, he’s cleared.   No difference between Sunday and two Sundays from now. 

    I'm no expert, but I would think the farther out you are from a concussion, time wise, the less impactful even the slightest hit would be because you're body/brain has had greater time to heal.  There would also be the mental aspect on the part of the player.  The hope is Josh won't put himself in harm's way.    I do understand where you're coming from with respect to it can happen 3 weeks from now or two months from now.  And I also agree that if he's cleared, he should play.

  5. 1 hour ago, CincyBillsFan said:

    As others have noted it's pretty straight forward:

     

    *  if Allen is cleared he plays.  It gives the best chance to win the game AND it helps us in the LONG RUN as every game Allen plays in makes him a better QB going forward.

     

    *  If Allen isn't cleared we go with Barkley who is more then capable of leading us to victory against TN.

     

    As an aside I have the same sense that others have noted that there is a small group of Bills fans who want Allen to sit so Barkley can shine and be the guy going forward.  This is NUTS IMO.  If Barkley plays and throws 5 TD passes it doesn't change a thing.  Allen starts against Miami.  If you want another 5 years of 7 - 9 to 9 - 7 seasons collapsing to 4 - 12 when the D runs out of gas hope that Barkley is better then Allen. 

     

    If Allen isn't the guy, and I think he is, we're back to square one at QB.  Barkley isn't the guy no matter how well he plays Sunday if called upon.

     

     

     

    I would agree with this for the most part.  I think there are some of us who think Allen may sit, but only if the coaching staff is being ultra-conservative for his safety.  I am hoping Allen is 100% healthy and that he plays.  I will, as I have said before, be holding my breath if he should run, that one of Vrabel's (Belichick deciple) defenders doesn't opt for another head shot to knock Allen out of the game again.  

  6. 16 minutes ago, MR8 said:

    And they cut Connor McDermott, so come Sunday they will likely only have 2 healthy OTs in Ford and Dawkins... Bates can swing out to OT and inside, but he's a late round rookie, so there;s a lot of risk having him be your only OT backup on the roster. 

    I think they like Bates better than McDermott, not only for his versatility, but in preseason Bates played pretty well.  They also traded for him.  When you think of it...and look at the roster then, who else could they have cut that wouldn't automatically be picked up by someone else?   There only options would have been to move a player to IR, which they obviously don't want to do.  (Kroft, for example)

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