What Happens To A Football Player's Brain During A Concussion?
WHEN THE CONCUSSION OCCURRED? Antonio Brown of the Pittsburgh Steelers moments before being laid low by Vontaze Burfict. Associated Press No matter who you root for during this Sunday’s Super Bowl 50, a showdown between the Denver Broncos and the Carolina Panthers, you can be sure the competition will be so fierce that there will be an estimated 130-plus plays hundreds of hits, tackles, spears, and lay outs. For a young and healthy athlete, that can lead to serious brain trauma. According to the NFL, there were 271 documented game-related concussions this past season — the most recorded by the league since 2011. Roughly one-third of those were caused by helmet-to-helmet contact. One of the worst of those hits occurred in January, during a grinding back-and-forth playoff match between Cincinnati Bengals and the Pittsburgh Steelers, a game generally regarded as one of the season’s dirtiest How dirty? With 22 seconds left in the game, the Steelers’ star wide receiver, Antonio...