In the prototypal lodge of the metropolis Steelers' preseason oppose against the Indianapolis Colts terminal Sun night, streaming backwards Chris Rainey suffered a filthy helmet-to-helmet impact that caused him to bloomer the ball.
The authorised aggroup declaration at the time, as reportable by the metropolis Tribune-Review's Mark Kaboly, who was in the advise box, was that he had suffered a concussion and a articulatio injury, but he returned to the earth nearby the modify of the ordinal quarter.
That seems to indicate that Rainey had passed the dominion concussion screenings players participate after attractive bounteous hits. However, Rainey unconcealed to the Trib's Ralph N. Paulk on weekday that he indeed lapse momently comatose from the hit, which is digit telltale clew of a concussion. If that is the case, then the Steelers shouldn't impact permit Rainey backwards on the field, especially meet to move activity in a preseason game.
It's not astonishing that after the impact Rainey begged to convey to the field. It's a kindred chorus to comments we've heard from players instance and instance again. Fear of existence thoughtful soft, the poverty to meet move to contend and the fact that adrenaline crapper ofttimes cover evenhandedly earnest discompose intend players to poverty to rest in the game, and that's fine.
But the underway precautions to ready concussed or otherwise brain-injured players discover of state are in locate for a reason, and it's unnerving to conceive that both Rainey and the Steelers were selection to verify much a venture in much a low-importance game.
In Paulk's example Rainey admitted that after the impact the calibre of his endeavor suffered, saying, "I kept slippy on cuts, and I dropped a pair of passes. I didn’t same it. I’m attractive every the opportunities I can, and sometimes you’ve got to care with effort hit."
Yes, effort impact is conception of the NFL, as are concussions. But with the rules stating that players are not allowed backwards in games after losing consciousness, it was extremely chanceful for the Steelers to verify that category of venture with Rainey, disregarding of what tests he haw impact passed.
How someone crapper retrograde knowingness from a helmet-to-helmet impact and not be diagnosed with a concussion is beyond me. And, with Rainey having someways gotten his artefact backwards on the field, it is astonishing that he wasn't pulled from the mettlesome after noticeably losing a some steps mass the hit.
Rainey is not in danger of not making the Steelers' 53-man roster, and it is supposed that his impact with his coaches would impact been perceive if he had admitted at the instance to existence knocked discover from the hit.
While the Steelers' selection to place Rainey backwards in the mettlesome would impact been questionable, to feature the least, in in the lawful season, there's dead no conceive for it in the ordinal mettlesome of the preseason. It was chanceful and reckless, and though danger is conception of day-to-day chronicle in the NFL, alteration change is, as well.
Why venture much an essential player's upbeat in a less-than-important instance of year; and moreover—why ever think it's alright to ready Rainey or some contestant on the earth after existence knocked out? The Steelers prefabricated the criminal call with Rainey, disregarding of whether the concussion tests unwooded him or not.
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