The hit...
And the damage...
And there's a sobering reminder of exactly what it is that we are watching to close out our weekends. To be fair, I don't know what I expected the carnage from a head-on collision between one professional athlete's face and another professional athlete's reinforced protective armor to look like. Still, Taiwan Jones appearing as though he spent hours in a makeup chair on the afternoon of October 31st paints a pretty eye-popping picture of the force with which these superhumans spear each other, over and over again, on Sundays. If Get Out were based on a true story, I imagine that's the type of nasty wound you might see on someone who had their entire brain replaced, and yet it was simply the result of sport. Sort of makes you feel like an asshole for ever even thinking about questioning why they are slowly but surely ridding football of kicks returns. Freakishly strong and fast humans getting a 40-50 yard head start in acting as padded kamikazes can cause a haunting amount of physical and mental damage to those not properly braced or cloaked for it, who knew!?! Anyway, I'm glad Taiwan Jones is relatively alright. From the scary look of that play, it could have been much, much worse than even the bruising, bleeding, swelling, and scarring indicate. Sidenote: The apology (below) was obviously necessary, as launching helmet first at an opponent is exactly the type of thing they are trying to get out of the game regardless of circumstance. That said, I can't really point the finger at Uchenna Nwosu for delivering the hit, or at the officials for failing to blow the play dead, as professional football happens way too damn fast in real time for even the most focused of participant or whistled of observer to react accordingly.
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