Wallace108
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 | | Subject: Shurmur says Browns followed injury protocol with quarterback Colt McCoy Sat Dec 10, 2011 9:20 am | |
| By Nate Ulrich / Akron Beacon Journal
BEREA, Ohio -- Cleveland Browns coach Pat Shurmur said Friday he never would have sent quarterback Colt McCoy back into the game Thursday night at Heinz Field if he had known McCoy had a concussion.
The problem was the Browns (4-9) did not see any symptoms from McCoy until after the game, Shurmur said. Still, everyone watching couldn’t miss the vicious hit McCoy took.
Pittsburgh Steelers linebacker James Harrison used his helmet to smash into McCoy’s facemask. Harrison was penalized for roughing the passer after delivering the devastating blow, which knocked McCoy to the ground and sent him to the sideline with about six minutes left in the fourth quarter.
Two plays later - or about 3 minutes, 50 seconds of real time - McCoy re-entered the game on first-and-goal at the Steelers’ 5-yard line. On third down, he threw an interception into the end zone that proved to be a major turning point in the Browns’ 14-3 loss.
Shurmur said McCoy told him he was ready to return to action. The medical staff did, as well, Shurmur said. Tight end Benjamin Watson [stats] and rookie fullback Owen Marecic suffered concussions earlier in the game and had been ruled out.
"If (McCoy) would have shown symptoms of a concussion, then I wouldn’t have put him back in the game," Shurmur said. "It would have been out of my hands anyways because I would have been told (by the medical staff) he can’t go back in the game. If he had the symptoms, he wouldn’t have gone back in the game - absolutely not."
http://bostonherald.com/sports/football/other_nfl/view/20111210coach__pat_shurmur_says_browns_followed_injury_protocol_with_quarterback_colt_mccoy
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Probably not, but I'm wondering if Ben's heroic re-entry into the game factored into their decision to send Colt back in ...
Whatever the reason, they were idiots. I can't remember if it was the play in which Colt threw the interception or the play before that, but they showed a closeup of his face. You could tell just by looking at him that he wasn't right. He looked like he had no fricking clue where he was or what he was doing. Either that or he was scared out of his mind. Either way, he shouldn't have been put back in there. _________________  If you're going to be a smart ass, you'd better be smart. Otherwise, you're just an ass. | |
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| | Subject: Re: Shurmur says Browns followed injury protocol with quarterback Colt McCoy Sat Dec 10, 2011 9:23 am | |
| - Wallace108 wrote:
- Probably not, but I'm wondering if Ben's heroic re-entry into the game factored into their decision to send Colt back in ...
Whatever the reason, they were idiots. I can't remember if it was the play in which Colt threw the interception or the play before that, but they showed a closeup of his face. You could tell just by looking at him that he wasn't right. He looked like he had no fricking clue where he was or what he was doing. Either that or he was scared out of his mind. Either way, he shouldn't have been put back in there. And where's the outrage concerning this that the Steelers saw over the wording of Troy's "concussion-like symptoms", even though he never actually returned to the game?  _________________  -"I stand corrected... But I absolutely and wholeheartedly fart in the general direction of almost every other thing you have posted to this point."- | |
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