Yeah, and 20 years after he retires from football he’ll be drooling into a cup. If he’s so smart why is he risking his future health for a game?
The article doesn’t mention him having had any injuries in the game, so he’s probably been fortunate enough to not have had any serious ones.
He seems to be aware enough to see life beyond the game, if he did ever get knocked about, he’d probably contemplate retirement.
He said why, he’s addicted to hitting people and when he goes any long period whithout hitting people he gets nasty. In other words he’s a wack job.
Sounds like you played for awhile.
Obviously not a football fan - is it OK for men to act like men or are they just too dang crude?
Offensive line play usually doesn’t involve much high velocity helmet to helmet contact, more body on body short space contact with the winner having superior leverage through footwork and quickness. It’s not uncommon for a top lineman to have a twelve to fifteen year career, much longer than for any other position. Wide receivers, running backs, and just about any position on defense are where brain rattling hits are an integral part of the game and where careers tend to be short. Good line play is also like a complicated dance of five component parts working in perfect synchrony. That’s why it can take so long for an offensive line to develop “chemistry”. Not at all surprised that the guy on the Ravens with the demonstrably highest IQ is on the OL.
Lineman usually don’t get the types of hits that cause concussions. They usually get back and leg problems.
I played about ten years as a center. The only time I got hit in the head was when someone fell on me.
Nonsense.
Twenty years from now he may be dead from the adverse health effects of being a physically large out of shape man.
If alive he may experience nagging pain due to not having hung up the cleats after multiple injuries to the same area.
What he won't be is punch drunk because he never experienced (from football) anything close to the number of daily direct blows to his head that a boxer experiences over a career.