He should go watch some of the hits Driver took when Favre would throw the ball about 3 feet too high on a 15 yard post.

The Lions will be suing the NFL because they never won a playoff game!

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Dude that’s hilarious!

I think one of the more significant things that’s changed in the past decade is the advancement of protective pads and gear. Most noticable is the shoulder pads, and to be honest, I’m not completely sure how or what other peices of equipment have become less inhibiting in regards to movement and speed, but if you go back and watch a game from ten years ago you can definitely see a difference. Yes, players and humans in general are becoming stronger and faster, but I believe its more than just that. It seems the advancements that have made equipment less restrictive in terms of movement (even if technically the same or better at absorbing shock for example) have made the game actually less safe. The power of momentum goes up exponentially when speed increases. I think this needs to be a topic of focus. I’m not saying we should go back to the 90′s, but maybe there needs to be more focus on equipment by position. No grand ideas or anything, just an observation. I did recently watch a classic game, great one from 2003, and it didn’t bother me at all that that the players were moving a little bit slower. Just sayin’. Not that this is a great idea either, but to throw it out there, how about making the helmets padded on the outside to? They could do it in a way what wouldn’t look bad I bet.

Today, it’s unreasonable to belive that players don’t know or shouldn’t have known the risk they are signing up for. No player from this day and age whatsoever will be able to maintain a case against the NFL for failure to protect their head. So everyone stop saying that.

You can come back next week from a concussion. You don’t come back from helmet to knee hits until maybe next year.”

Knee ligaments can be surgically repaired, and yes, the knee takes about a year to properly heal.

Please explain t0 the class how cumulative damage to the brain is repaired, and how long it takes to recover from that permanent damage.

think about it, all these rules to protect receivers but how many RECEIVERs leave the game with head trauma, aand cant function? Not many, because in the grand scheme they BARELY get touched compared to lineman, running backs, and linebackers- whom i think the league SHOULD be paying extra attention to because they are positions that are generally harder on the body, so to speak.

Now safeties cant be safeties because you’d rather let the guy catch it and take 2 steps before you can lay the wood, or else he’s “defenseles”…thats no good.

End of problem.

The ProCap was used successfully in the NFL, dating back to the mid 1980s, with proven results that showed it reduced concussion risks to nearly zero, for those players who used it..the ProCap.

Before the ProCap, the NFL watched as Willie Lanier used a helmet with added padding on the outside after Lanier suffered a life threatening concussion during his rookie season in 1967.

Lanier went on to have a hall of fame career playing another 10 seasons, using that helmet.

Yet the NFL refuses to mandate the use of the ProCap or the development of helmets with extra padding added to the outside of the helmets used today.

The NFL needs leadership that actually cares about player safety and is willing to make the necessary upgrades to the equipment used by the players.

BTW, this week it was stated that the NFL is looking into the issue of low hits, such as hits to the knee.

At this rate, it won’t be long before tackling is not allowed in the NFL….or…

…the NFL could upgrade the equipment so players can just play football as it was meant to be played…I’m talking about “tackle” football !

Lol! I said oh lord Jesus it’s a concussion!!