Football is a very tough game, and every player knows it. The risk of serious injury while playing is significantly higher than in many other sports. That’s part of the reason players wear helmets and shoulder pads.
Even though all players understand the dangers, and injuries often result in only a few missed games, sometimes these injuries can be life-threatening.
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In the game between Cleveland Browns and Baltimore Ravens this Sunday, the result (29-24) was not the most important thing at the end of the game, as Browns cornerbackDenzel Ward suffered his sixth concussion since 2018.
Don’t play with your health
That many amount of head injuries can be extremely dangerous for his body, as it could lead to multiple long-term effects like memory loss, nausea, confusions, chronic traumatic encephalopathy and degenerative brain diseases.
This kind of head injuries are no joke at all. Many other players have suffered consequences even years after retiring from a ‘normal career‘, so, in Ward’s position, the effects he could have are a bit unpredictable.
Many colleges and people from the NFL world have insisted in the same thing… It might be time to consider a retirement.
If he considers retirement, it would not be an easy job to make it happen, as he signed a five-year $100 million contract with the Browns that made him highest-paid cornerback at the time.
