Found January 25, 2012 on
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PLAYERS:
Kyle Williams,
Jacquian Williams,
Devin Thomas,
Tyler Sash
TEAMS: San Francisco 49ers, New York Giants
TEAMS: San Francisco 49ers, New York Giants
You know how the NFL has been so concerned about concussions and head injuries and has made an effort ‒ some might even call it an overzealous effort ‒ to limit players' risk to head injuries?
Not everyone shares the league's concern. Some players, in fact, when they know a guy has had head injuries, will make it a point to inflict even more damage to that fellow's head.
Such was the case on Sunday with the Giants and Kyle Williams, who has been concussed in the past. Williams, of course, went on to make two crucial errors that helped cost the 49ers the game. Now, the Giants hunting Williams' head didn't have anything to do with the mistakes he made, and there were no illegal hits to his head or anything of the sort. That's not the issue.
The issue is that the message the league has been trying to send about concussions is clearly not getting through. Or it is, and it's being ignored. Via the AP's Jim Litke, check out these quotes from Giants defender...
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