John Urschel

A new concussion test, an early retirement and people have lost their damn minds. Everyone is pretending that this early retirement is a sign of things to come. They said it when Chris Borland called it quits, they said it when the last CTE study was made public. This is classic fodder in a dead time for NFL news. Once again we are pretending like we are ignorant to the dangers of a game where you smash into each other. This whole CTE thing never made sense to me in the first place. Did you think nothing would happen long term when you play a contact sport? The point remains, people will always play football, box and step into the MMA ring. Could we see a drop in participation? sure we could. I just don't understand the people pretending like football is going to go extinct. The top players at every position continue to play year in and year out. Urschel is an interesting dude but he is a borderline starter. Were not talking about Joe Thomas here. Furthermore, the guy is completing his doctorate at MIT. In case your not familiar with MIT its one of the most challenging schools on the planet. Did we ever consider the fact that being a professional football player while completing a challenging doctorate might be a little to much for one plate? The guy clearly wants to channel his inner nerd and get his degree; all the power to him. So lets pump the breaks on this whole football is dying narrative. Wake me up when Antonio Brown or Cam Newton calls it quits.