Safety

[Colts And Orioles]

Originally Posted by apballin

Definitely, my nephews play Little League football and kids are constantly reminded “put your mouthpiece in “

Then your nephews point out NFL players don’t have to wear a mouthpiece

I had to look the shit up because I didn’t believe it but yes mouth guards are optional.

The play that bothers me the most is when guys are on the ground and get pounced on. How has that not been banned??? I’d like to know how many guys have been injured from a 300 pound guy jumping on them while they’re on the ground.

If you’re on the ground ...… you’re defenseless.

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Bernie Kosar ) is missing numerous front teeth, because he claimed that in order to audible discernably, he had play without his mouthpiece.




Q: ) I read about all the teeth that you had knocked out over the years from playing football, and how little of them you have left ...... Is that true ???

A: ) “Pretty much. I’ve had probably four or five of my back teeth knocked out, two are still missing, and five are fake. Because I audibled so much because Coach Shnellenberger and Coach Shula gave me the luxury of changing the play, the mouthpiece made me sound garbled. In these loud 80,000-seat stadiums, you need the guys to understand and hear you. So it just got to the point where I wasn’t even wearing one because I audibled so much. For the kids out there, it was stupid and a mistake. It definitely caused more of the concussions and loss of teeth. I actually have saved all the teeth that have been knocked out and the screws and pins that have been taken out in surgeries. I also had surgery on my jaw multiple times because I cracked the bone four or five times from getting hit. I was so focused in on wanting to make good plays, and because I was so slow I knew I needed to get us in the right play all the time because I knew I couldn’t run the ball.”



https://www.sun-sentinel.com/2010/02...-bernie-kosar/

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