In our latest article, we take a look back at the 2012 NFL season and count out some of the concussions the players suffered. As head injuries in the game seem to become a normality, some people have started to count them out. The average concussion rate in the NFL a week is nine. Nine concussions in one week! To me, that is an insane amount, and like I've said in my previous articles, we need to limit them. If you visit the link that I have above, it is a truly amazing site. It gives you week by week, team by team analysis of the concussions suffered during the season. For example, if I click on the New England Patriots, I can find out how many concussions they suffered in the season, which player suffered it, and what position he played. It also says that the total amount of concussions suffered this year, was a staggering 170. The team that suffered the most concussions was the Baltimore Ravens, the eventual Superbowl champions. Also if you go into further detail on the site, you can see that the side of the ball that suffered the most concussions on that Ravens team was the defense. So in reading up on this info, I realize more now how serious this injury occurs, and why we need to fix this. Just some evidence on how concussions are affecting the game today. Till next time.
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/concussion-watch/
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