What a morning for NFL injury bullshit! On the NFL Network’s Total Access show, host Dan Hellie spoke with Pittsburgh Steeler’s team neurosurgeon, Dr. Joseph Maroon. I don’t want to spoil the surprises, but it was truly a, “through the looking glass,” moment. You can watch the full video here. In fact, please do so, then we can… Read More »
Holy crap! 49er’s linebacker Chris Borland just announced his retirement at age 24, one year into his NFL career. ESPN’s Mark Fainaru-Wada and Steve Fainaru reported it here, and that is easily the best injury-related piece you’ll read this month. I can’t recommend it enough. Chris Borland was already on my injury radar, as I wrote this about… Read More »
We’ve all heard by now that the NFL is getting tough and really taking concussions seriously, right? There are new regulations, rules, and an overall enlightened awareness that are all supposed to come together and protect the players. In practice, well, not so much. The trouble is, there’s a really simple way to bypass all these new safety… Read More »
You don’t have to believe me, but I don’t love these, “I told you so,” posts. They’re tough to write without coming off like a prick. Even worse, I risk sounding like I’m actually pleased that my usually-pessimistic outlooks became reality. That’s not a good look for anyone. Trouble is, nobody else is going to come along and… Read More »