Buddy Hix Posted December 10, 2017 Share Posted December 10, 2017 (edited) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s4A21ZW6_f4 This clip is pretty scary in its own right. But to think that Savage was allowed to play the next series is criminally negligent IMO. The ref watched him shake from a headshot off the turf and doesn't have the ability to rule him out? How does the team let him play after seeing that? I know he only threw a few passes in the next series before the Texans did the right thing but this is ridiculous. Edited December 10, 2017 by Buddy Hix Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Doc Posted December 10, 2017 Share Posted December 10, 2017 My son and I watched that and figured he'd be taken out immediately. Dumb on their part to wait. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Buddy Hix Posted December 10, 2017 Author Share Posted December 10, 2017 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UaM_YhgnPJQ This clip shows the seizure (or whatever it was) better. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MarkAF43 Posted December 10, 2017 Share Posted December 10, 2017 Aren't there supposed to be independent spotters to take these guys out? What happened?? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fadingpain Posted December 10, 2017 Share Posted December 10, 2017 1 minute ago, Buddy Hix said: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UaM_YhgnPJQ This clip shows the seizure (or whatever it was) better. That's him doing weird things because he is knocked silly at that moment; I've seen guys hold up hands and do weird things while flat on their backs out cold. The official is touching him and looking at his face; the fat that he somehow continued to play after that shows a flaw in the system; he should never have been allowed to remain on the field. It just shows how often this sort of thing must have happened in past years, with the player remaining in the game. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Buddy Hix Posted December 10, 2017 Author Share Posted December 10, 2017 2 minutes ago, Doc said: My son and I watched that and figured he'd be taken out immediately. Dumb on their part to wait. I know the concussion protocol is a work in progress but if the refs don't currently have the ability to rule a player out, they should. Implement training for officials to at least recognize symptoms and make recommendations for evaluations at bare minimum. If Savage takes another blow after that he could be permanently disabled. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fadingpain Posted December 10, 2017 Share Posted December 10, 2017 1 minute ago, MarkAF43 said: Aren't there supposed to be independent spotters to take these guys out? What happened?? I would say the system broke with that incident. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Buddy Hix Posted December 10, 2017 Author Share Posted December 10, 2017 1 minute ago, MarkAF43 said: Aren't there supposed to be independent spotters to take these guys out? What happened?? Who knows? Ref saw it, commentators saw it, everybody watching the broadcast saw it....and yet Savage was put in the next series. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wayne Arnold Posted December 10, 2017 Share Posted December 10, 2017 One of the greatest tweets ever was today... 1 1 8 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MarkAF43 Posted December 10, 2017 Share Posted December 10, 2017 13 minutes ago, Buddy Hix said: Who knows? Ref saw it, commentators saw it, everybody watching the broadcast saw it....and yet Savage was put in the next series. But that's what I don't get. I thought it was supposed to be independent so they weren't protecting the team and focusing on the player. Apparently more BS from the NFL on safety 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KW95 - JA17 Posted December 10, 2017 Share Posted December 10, 2017 I thought it was gonna be more gruesome than that. I haven't looked at the Shazier injury yet. Savages fingers that looked screwed up actually got caught up under the defender. He seems normal. like muscle cramps for a bit..anyways. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Buffalo716 Posted December 11, 2017 Share Posted December 11, 2017 I don't think it was a seizure or anything like that he landed hard and had his insides rearranged. That was involuntary muscle spasms imo Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Helpmenow Posted December 11, 2017 Share Posted December 11, 2017 Bill O’Brien will be canned after this year Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Teddy KGB Posted December 11, 2017 Share Posted December 11, 2017 3 hours ago, Wayne Arnold said: One of the greatest tweets ever was today... Pft and Big Cat for the Oval Office. They are always on point. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
billsfan714 Posted December 11, 2017 Share Posted December 11, 2017 IMHO anybody arguing he wasnt that bad....guy for sure had something go haywire neurologically. You would think a league that is paying out 700 million in settlements would be a little more careful. Shazier is in a hospital right now....and nobody knows anything long term with him a week later. No way Savage should of went back in. Doesnt pass the eye test Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Wiz Posted December 11, 2017 Share Posted December 11, 2017 Human beings weren't meant to play football Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
26CornerBlitz Posted December 11, 2017 Share Posted December 11, 2017 8 minutes ago, Air it out Fitzy said: Pft and Big Cat for the Oval Office. They are always on point. He's an idiot if he writes would of. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wppete Posted December 11, 2017 Share Posted December 11, 2017 That was scary. Hope we don’t see something like that ever again. Hope he is ok. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NoSaint Posted December 11, 2017 Share Posted December 11, 2017 (edited) 3 hours ago, MarkAF43 said: But that's what I don't get. I thought it was supposed to be independent so they weren't protecting the team and focusing on the player. Apparently more BS from the NFL on safety Or he passed a quick sideline evaluation but the league caught what happened shortly after? Edited December 11, 2017 by NoSaint Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JimKellyTryouts Posted December 11, 2017 Share Posted December 11, 2017 (edited) Neuroscience student - this is what you call a fencing response that's an easy way to localize damage into the brainstem It's an ominous sign that is received after a concussion. Once the brainstem gets damage, your extensor muscles are contract because of a lack of input into the flexors. Worst of all, this is an UNCONSCIOUS response. The league deserves all sorts of negative publicity for this and its discontinued partnership with CTE research - far more than the **** show officiating and (imo) relatively-irrelevant anthem protests fueled by our assclown of a president. Edited December 11, 2017 by JimKellyTryouts Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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