Time to trade Olave?

dizzle88 · 07-15-2025, 03:52 PM

Originally Posted by AsylumGuido

It hasn't been until fairly recently that the league has even been labeling what Olave has experienced as a concussion. Grade 1, the most "severe" Olave has experienced, is the lowest graded level. It's basically shows no damage with all scans being well within the normal expectations. It is defined as having minor symptoms. That didn't even warrant a smelling salt which was broken out by trainers several times a game in the not too distant past.

By the way, there were 182 diagnosed concussions in the league last season alone. Believe it or not, that's the lowest number since the NFL even started tracking them in 2015. How about that? The league didn't even track them at all ten short years ago.

I could see the concern if Olave had experience Grade 2 or especially Grade 3.

Our friend here, Smash, recently posted about the "wussification" of the NFL recently. Being so concerned that one feels a player should be considering retiring because of a few of the very lowest level concussions is jumping with both feet forward into that same area that Smash had referred.

Whilst you are probably right about the level of concussions received, anyone can believe that repeated bouts of the same injury can't be a good thing. Medicine is always evolving, so maybe there just isn't a good enough set of procedures yet to see what 4 concussions in 2 years actually looks like for the individual in later years.

As for the last point, "IF" Olave did choose to hang the cleats up, I'd consider him a very bright individual for not worrying about what others think about NFL toughness levels and instead prioritizing his future health.

07-15-2025, 03:52 PM	#8
dizzle88 10000 POST CLUB Join Date: Oct 2009 Posts: 11,546	Re: Time to trade Olave? Originally Posted by AsylumGuido It hasn't been until fairly recently that the league has even been labeling what Olave has experienced as a concussion. Grade 1, the most "severe" Olave has experienced, is the lowest graded level. It's basically shows no damage with all scans being well within the normal expectations. It is defined as having minor symptoms. That didn't even warrant a smelling salt which was broken out by trainers several times a game in the not too distant past. By the way, there were 182 diagnosed concussions in the league last season alone. Believe it or not, that's the lowest number since the NFL even started tracking them in 2015. How about that? The league didn't even track them at all ten short years ago. I could see the concern if Olave had experience Grade 2 or especially Grade 3. Our friend here, Smash, recently posted about the "wussification" of the NFL recently. Being so concerned that one feels a player should be considering retiring because of a few of the very lowest level concussions is jumping with both feet forward into that same area that Smash had referred. Whilst you are probably right about the level of concussions received, anyone can believe that repeated bouts of the same injury can't be a good thing. Medicine is always evolving, so maybe there just isn't a good enough set of procedures yet to see what 4 concussions in 2 years actually looks like for the individual in later years. As for the last point, "IF" Olave did choose to hang the cleats up, I'd consider him a very bright individual for not worrying about what others think about NFL toughness levels and instead prioritizing his future health.
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