Tee Higgins back in Protocol

[NoSaint]

55 minutes ago, Simon said:

 

That's a great point that I'd never even considered.

And I've actually had more than one HS player make cracks about it to me. 😧

when you don’t have to sandbag tests….

[Simon]

1 minute ago, NoSaint said:

when you don’t have to sandbag tests….

 

Yeah, I've got a pocketful of lectures hidden within loving snark ready to go when they do it.

[blacklabel]

It's especially crappy because he was just coming back from a concussion. He was shaky at best after that first slam into the turf, aside from the TD catch he dropped a few and just didn't look right. Then his noggin got rocked again. Poor dude. 

[billsfan_34]

5 hours ago, ColoradoBills said:

 

True.

It's really not about whether 20 minutes after a concussion a player can return and play well.

That has been going on in football for generations.

 

The new rules were "supposedly" installed to stop a player from getting multiple concussions in a short time.

That is the long-term destructive issue.

 

These idiots KNEW he had one last week and didn't care.

Then after 2 more they still clear him to play.

 

Now he may have real issues with future head shocks, and it may shorten his career or his future quality of life.

All for a team that had many losses because of an injury to their QB.

Everyone involved is to blame.

Well said and thank tou for elaborating. It looked to me at times that Tee wasn’t all there. I feel bad for him. We don’t want these kids walking around later with CTE’s.

[Behindenemylines]

4 hours ago, JMM said:

This was absolutely disgusting by both the Bengals and the league yesterday.  Where was the independent neurologist???? EVERYBODY knew he was concussed. This could effect this young man's LIFE. Unacceptable. 

Hey now.  This is serious it’s a GAME.  Not like there won’t be more of them next week. 
 

the whole protocol is a joke for the most part.  Everyone knew he was injured and yet he continued.  But thank goodness he’s getting treatment now.  Ughh

[appoo]

It was kinda horrifying to see him keep playing 

[QLBillsFan]

Didn’t the Giants get in a big heap for going into the blue tent. It was multiple occasions for Higgins the NFL “independent neurologist” deal looks like a joke. It’s an absolute embarrassment to pretend it’s effective and non biased. 

[streetkings01]

7 hours ago, Chaos said:

He was pretty high functioning late in the game, particularly with that one-handed TD grab.  I am honestly not sure what players and teams are supposed to do in that situation. 

He was sitting on the ground pointing to his head after it bounced off the turf. Anybody watching the game knew he was concussed