On Thursday night, the football-watching public saw a human being get thrown to the ground at a speed so great it caused his neck to jerk backward like a broken PEZ dispenser.
Upon impact, the person could be seen slowly rolling over onto his back and looking at his fingers, which were splayed in myriad directions. The person was taken away on a stretcher and rushed to a nearby hospital.
Four days earlier that same person was shoved following a jumping movement while throwing a ball and slamming his head against the ground. He was barely able to return to his feet, which meant that the impact of the shove occurred when he was in a vulnerable position, unable to brace his body for a rapid freefall to the ground.