All morning on sports talk radio people were saying that Griffin shouldn't play even if cleared. I don't understand the argument. If an independent neurologist has cleared him and that's not good enough then what metric do you want to use? And how do you look at the other 52 players and tell them that if they were medically cleared after brain trauma you'd expect them to play, but that this one player isn't expected to play?
I hope Griffin has learned his lesson. Hall said on the radio yesterday that Griffin apologized to the team, saying he understood how important he is to the team and that he needs to play smarter. I hope he means that. I don't want this to make him gun shy, I just want him to realize that 3rd and goal from the 5, 3rd quarter, in a close game, with 3 defenders between you and the endzone and no blockers is not a good time to try and make a play.