Eagles

Stewart Bradley Falls Over, Draws The Attention of League Officials, Potentially Puts a Kink in Man Date

By Kyle Scott

Published: Sep 12th, 2010 · 9:55 PM EDT

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If Stewart Bradley acts like this on his bro-date, he may make one local man very happy.  That, and the Eagles may be in some serious trouble with the NFL.  New league rules clearly state that you can't put a concussed player back into a game when he shows outward signs of a concussion.  Those signs are:

• Loss of consciousness;

• Confusion as evidenced by disorientation to person, time or place; inability to respond appropriately to questions; or inability to remember assignments or plays;

• Amnesia as evidenced by a gap in memory for events occurring just prior to the injury; inability to learn and retain new information; or a gap in memory for events that occurred after the injury;

• Abnormal neurological examination, such as abnormal pupillary response, persistent dizziness or vertigo, or abnormal balance on sideline testing.

• New and persistent headache, particularly if accompanied by photosensitivity, nausea, vomiting or dizziness;

• Any other persistent signs or symptoms of concussion.

Look, I'm no doctor, but I think this behavior is exhibiting at least one of those symptoms…

Stumble over the jump to see the video.

Just a few plays later Bradley was put back into the game.  I've seen a lot of guys get their bell rung in sports, but only once have I seen a player get up and fall like that- when Eric Lindros hit Valdimir Konstantinov.  He didn't return to the game.

Charles Robinson of Yahoo Sports reported that the NFL is looking into the incident as a potentially serious issue.  Last December, they expanded their concussion guidelines to better protect players from long term effects as a result of improperly treated concussions.

No word on if Stew took the Vespa home.

HughE Dillon