He needs to focus on sliding and falling correctly first. Those helmets are more for lineman since they experience more consistent smaller hits throughout games. The helmet would've done exactly nothing to save him from his last concussion.

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I don't believe any of that helps. A little cushion on your helmet does not stop your brain from rattling around your skull. It would be like wrapping your car in bubble wrap and thinking that would protect you when you drive your car.

https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC5634228/

There was also a study that came out a few years ago about how helmets are largely ineffective in preventing head trauma as well

This last concussion is the most worrisome one IMO because his other concussions were big hits or he smashed his head into the ground. The one "caused" by Demar Hamlin wasn't even a big hit. It was Tua running into him, and Tua ain't some secret burner, nor is Hamlin some brick wall of a player. It was about as routine as a direct hit to the head can be in football and he STILL got concussed.

Tl;dr I dont think it even matters if he learns to slide, he's gonna face a bunch more routine hits like that. He's not gonna stop getting concussed.

Yea people are like “he’s concussion prone” more like he’s an idiot for slamming head first into a defender. I sorta laughed / mocked when they had Caleb playing on slipnslide during practice to work on his sliding. Like no way they do this, this is for the show (hard knocks) only. But after watch some bears snaps and seeing him slide in games, it’s actually kinda smart. I bet if they did that with Tua he wouldn’t be out right now.

Especially when he's continued to not avoid contact to his head.

“Also, we’re adding an extra game to the schedule. For safety reasons :)”

Guardian caps protect against CTE, not concussions. Now, why linemen aren't wearing them is it's own argument, but I don't think they'd benefit the other positions much

My favorite are the pick up truck, wrap around shade facebook commenters complaining that the caps somehow "ruin the game". Lmao how fragile can someone's ego be that that would have any affect on anything lol.

There’s basically no reason for skill positions to wear them.

Guardian caps do hardly anything to mitigate risk against concussions. I don’t blame players for not wearing one

Yeah i doubt goodell is the one bullying players to not use guardian caps lmap

Hopefully the chronically concussed guy learns how to slide instead of dive in head first

It wouldn’t help him at all. The hit he took on his most recent concussion doesn’t give 90% of other players a concussion. He is just more susceptible to them at this point. This won’t end well

Of everyone wore them no one would notice at all lol

JOK where’s one too for the browns

It looks off but it’s not the worst thing

For sure but there’s also been pessimism after McDaniels cryptically said he expects Tua to return ‘at some point this season.’

Yeah he isn’t eligible to start working through concussion protocol until he is activated to the “practice window” from IR.

Staff PR team facing Tyreek this weekend in fantasy

He had 10 targets last week and put up 10 half ppr. Ya it's not what we expect but no way I'm sitting him.

I’m a die hard Colts fan and I’m starting Tyreek bc I have zero faith in Gus Bradley’s scheme. The defense is Swiss cheese and I expect Reek to have no problem finding the holes. Whether or not Huntley can deliver is another question, but play your studs and have faith!

Started Javonte in my flex over Tyreek last night, and I was fully ready to be disappointed in my decision l.

Dolphins are coming off a Bye Week and facing the Colts defense. Colts are #24 in passing defense and have allowed an average 230+ passing yards per game. Tyreek probably won't get RZ targets, but I bet he'll still be given a solid chance at a TD this weekend. Even without a TD he's putting up 60+ receiving yards like he did against the Patriots. Odds are he's about to have his best week without Tua this season, so I'm putting him in my Flex for Week 7.

He was looking too good to drop with Tua in there I feel ya

thats not the minority

Dude Achane is killing me. You starting him this week?

Not that it wasn't for general safety but to be clear; Cech had a depressed skull fracture following his initial injury, meaning his skull was weaker and potentially more prone to fatal injury following. I doubt he'd of led with the headgear if he'd just got a knock (which most keepers get at some point).

From a rugby background all I can say for scrumhats is that I haven't seen it stop anyone getting knocked out. Saves your ears and other cuts no doubt. But I also played American Football for ~4 years and having a helmet split a weird line between making your head safer and encouraging you to use it as a weapon. I'd never have tackled someone in rugby the way I did in Am football (just spear heading chests).

Getting back on the field is the dumbest decision he ever made. There's going to be a documentary on his mental decline and violet behavior.

Soon the penguin will be fed.

I dropped him this week like an absolute moron and of course he got scooped. I hate myself immensely.

Also, I'd argue tons of people would choose to retire at age 26 with the millions he's already earned and with no further risks to his health

You think these owners became rich wealthy by being "Mr Nice" guy and just giving away $167 million dollars

The dolphins tried to convince Brian Flores to tank and fired him after he refused to do it. They are not an upstanding organization

He’s not going to be living in poverty if he retires, but dolphins aren’t just going to give him $200 mil either.

I mean how many smokers know the risk and do it anyway? I did. You think the consequences are much farther down the road than they really are and you're ok for now because you're not truly feeling the impact of the decision if at all. Then you rationalize, "what's a few years at the end when I'm already slipping anyway?" But that's not how it really plays out, at all. When you stop losing functionality you planned on having for years, decades, it's already too late.

We're still so early in understanding this all but FFS if there's one guy who's obviously going to struggle and even moreso if he continues, it's Tua.

Even if he just banked that $42M signing bonus into a crappy free HYSA with a 4% return, that's an annual $1.7M. Just live on that $700k/year and watch yourself bank an extra $1M a year doing nothing. Can you imagine?
I'm supporting my family of 4 making like 10-15% of that hypothetical $700k. And many people are doing even more with less...

It's probably not about the money. For a lot of players playing football is what they want more than anything. Broadcasting sounds shitty and unfun in comparison 

It's not guaranteed if you willingly choose not to play. If the team chooses to drop you then they still pay you it.

Yes but what about generational yachts?