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On the Saints' opening drive, they approached the goal line when Niners safety Donte Whitner obliterated Pierre Thomas with a perfectly legal helmet-to-helmet hit, Thomas dropped the ball, and the 49ers saved a touchdown. The announcers went nuts praising Whitner's hit, but never mentioned that Thomas was obviously knocked out cold in the middle of the play. The omission -- while Tony Siragusa and "Moose" Johnston gushed over Whitner -- was like a creepy parody of the NFL's oblivious attitude toward head injuries. Watch Thomas' body go limp, and try to talk about anything else afterward.
THANK YOU.
I thought I was the only one who noticed this. I couldn’t believe that no one said A SINGLE WORD about the fact that the ball carrier was literally KNOCKED OUT on the play. A guy doesn’t drop like that unless he’s out, and I mean OUT. And, as much as I enjoy football, and the NFL, I’m just as glad my son decided to stop playing football in favor of basketball.
