The Rams’ quarterback suffered a conspicuous concussion, yet he was somehow left in the game, which makes me wonder — if this can happen in an NFL game, how often does it happen in your son’s youth football game?
No protocol is completely protective.
As I watch the replay from one week ago, Case Keenum’s head violently slamming into the ground, I think of how regularly this must occur in the playgrounds and fields of St. Louis, and how often concussed kids return to play too soon (and sometimes, like Case’s case, immediately).
Keenum’s concussion shook us.