It's like no one read any of the details about how Rich stadium creates a wind tunnel effect on the field, and how new technology keeps the wind off the field.
Seeing what happened to McKenzie's legs after the hit doesn't scream mild it me though. When guys short circuit physical control over limbs, I don't think it should be taken lightly.
How is losing a game bc you're missing a ton of people a trap game? All those back ups packing in and disinterested in showing what they can do bc they're thinking ahead to the Chefs?
Not when it was abnormal loss of motor control that they could say was caused by something other than a head injury. Which is exactly what they did with Tua against the Bills... Because he said so...
"The team did not conduct an exam on the back..." They instead took the concussed player's word that his back "felt like Gumby" as proof that he didn't have a head injury.
That's the same way soccer was seen here for decades. How's that Premiere League viewership doing in the states? It's huge now! Aaron Rodgers sporting a Man City jersey this week on the McAfee show.
For what I've seen the biggest obstacle to growing the fan base among Europeans is that they don't know the rules. It's impossible to follow the NFL if you don't understand down and distance. What a pass is, and how you score.
With all the effort the NFL has put in, the growing understanding of how the "silly game" works has made tones of fans across the pond.
And the whole "they wear pads it's a soft game" erodes very quickly. You'd probably be shocked by the amount of "European reacts to NFL biggest hits" videos there are on YT.
Given the fact that a doctor just lost their job, I'm guessing they are going to be keen not to missing obvious no-go symptoms.
The question I'm asking is if they'll no-go someone to err on the side of caution who didn't need it... But I guess it boils down to, was there an immediate head trauma?
The league appears to have responded. There was a whole crew on the sideline rewatching the play where Wilson took a hit to the head. It appeared they were going frame by frame looking for concussion symptoms.
It does seem like there's been a bit of a trend over the last few seasons, where teams that have won really intense, emotional playoff games going to lose the next one. Not saying there's anything to it, but there might be.