09-30-2022, 01:53 PM
(09-30-2022, 05:20 AM)CarolinaBengalFanGuy Wrote: I still feel like he didn't even take that bad of a hit and it makes me wonder even more if he was already suffering concussion symptoms leading to him getting knocked the hell out so easily. I mean it was a good smack on the ground but I've seen guys get up from significantly worse.
Sad thing is Teddy Bridgewater is a very qualified and experienced backup. To be honest I bet they are more dangerous on the deep ball with him. Short week, hurricane BS coming through. Let your veteran backup play the game and let Tua get some rest. Even if it was back and ankle injuries he still could have and probably should have needed the rest.
Won't lie though if there was something being hidden it feels like Tua was in on it and wanting to play through it himself. He's going to have to learn to be extremely careful if/when he returns as you do not need to be taking unnecessary chances with brain injuries. I feel like we just watched his career drastically become shortened after tonight.
Watch the hit from Sunday. He was pushed backwards. Not very forcefully. Pay attention to his head. When his back hit the turf it cause his head to snap backwards. That snapping motion is like the tip of a whip cracking from breaking the sound barrier. His neck acts as a lever that rapidly increases the acceleration of his head which increases the force exponentially. He had the same mechanism of injury last night, but his head was snapped sideways instead of backward while his body was being rotated (imagine how an ice skater speeds up during a spin combined with the mass of two players.) And you can’t judge the severity by the force of the hit because Player A’s concussion could be more severe due to less force than Player AB’s concussion. That’s one of the reasons why the grading systems aren’t used as much.
Having one concussion is a risk factor for a second concussion. Subsequent concussion may not require as much force to cause a concussion. Especially if the player should be in the return to play concussion protocol after a concussion four days earlier.
