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And the Jimmy Clausen experience has come to an end. Out with a concussion and Bears are back to Cutty next week.
So how are those concussion precautions working out? The hit to the head to Clausen was as violent as you will ever see (and in plain view) yet he was allowed to continue.
He passed all the protocols immediately after the hit, and again after the game. Had a delayed reaction/symptoms which I don't believe is uncommon. I'm not sure what else the Drs are supposed to do.
Immediately after he was hit, he popped right up. There was no evidence that he had a concussion. A couple minutes later, the game was over.Yeah, I am not sure what the doctors could have done.
From NFL Concussion protocol:To assist medical teams on game day, there is an "eye in the sky" - a certified athletic trainer sitting in a stadium box who watches the game and television replays to scan the field and look for players with a potential head injury who may require assessment by the medical staff. Also, a neuro-trauma expert physician unaffiliated with an NFL team will be available on the sideline as an extra set of eyes.The NFL did not follow its own protocol. The whole purpose of the "eye in the sky" is precisely for what happened to Clausen.
But he showed no "signs of a potential head injury." He didn't seem woozy or was stumbling in any manner. I don't think simply taking a hard hit to the head is something they are looking for.
Thanks, brandx. Good find.Assuming brandx copied verbatim, the verbiage doesn't say "signs of a potential head injury." It simply says "potential head injury." If the hit on Clausen wasn't considered a "potential head injury" then I don't know what could be.
Wow, I'm very concerned for Benny. Being able to mimic Myron Medcalf's writing so closely implies an oncoming case of dementia.
So what's to keep the Lions on Sunday from sending in a third-string punter after their first defensive play of the game to go into GB's huddle and headbutt Aaron Rodgers? The Lions give up 15 yards, a first down, and their third-string punter is ejected from the game. But now Aaron Rodgers is out of the game until they can assess him? Seems like a decent price to pay if I'm the Lions.
My point is that just taking a hard hit to the head isn't what they are looking for.
What's to stop a team from doing that anyway? Or from taking cheap shots to Rodgers with intent to injure him (or anyone else) during the actual course of the game?But it should be. Obviously they can't see everything, but when it's as blatant as the shot that Clausen took, they have to get him out of the game if the NFL wants to continue to claim that they truly care about player safety, particularly in regards to head injuries. It shouldn't matter if he showed immediate symptoms because concussions aren't like broken bones or torn ligaments - the effect is not always immediate.
But it should be. Obviously they can't see everything, but when it's as blatant as the shot that Clausen took, they have to get him out of the game if the NFL wants to continue to claim that they truly care about player safety, particularly in regards to head injuries. It shouldn't matter if he showed immediate symptoms because concussions aren't like broken bones or torn ligaments - the effect is not always immediate.
Wow. It was just reported that the Fox affiliate in Chicago will be showing the meaningless Arizona/San Fran game this weekend. Good thing chick and I will be in Milwaukee for the MU game. We'll obviously stay to watch the Pack. Not to show the NFC North Championship game down here is just a crime. What a programming blunder.