Comments on: Boldin looking for ways to counteract possible brain damage http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2012/05/20/boldin-looking-for-ways-to-counteract-possible-brain-damage/ ProFootballTalk on NBCSports.com Thu, 23 May 2013 11:27:44 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ By: wwwmattcom http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2012/05/20/boldin-looking-for-ways-to-counteract-possible-brain-damage/#comment-1794259 Mon, 21 May 2012 11:01:23 +0000 http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=774977#comment-1794259 Not Don Bebee, Mark Kelso.

]]> By: mwindle1973 http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2012/05/20/boldin-looking-for-ways-to-counteract-possible-brain-damage/#comment-1794247 Mon, 21 May 2012 10:25:45 +0000 http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=774977#comment-1794247 At first I thought soft helmets and improved equipment would help. But the more I learned about the subject the more I realized the equipment is what is causing the problem. The more the helmet absorbs the force of the hit, the harder the player will hit. Better helmets will lead to more and harder hitting and less fear of injury thereby leading to more frequent and more traumatic injuries. Actually removing the helmets would be the way to reduce injury as odd as it sounds. I think that breakaway helmets could help. Meaning helmets that breakup if hit with a certain amount of force. Much like cars are built with crumple zones now so they will bend up in an accident instead of being thrown around and rolling, etc. When the car crumples it disperses a great deal of the force. Same concept is behind the way a windshield shatters instead of breaking into a thousand pieces. It’s designed to shatter at a force lower than required to break it. A helmet that broke up in some way upon a hit of a particular force would disperse force instead of absorbing it like a soft helmet. So you thereby move the force of the blow away from the head and also do not induce players to hit harder. But honestly I think it’s all a band-aid on a gunshot wound. It’s a violent sport and dangerous by nature, there is not much that can change that short of changing the sport itself.

]]> By: tombradyallday http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2012/05/20/boldin-looking-for-ways-to-counteract-possible-brain-damage/#comment-1794203 Mon, 21 May 2012 05:37:01 +0000 http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=774977#comment-1794203 that hit boldin took against the jets was vicious remember that clearly. hated to see that cuz he was playing well that game with cardinals

]]> By: brewdogg http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2012/05/20/boldin-looking-for-ways-to-counteract-possible-brain-damage/#comment-1794201 Mon, 21 May 2012 05:36:01 +0000 http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=774977#comment-1794201 The irony here is that career backups actually make out the best in the grand scheme of things. they still get millions of dollars without having to do the kinds of menial work most of us do, have the best seats in the house on gameday, do not have people hounding them every time they go out in public, and emerge from the whole thing relatively healthy by comparison.

Cheers for the long snappers, the smartest men in professional football!!!

]]> By: patsaintsbroncoscheat http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2012/05/20/boldin-looking-for-ways-to-counteract-possible-brain-damage/#comment-1794200 Mon, 21 May 2012 05:24:46 +0000 http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=774977#comment-1794200 @krabbalss-WOW your comment is so funny, insightful, and profound. It really made me stop and think…..he is right.

]]> By: bluemist http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2012/05/20/boldin-looking-for-ways-to-counteract-possible-brain-damage/#comment-1794191 Mon, 21 May 2012 04:42:38 +0000 http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=774977#comment-1794191 The laws of physics demonstrate that no helmet will ever prevent concussions. Regardless of what the player is wearing on his head, as soon as the impact occurs, his brain will start sloshing around and colliding with the skull. Those collisions with the skull cause damage to the brain. There is no way around it.

I agree that helmets should be improved as new technology develops, but they will never be a cure-all or anything close to it.

]]> By: 00reo http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2012/05/20/boldin-looking-for-ways-to-counteract-possible-brain-damage/#comment-1794186 Mon, 21 May 2012 04:28:19 +0000 http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=774977#comment-1794186 Only 1 concussion? yeah, only 1 diagnosed concussion. That’s sort of the main issue about football… A lot of mild concussions go undiagnosed.

]]> By: mark0226 http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2012/05/20/boldin-looking-for-ways-to-counteract-possible-brain-damage/#comment-1794183 Mon, 21 May 2012 04:26:13 +0000 http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=774977#comment-1794183 Isn’t this something the NFL or NFLPA should be doing? Instead of showing faux concern by fining players more and more and now suspending players, coaches and GM’s, perhaps they should do a little research to find ways to help players counteract the toll the NFL takes on the players bodies.

]]> By: schmitty2 http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2012/05/20/boldin-looking-for-ways-to-counteract-possible-brain-damage/#comment-1794171 Mon, 21 May 2012 04:10:20 +0000 http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=774977#comment-1794171 krabballs says:
May 20, 2012 11:06 PM
Why are 95% of the people who post on this site complete and total idiots? One piece of advice to the morons who write here: if you want to say something stupid, at least make it funny.

Totally agree and to add..99 percent of the PFT censors are idiots for posting it

]]> By: saintsfan26 http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2012/05/20/boldin-looking-for-ways-to-counteract-possible-brain-damage/#comment-1794145 Mon, 21 May 2012 03:29:20 +0000 http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=774977#comment-1794145 Its vilma’s fault

]]> By: krabballs http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2012/05/20/boldin-looking-for-ways-to-counteract-possible-brain-damage/#comment-1794135 Mon, 21 May 2012 03:06:46 +0000 http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=774977#comment-1794135 Why are 95% of the people who post on this site complete and total idiots? One piece of advice to the morons who write here: if you want to say something stupid, at least make it funny.

]]> By: txtuff http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2012/05/20/boldin-looking-for-ways-to-counteract-possible-brain-damage/#comment-1794073 Mon, 21 May 2012 02:09:31 +0000 http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=774977#comment-1794073 The soft helmet theory will not work, sure they may try to ovoid helmet to helmet hits but will make it worse with the whiplash head hitting the ground! And that’s how most knockouts on the football field happen, back of helmet against the ground.

]]> By: stevenfbrackett http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2012/05/20/boldin-looking-for-ways-to-counteract-possible-brain-damage/#comment-1794044 Mon, 21 May 2012 01:46:07 +0000 http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=774977#comment-1794044 How about you start wearing the top of the line helmet that protects the brains so much better than the standard issue helmets they use now? How about the League start requiring those helmets and fining anyone who doesn’t wear them? Will save them many millions when the current crop of players retire if they can testify in court that they required the players to use top of the line safety equipment and those that didn’t were in violation of company policy and so, ‘you can’t blame us is they got hurt’.

]]> By: fumblenuts http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2012/05/20/boldin-looking-for-ways-to-counteract-possible-brain-damage/#comment-1794035 Mon, 21 May 2012 01:40:55 +0000 http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=774977#comment-1794035 “Boldin looking for ways to counteract possible brain damage”

Follow the yellow brick road………………..

]]> By: ravensfansc http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2012/05/20/boldin-looking-for-ways-to-counteract-possible-brain-damage/#comment-1794018 Mon, 21 May 2012 01:21:59 +0000 http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=774977#comment-1794018 Boldin took a vicious hit. Glad he’s on the ravens and being proactive instead of passive

]]> By: dbones750 http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2012/05/20/boldin-looking-for-ways-to-counteract-possible-brain-damage/#comment-1794009 Mon, 21 May 2012 01:05:47 +0000 http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=774977#comment-1794009 that brave man. we’re counting on him….

]]> By: jbmartindale http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2012/05/20/boldin-looking-for-ways-to-counteract-possible-brain-damage/#comment-1793993 Mon, 21 May 2012 00:40:31 +0000 http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=774977#comment-1793993 Go back to the Don Beebee helmet mushroom cap

]]> By: Gordon http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2012/05/20/boldin-looking-for-ways-to-counteract-possible-brain-damage/#comment-1793976 Mon, 21 May 2012 00:25:22 +0000 http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=774977#comment-1793976 Good for him. Instead of blaming others, he’s being proactive.

BTW – that hit he took was wicked. One of the worst I’ve ever seen.

]]> By: thehatefulnerd http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2012/05/20/boldin-looking-for-ways-to-counteract-possible-brain-damage/#comment-1793970 Mon, 21 May 2012 00:21:38 +0000 http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=774977#comment-1793970 Acupuncture and traditional chinese medicine. Nourish sea of marrow. Also, russian scenar.

]]> By: sd5547 http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2012/05/20/boldin-looking-for-ways-to-counteract-possible-brain-damage/#comment-1793968 Mon, 21 May 2012 00:20:16 +0000 http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=774977#comment-1793968 Boldin are you a doctor? No but I did stay at a Holiday Inn Express during training camp.

]]> By: johnnyjagfan http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2012/05/20/boldin-looking-for-ways-to-counteract-possible-brain-damage/#comment-1793953 Mon, 21 May 2012 00:11:38 +0000 http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=774977#comment-1793953 Soft helmets. Will look dorky. Will end concussions.

]]> By: thegreatgabbert http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2012/05/20/boldin-looking-for-ways-to-counteract-possible-brain-damage/#comment-1793941 Mon, 21 May 2012 00:06:52 +0000 http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=774977#comment-1793941 After much research, Anquan had taken the preventive measure of cancelling his cable subscription and selling his television set.

]]> By: flaccounibrow http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2012/05/20/boldin-looking-for-ways-to-counteract-possible-brain-damage/#comment-1793939 Mon, 21 May 2012 00:05:53 +0000 http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=774977#comment-1793939 This reeks of irony. A guy with no brain, doing research, to prevent brain injury.

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