An earlier blurb pointed out concerns that the Steelers are a little too loose-lipped with medical information about players not currently employed by the team. After reading it, an executive with another team pointed out a third example featuring a lack of discretion from the Steelers.
Although the Steelers publicly have adhered to the notion that 2016 free-agent acquisition Ladarius Green remains on the Physically Unable to Perform list due to an ankle problem, multiple reports have suggested that the former Chargers tight end has headaches from a pair of concussions suffered in September 2015. The first report came from NFL Media (partially owned by the Steelers), and it cited an unnamed “member of the organization.”
“I don’t know what reports those are,” Green recently said regarding the report of headaches. “I am still on PUP because of my ankle. I have still [been] rehabbing on my ankle, so I haven’t been dealing with anything else but that.”
True or not, the Steelers have leaked that Green is dealing with headaches. Which flags Green as a guy who may have a concussion issue, and which in turn puts him in line for some hard hits aimed at determining whether he’ll get another one.
The Steelers may be frustrated by the belief, as reported by the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, that Green didn’t share the information about his headaches when he was signed by the Steelers. Given the leaks about Brandon Boykin and Keenan Lewis and Ladarius Green, it’s sort of hard to blame him.