Quote:Concussions occur from impact. The brain basically gets rattled within the skull.  A helmet won't stop that from happening.  The speed of the collision and the force of impact are the key factors. 

 

The reason it seems there are more concussions is the incased awareness and stepped up protocol by the league. These concussions always occurred  - they just went unreported and often untreated. 

 

Actually there has been an increase in concussions. The game is faster now than it was in the leather helmet days. But part of it is running less and throwing more. What many people don't think about is more wide receivers than running backs suffer concussions. Think about it: Austin Collie, Cecil Shorts, Laurent Robinson, Wes Welker - all wide receivers - suffered multiple concussions in a single season, but no running back in Indiianpolis, Jacksonville, or Denver was concussed once to my knowledge. It can't be a coincidence if most teams have more receivers than running backs getting concussed. Back in the leather helmet days, pass-first offenses were a rarity.

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