Richardson and Kelly return to practice

[ChaosTheory]

Originally Posted by ukcolt

Why do you need to know what they are failing and why on earth is it driving you nuts? It is a brain injury, at a guess they are still struggling to retain complicated play designs, or are still suffering with headaches or vision issues after doing some exertive exercise, if that is the case it is the same as someone having pulled a muscle and it is still not fully healed....is that also causing you stress and angst?

Now i could understand having cause for concern as to why we seem to have had quite a few concussions, and why have they happened? Are the helmets not as robust and providing the protection that is needed? But if someone is suffering with a brain injury then they shouldn't see the light of day in terms of any playing time until they are 100% healed, not 80% or 99%, you shouldn't be messing about with the brain.

Why do I need to know? What is that? Why do I need to know anything, by that logic? I didn't say I need to know and I didn't say I deserve to know.

It drives me nuts in a few ways from different directions. For one, it drives me nuts the same way it drives me nuts when a player "has a hamstring" and then proceeds to miss months on-end. It's frustrating as a fan/spectator, naturally, because you want to see your team at full strength.

Then it's the unknown that naturally exacerbates that frustration. The explanations you gave are nowhere to be found when a player is out. I'm not even saying they ought to disclose... doesn't make it less frustrating to not know.

I could start a whole shitshow debate about the third element which is the broader situation and the NFL's response... but that's probably better left for an off-season thread.