Green suffered a severe concussion
 

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Sounds like his career is in serious doubt.

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We were just talking about this, do you think he'll play again this year?

The Fins should have kept Dante....I'm heard rumblings about Jake Plummer still drawing interest.

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He absolutely should stop playing. He's risking his life basically, and for a team going nowhere.

Not worth it, you've had a good career. Now live a long life.

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He should hang it up.

He's had a great career and I doubt he'll be in a rush to come back to an 0-5 team.

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If he is not showing any after effects within the next week or two then he should keep playing. The media over plays all this concussion stuff.

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[quote=skinsfan69;361652]If he is not showing any after effects within the next week or two then he should keep playing. The media over plays all this concussion stuff.[/quote]

Are the doctors overplaying it too?

He had a grade 3 concussion, the worst one you can have.

Couple that with his past concussions and we're talking about a pretty serious situation.

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[quote=Mattyk72;361658]Are the doctors overplaying it too?

He had a grade 3 concussion, the worst one you can have.

Couple that with his past concussions and we're talking about a pretty serious situation.[/quote]

I think the doctors are be way to cautious. It depends on the individual and how he responds. So far it looks like he is fine.

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[quote=skinsfan69;361660]I think the doctors are be way to cautious. It depends on the individual and how he responds. [B]So far it looks like he is fine[/B].[/quote]

LOL have you talked with Green or reviewed his medicals?

Of course the doctors are cautious, we're talking about a head injury a year removed from another very serious one.

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yeah, we're not talking a torn ACL or something. this is a head injury of the worse kind at that.

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Time for him to start collecting the interest earned on his investment.

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Time for him to call it a career. It's been good, and plenty of cash in his pocket.
It's not like he would be risking his health for some kind of good cause? The Fin's are done this year.........and for some time to come. No sense coming back next year in S. Fl.

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He outta hangem up while he still has at least half a brain. That SUCKS for trent.

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I think it's time for Trent Green to hang it up. I wouldn't have even cared if the concussion was that serious or not. When you, as a football player who is 37 years old, have been carted off of the field in consecutive seasons, you should consider hanging it up. I for one, hope he does, that's a scary sight and I hope I never have to see it again.

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I can't believe that guys was taunting him when he got carted off and basically defended his actions.

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[quote=12thMan;361688]I can't believe that guys was taunting him when he got carted off and basically defended his actions.[/quote]

Classless most def but it was a very dangerous play and he was arguably very upset at someone going down on his knees. Trent took a really cheap low blow and if you watch the video that DT nearly landed his head.

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[quote=Mattyk72;361664]LOL have you talked with Green or reviewed his medicals?

Of course the doctors are cautious, we're talking about a head injury a year removed from another very serious one.[/quote]

He got knocked out for a few minutes. It happens. He was up and talking shortly after he got hit. He's fine. But what happens is the media freaks because of the violence of the hit. It's shown on ESPN over and over and over again. Then he goes out on a stretcher and that makes people freak out even more. The reality is he could have gotten up and walked off the field. I understand the medical staff being as careful as possible. That is the job they have to do and the health of the player comes first. But like I said he's fine and he could probably play next week.

The media likes to play up situations like Andre Waters, Merril Hodge Troy Aikman, Steve Young and Ted Johnson. Some of is legit. But for every case like the guys I mentioned there are hundreds and hundreds of guys that get concussions and they keep on playing. It's just like the whole steriods thing. The media freaks out and creates controversy and most of them that report on it have no clue what they are talking about.

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[QUOTE=saden1;361692]Classless most def but it was a very dangerous play and he was arguably very upset at someone going down on his knees. Trent took a really cheap low blow and if you watch the video that DT nearly landed his head.[/QUOTE]

I think that's what's lost in that. I don't think you should be screaming at a guy who hasn't moved since he hit you, but if Trent had done what he intended to do, that could have ended the lineman's season. It's a hit that happens all the time, but it is a cheap shot and I can understand him being upset. He definitely took it too far, but I would have been pissed if I were him.

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[quote=saden1;361692]Classless most def but it was a very dangerous play and he was arguably very upset at someone going down on his knees. Trent took a really cheap low blow and if you watch the video that DT nearly landed his head.[/quote]

Definitly a little classless but Trents block was pretty classless in my book too.

I know it was leagal, but I think it was still pretty cheap.

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[quote=jdlea;361695]I think that's what's lost in that. I don't think you should be screaming at a guy who hasn't moved since he hit you, but if Trent had done what he intended to do, that could have ended the lineman's season. It's a hit that happens all the time, but it is a cheap shot and I can understand him being upset. He definitely took it too far, but I would have been pissed if I were him.[/quote]

Actually it was not a cheap shot. It would have been a cheap shot if it was a turnover, Int or fumble return. That play was a reverse. Totally legal hit.

I understand why the guy was pissed. But it's football. D-linemen get blocked low all the time and it's within the rules to do so. Deal with it or don't play football.

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I hope he retires. Trent has made a good life for himself with football, he shouldn't make his life any harder by playing further.

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[quote=skinsfan69;361697]I understand why the guy was pissed. But it's football. D-linemen get blocked low all the time and it's within the rules to do so. Deal with it or don't play football.[/quote]

I'd have to agree. The fact that he was throwing all that "he's a coward" and "don't go for my knees" talk is just stupid. In the context of trying to execute the play, how in the hell could Trent Green have hindered the progress of a defensive lineman that outways him by at least 100 pounds, without chopping him? Keep your head on a swivel and stop bitching.

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[QUOTE=skinsfan69;361697]Actually it was not a cheap shot. It would have been a cheap shot if it was a turnover, Int or fumble return. That play was a reverse. Totally legal hit.

I understand why the guy was pissed. But it's football. D-linemen get blocked low all the time and it's within the rules to do so. Deal with it or don't play football.[/QUOTE]

Just because it's legal doesn't mean it's not cheap. I'm not arguing whether it's legal or whether it shouldn't be legal. I'm just saying it's a shitty way to hit someone. If Trent had done what he intended to do, Johnson could have been the one on the stretcher so I see where he's coming from.

As for the idea that he had to cut him: he did, but you can cut a guy by hitting his thighs. He was putting his shoulder pad on his knee, that's bs in my book. I would have told one of my backs to go after Jason Taylor with the same hit and see how he likes it. I think it should be a legal hit, but the guy still has the right to be pissed. Plenty of people get pissed about legal shots that they think are cheap, this is just another example of it.

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[quote=jdlea;361708]Just because it's legal doesn't mean it's not cheap. I'm not arguing whether it's legal or whether it shouldn't be legal. I'm just saying it's a shitty way to hit someone. If Trent had done what he intended to do, Johnson could have been the one on the stretcher so I see where he's coming from.

As for the idea that he had to cut him: he did, but you can cut a guy by hitting his thighs. He was putting his shoulder pad on his knee, that's bs in my book. I would have told one of my backs to go after Jason Taylor with the same hit and see how he likes it. I think it should be a legal hit, but the guy still has the right to be pissed. Plenty of people get pissed about legal shots that they think are cheap, this is just another example of it.[/quote]

I hear what your saying. But it's within the rules and I just don't understand why guys get so bent out of shape over it. If everyone is so worried about it then change the rules. Maybe I'd feel different if I were an NFL player and I had my knee blown out from a chop block or something.

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Yeah it was cheap. The reason they put in the rule you can't do it after a turnover, is because that's when d linemen are out in space running fast. This was the same situation, but the legality was a technicality. I thought it was funny seeing him pointing at an guy who's out cold on the turf, and then saying in the interview, "God don't like ugly" "F*** Trent Green"

Dude had no restraint. I agree it was completely classless, but it was amusing as well...