(03-25-2024, 11:55 PM)cland Wrote: I was thinking about Morse and his history of concussions (6 in 8 years.) What's strange to me is that concussions for an OLmen are pretty rare when compared to other positions (RB, WR, CB, LB, S, and QB) in that they are generally caused by either getting tackled (or tackling) and banging your head on the opponent's shoulder, helmet, knee, or the ground.  For a player that is in the middle of the line where first contact is almost instantaneous there isn't enough momentum to "crack the helmet."

There's always random events, where an offensive lineman gets toppled to the ground or picks up a linebacker with a head of steam helmet-to-helmet, but it seems like those are rare enough to be so consistent.

Just wondered if anyone knew more about Morse's history.

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The most recent was as you described, he pulled right on a run play and went head to hand with a linebacker about 4 yards downfield. The hit was to the face mask but dazed him and he went in the protocol for a week. That was 2 seasons after his mot recent one though and the early ones were attributed to him not using a mouth guard which he does now. It's a real risk that the team will have to watch and why I think they should draft JPJ if he's there at 17.

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