Comments on: Larry Fitzgerald evaluated for concussion, doesn’t miss a play

By: isphet71

isphet71 — Tue, 30 Oct 2012 12:23:36 +0000

Why does the NFL’s crackdown on concussions start and end with Jahvid Best?

By: realfann

realfann — Tue, 30 Oct 2012 05:59:33 +0000

Clearly concussed. He shouldn’t have been allowed to play for the rest of the game.

He is a great guy. Known and loved in Hawaii for the way he’s supported the Hawaiian young boy that suffered brain damage playing football.

Fitzgerald gave unstintingly of his time in helping to raise money for the medical bills and also visited the boy several times when he was being treated in an Arizona hospital.

He is a very good man.

By: lanjoith

lanjoith — Tue, 30 Oct 2012 04:40:17 +0000

The history of football was written by men who played through unimaginable pain and were looked at as gladiators & all for chump change compared to what players make now. Can you imagine Fitz’s “issue” even being an issue in a game 20 years ago?!?! Now a defensive players grazes a QB’s helmet with his pinkie and it’s 15 yards. It’s a shame that the things a player like Deacon Jones use to do to an opponent will get you fined and then eventually suspended. Football’s best years are getting further and further in the rear view mirror.

I’m only 38 and football is drastically different than when I was 18, twenty years ago. When a Hall of Famer like Rod Woodson says that he couldn’t play in today’s NFL, the powers that be should listen.

By: mrcogburn

mrcogburn — Tue, 30 Oct 2012 03:04:23 +0000

What a waste of a career, playing for that pathetic team. Hope he can play on a real tea, before he hangs up the cleats.

In other news, Ted Ginn continues to show the coward he is, jumping out of bounds at the first hint of contact. The he skips along like a schoolgirl as if he actually has accomplished something. He wouldn’t be tolerated on a team that actually needed a returner/receiver.

By: pacific123ocean

pacific123ocean — Tue, 30 Oct 2012 02:58:54 +0000

Fitz plays football…he knows the consequences.

By: dalucks

dalucks — Tue, 30 Oct 2012 02:42:31 +0000

The NFL’s crackdown on concussions in a BIG JOKE. It is no more than a prepared statement from the public relations department to make the gullable fans and nieve casual fans happy.
Let’s be serious, if a guy can barely walk or is slow to walk off the field and has to smell ammonia snacks then that is probably the first real sign a guy has a concussion. If the NFL was serious about this publicity stunt of a concussion policy then any player regardless of position or star status would be throughly checked out by someone not affiliated with the NFL before that player starts smelling ammonia or atleast before the player goes back in the game. Let’s be honest, is smelling ammonia really a medicial procedure in this day in time?

By: bigsuede

bigsuede — Tue, 30 Oct 2012 02:42:14 +0000

Look at that- Fitz may have been concussed a second time- Maybe it will take a huge star like Fitzgerald suing the league before the NFL decides to take head injuries seriously enough to make independant league doctors making the call on concussions.

By: Stiller43

Stiller43 — Tue, 30 Oct 2012 02:34:22 +0000

“took a shot on his way down?”

Not in the head! Yeah his head slid into the ground, but it wasnt a big impact or anything. He’s fine.

By: raiderapologist

raiderapologist — Tue, 30 Oct 2012 02:12:37 +0000

Hate is a strong word, but I hate Chris Berman. If I die before him I am going to be incredibly pissed.

By: cappa662

cappa662 — Tue, 30 Oct 2012 02:10:09 +0000

If he needs smelling salts, he’s concussed. These team “doctors” need to be independent of the team because it seems like if he’s not on the field… the doctor will get fired.

By: htowntexan

htowntexan — Tue, 30 Oct 2012 02:07:42 +0000

What difference does it make if he had a concussion? It’s already happened, the damage is done. Get in there and play!

By: 49erstim

49erstim — Tue, 30 Oct 2012 02:06:08 +0000

That 9er drive took a few minutes of playclock, but Fitz needed to be evaluated longer.

By: ghjjf

ghjjf — Tue, 30 Oct 2012 02:03:48 +0000

What kind of medical staff stocks ammonia on the sidelines, is it 1912?

By: jjb0811

jjb0811 — Tue, 30 Oct 2012 01:59:57 +0000

player safety?

By: rcali

rcali — Tue, 30 Oct 2012 01:59:56 +0000

Nothing to see here, move along.

By: thereisalwaysnextyear

thereisalwaysnextyear — Tue, 30 Oct 2012 01:58:04 +0000

There is NO way Fizt isn’t concussed. He’s shaking his head and blinking all the time. It’s obvious to everyone except the Cards docs. Shame on them….

By: doob187

doob187 — Tue, 30 Oct 2012 01:42:19 +0000

Iprobablybangyouruglyasswife probably isn’t the best
judge of class but in this case I agree.

By: profootballwalk

profootballwalk — Tue, 30 Oct 2012 01:41:23 +0000

Sniffing ammonia? Is he being bled by leeches too? Ammonia capsules can interfere with a proper neurological examination. If they’re actually using them on the sidelines, the team doctor has a lot of explaining to do. Ammonia capsules are what they USED to use, before they knew better. The league should be looking into this, and taking action against the team with big fines if they’re using any substance to cover up concussions. I mean million dollar fines.

By: grogansheroes

grogansheroes — Tue, 30 Oct 2012 01:40:09 +0000

Too bad he is wasting his career in AZ. Would be a perfect Patriot, but Pat’s would never pay him.

By: thereisalwaysnextyear

thereisalwaysnextyear — Tue, 30 Oct 2012 01:39:47 +0000

You see Larry Fitz wobble off field and he keeps sniffing smelling salts. He’s concussed! You keep sniffing those things it’s for a reason!!!!!!

By: slumdog66

slumdog66 — Tue, 30 Oct 2012 01:39:21 +0000

As a niner fan, this is upsetting.

By: thegreatgabbert

thegreatgabbert — Tue, 30 Oct 2012 01:37:13 +0000

“Fitz, how ya’ feeling?”

“Wow, man, …………..grass…..”

“He’s fine.”.

By: iprobablybangyouruglyasswife

iprobablybangyouruglyasswife — Tue, 30 Oct 2012 01:30:21 +0000

Most humble hardworking player in the NFL. Truly a class act.