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CLICK HERE to Register for a free account and login for a smoother ad-free experience. It's easy, and only takes a few moments.Because a lot of the time, the helmet to helmet contact is purely incidental and is a product of the defender having to do their job. There was nothing intentional about Church's hit yesterday. Removing him or other defenders from the game for simply doing their job is ridiculous. You're essentially trying to implement some form of the college targeting rule which has pretty much been a failure in every way you could possibly measure that rule.
Why is that ridiculous?? Make the penalty fit the infraction, particularly in terms of concussion issues...
15 yard penalty for an offense such as this is absurd and meaningless, if the NFL is serious about doing something about concussions this would be a good first step..
Dorsett takes one of those hits from Malcolm Jenkins and maybeeee he has a bad concussion and can’t return.
He's got 2 weeks, I'm sure he'll e fine. There's no way Gronk misses 2 superbowls in a row.
@Froob already gave you one part of the answer, which is by itself sufficient reason.
Not sure what you are getting at here, but if it is about star power the rules should be universal.. if the NFL was serious about concussions they would look at different penalties for creating this trauma....
Did not have the college game in mind, stand by my belief that if the NFL is serious about doing something about concussions this is an excellent place to start.. make the penalty fit the infraction. Absolutely ludicrous that Church could remain in the game after taking out Gronk, intentional or not.
I do not consider what Church did as his job.. his job was to tackle or defend the pass, not take him out.
Vikings guy was knocked out against the Saints and played last nightLook, obviously we won't know anything on Gronk for a few days (at the minimum).
What people could possibly look at is how long others have been out with concussions to get a better feel of expectations.
Now, I have nothing to back this up (so I'm hoping someone with actual support chimes in) but for some reason I'm thinking guys who leave a game due to a concussion usually sit out one game and then are able to return the one after.
I believe Gillmore was an exception in which he sat out a couple weeks, but I think he had another injury as well.
Unfortunately, it is not his call.. needs to advance 5 steps of recovery.
See Robert Weathers post above..
Because it would become a weapon in the hands of smart coaches. Mediocre offensive skill players would be getting "concussions" whenever hit by star defensive players. As @Froob pointed out. This is done in basketball (and I think hockey, although I don't know that sport) against star players with fragile egos or thin skin. Send in one of your worst players to bait them into a fight, and get both thrown out. And whether they actually did this or not, the controversy it would create would harm the game.
If they want to stop the headhunting they need to get rid of the air helmets and go back to foam or something like it. It’s the air helmet that allows a defender to knock out the offensive player without injuring himself. All of you who have played the game know what I’m talking about.I disagree. Chuch could have very well just pushed Gronk and accoplished the same thing. But we'll never know his intentions becasue he won't say.
Helmet to helmet maybe very well be accidental but if the league wants to stop it to prevent big law suites (they don't care about injuries) they should call everyone and put the offender out of the game. They will soon learn to change how they attack.
Vikings guy was knocked out against the Saints and played last night
I think Tr'Davious White didn't miss a week. Nor did Devante Adams after this:Vikings guy was knocked out against the Saints and played last night