NFL under fire for using smelling salts to wake up Josh Allen after scary hit

New York Post ^ | Oct. 7, 2024 | Will Zimmerman

[nickcarraway]

The NFL’s player safety and concussion protocols were drawn into the limelight for all the wrong reasons during Buffalo’s Week 5 loss to Houston on Sunday.

For the second week in a row, Bills quarterback Josh Allen found himself face down on the turf in a scene similar to the one in last week’s loss to Baltimore— a defender bearing down, an off-balance throw and a grimace-inducing blow to the head.

This story featured a new wrinkle, though: smelling salts.

The big hit Allen took late in Sunday’s game drew the attention of the league’s concussion spotter, though the quarterback promptly passed his evaluation and was cleared to return to play. Allen huffed a smelling salt—a mixture of ammonia and other chemicals, used in the medical field to help revive people who have fainted—before trotting back out onto the field.

[TalBlack]

Seems like everything today is wrong and a big deal.

[BenLurkin]

Isn’t that what they’re for?

[Enterprise]

What did they want to do instead? Did they want someone to squat and fart in his face?

[1Old Pro]

He wasn’t the same after that head hit.

[GMThrust]

As usual, the headline is misleading. The issue wasn’t using smelling salts, it was letting him continue to play after getting knocked out (not due to a hit by the defender but hitting his head on the artificial concrete (turf)).

[Niteranger68]

WNFL

[mware]

Vet stadium in Philly was a career killer. Heard the stadium in NY and Arizona are pretty bad too.

[Resolute Conservative]

There are several videos on Youtube and TT that show Jack Lambert, Butkus, Csonka, Alex Karras, Ted Hendricks, Ronnie Lott and others dealing out pain these modern guys can only imagine. Some are painful to watch.

[dfwgator]

Jack Lambert on Rule Changes to protect Quarterbacks

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IxDUCaUYhnw

[PGR88]

Smelling salts are passed around like candy on NFL and NHL sidelines. Its players clearing their sinuses, and getting amped-up to play.

Claiming he was given it for a concussion is silly.

[Resolute Conservative]

Is that the dress one with Cosell? It was hilarious.

[dfwgator]

Yep.

[rlmorel]

I know. WTF.

[Mean Daddy]

Nebraska is switching back to grass next year I believe.

[rlmorel]

"What did they want to do instead? Did they want someone to squat and fart in his face?

LOL!

[rlmorel]

[Enterprise]

[Enterprise]

ROLF!!!!!!