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    Willis McGahee Says He's Fine, Ready For Next Concussion

    Willis McGahee's Brain Still Attached To His Body

    It's Hard Out Here For Willis McGahee
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    Image of Silky John-STON! Silky John-STON!
    01/20/09

    In reply to Willis McGahee Says He's Fine, Ready For Next Concussion
    Ryan Clark was at the hospital as well, but it was just a coincidence to his Monday morning "Punch the babies in the NICU" ritual.
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    01/20/09

    In reply to Willis McGahee Says He's Fine, Ready For Next Concussion
    Tony the Mimbo approves of Willis calling it pretty intense:


    "I really don't remember, I was kinda out of it for the first couple of days, I was on a lot of medications, it was kinda like a haze, it's pretty cool."

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    01/20/09

    In reply to Willis McGahee Says He's Fine, Ready For Next Concussion
    McGahee wondered how long he had been out when he awoke to a black president.
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    01/20/09

    In reply to Willis McGahee Says He's Fine, Ready For Next Concussion
    He added, "now if you'll excuse me, we've got to start getting ready for Ohio State."
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    01/20/09

    In reply to Willis McGahee Says He's Fine, Ready For Next Concussion
    So I guess helmet to helmet hits are now allowed in the NFL? I saw 2 or 3 during that game...
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    01/20/09

    But... but... Phil Simms told me it was fine. And why would Simms lie?
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    01/20/09

    In reply to Willis McGahee Says He's Fine, Ready For Next Concussion
    Does he know how to spell MRI or CAT Scan?
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    Image of Steve U Steve U
    01/20/09

    @Bed Bath and Jihad: What does question 10 on this year's Wonderlic have to do with anything?
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    01/20/09

    In reply to Willis McGahee Says He's Fine, Ready For Next Concussion
    That's great, Willis, but you're talking to a coat rack.
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    01/20/09

    @Doyle McPoyle: but he's Batman.
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    01/20/09

    @Doyle McPoyle: I guess the Sun really has learned how to do more with less.
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    Image of Silky John-STON! Silky John-STON!
    01/19/09

    In reply to Willis McGahee's Brain Still Attached To His Body
    Dashiell, great points in the post... the only reason Willis fumbled the ball was because he was unconscious in the air. If that cheap shot had been a tackle, Willis keeps the ball, is not in a hospital, and Baltimore still is driving.


    That's the other unfortunate part of the play, the cheap shot was rewarded by injuring McGahee AND rewarded in the context of the game as a turnover.

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    Image of mikedrawcar mikedrawcar
    01/19/09

    In reply to Willis McGahee's Brain Still Attached To His Body
    Since we seem to be having legitimate discussions on this, I'll dispute the "hard, unforgiving helmets and shoulders pads" line.

    Helmets and definitely shoulder pads are not exactly unforgiving and have had significant improvements even in the past 5 years to limit head and neck injuries. They absorb the impacts far better than previous equipment. Case in point: the earlier hit by Sweed on whatever Raven. Vicious, but both came out fine.


    I'd agree you're correct in the point of the culprit being safeties' poor form. If he was trying to tackle instead of hit, he'd have his arms out to wrap up, and more of his body would've absorbed the blow, and would've concentrated it on a larger portion of McGahee's body.

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    01/19/09

    @mikedrawcar: Yes, but the pads are designed to protect the player wearing them, not the player being hit. However, the bigger concern is that, because of the illusion of safety that those improved pads provide, players are more likely to fling themselves around the field (using their heads as weapons) believing they won't get hurt.


    But they'll never play without pads and I wouldn't expect them to, so it's a bit of a Catch-22.

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    Image of Billy Clyde Puckett Billy Clyde Puckett
    01/19/09

    In reply to Willis McGahee's Brain Still Attached To His Body
    Frank Gifford was unavailable for comment. Because he was knocked out of football for a year and a half.
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    01/19/09

    @Billy Clyde Puckett: Chuck Bednarik endorsed this comment.
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    01/19/09

    In reply to Willis McGahee's Brain Still Attached To His Body
    SuperMike:


    From the NFL rulebook, a helmet to helmet hit is illegal when: "A tackler uses his helmet to butt, spear, or ram an opponent."


    We'll have to agree to disagree on this one, but I don't think there is any way you can say that Clark speared McGahee when he lead with his shoulder.

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    01/19/09

    In reply to Willis McGahee's Brain Still Attached To His Body
    Kermit Washington and Dick "Night Train" Lane are equally unimpressed.
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    01/19/09

    @Ichiro Death Glare: George Atkinson and Doug Plank nod in agreement.
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    Image of Shakey Shakey
    01/19/09

    In reply to Willis McGahee's Brain Still Attached To His Body
    So Willis, the lesson learned: Stay the FUCK away from championship games.
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    Image of supermike5alive supermike5alive
    01/19/09

    In reply to Willis McGahee's Brain Still Attached To His Body
    the hit was clearly helmet to helmet contact (SUPERVISION!!! confirms this) - will there be a fine?


    did Simms at one point that say helmet to helmet contact is allowed if it's down the field?


    has any team EVER been dirtier than this year's Steelers? can we get a montage of their dirty/questionable hits from this season? I know it would be long, but worth the effort.


    GO CARDS!

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    01/19/09

    @supermike5alive: I HATE the frigging Steelers, but that was a legal hit. The rule prohibits leading with the crown of your helmet when tackling. Clark led with his shoulder.


    Exhibit A:


    [www.flickr.com]


    That being said, yes, Go Cards!

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    01/19/09

    @supermike5alive: Anybody who cheers for a team that employs Rodney Harrison automatically is banned from calling any other team dirty.
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    Image of supermike5alive supermike5alive
    01/19/09

    @Pornstars-for-Wilbon: if Rodney Harrison had performed the exact same hit he'd be sitting jail right now.


    at least Rodney never went helmet-to-helmet. just late.


    from the AP: McGahee caught a pass and took two steps before Clark stopped him with a helmet-to-helmet hit. McGahee's neck snapped back and he immediately dropped to the ground.


    saying that wasn't helmet-to-helmet is like saying "don't tell me the federal response to Katrina was slow!"

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    01/19/09

    @formerly Chief Wahoo: that photo - and the screenshot above - is taken AFTER Clark's head had already bounced off the helmet. that shot is a moment too late.


    supervision showed the first thing to hit was the helmet.

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    01/19/09

    @supermike5alive: Helmets are allowed to make contact. The posture of his body clearly shows his shoulder was leading.
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    01/19/09

    @formerly Chief Wahoo: nfl needs to consider outlawing anything-to-helmet contact, like they did on qbs.
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    Image of mikedrawcar mikedrawcar
    01/19/09

    @supermike5alive: are you implying that the AP is Gospel?


    It could have just as easily been called shoulder pad-to-shoulder pad.

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    01/19/09

    @mikedrawcar: excepting the fact that the helmets were the first things to make contact...


    one helmet on the other. helmet-on-helmet, if you will.

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    Image of Kid Canada Kid Canada
    01/19/09

    In reply to Willis McGahee's Brain Still Attached To His Body
    Has anyone this decade had a harder hard-knock life than McGahee?


    Maybe his litter of illegitimate kids?

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