ANALYSIS/OPINION:
Concussions in the National Football League were up 4% this past season.
The protector of the players, NFL commissioner Roger Goodell, called that increase “statistically insignificant” as he barely addressed the league’s plague in his annual state-of-the-league remarks last week at the Super Bowl in Miami.
“Statistically insignificant.” Sort of like what former Redskins coach Jay Gruden said about tight end Jordan Reed in August when Reid suffered his seventh documented concussion.
“We’re quite confident that Jordan will be fine,” Gruden said.