Against Washington, I believe there was a slight helmet-to-helmet on his INT. That resulted in the first one.
Every replay I saw had his head hitting the turf against Detroit. That contact with the turf is what gave him the concussion. Maybe the Packers would say otherwise. Not sure if they did, but I don't believe them if that is the case. When a player hits their head the way he did, that is usually a bad sign. Those tend to be the bad ones. Again, not suggesting one is more severe than the other, but there is a reason why he was cleared early against Miami and probably won't be against New England. Most of the time they sit out and I have a hard time seeing this go any other way.
http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2010/12/12/aaron-rodgers-out-matt-flynn-in-for-packers/
According to the FOX broadcast, Rodgers suffered the concussion when his head hit the turf when Lions linebacker Landon Johnson tackled him at the end of an 18-yard run.
"porky88" wrote:
Head to the turf. I'd be shocked if he plays.
Damn I suck at spelling things out clearly. You said his first concussion was from a helmet to helmet hit. You did mention the other as well and that's where I failed to specify the hit I was referring to.
The Redskin hit him, an as he was going down hit his helmet into Rodgers and as Rodgers was going down the defenders knee struck Rodgers in the face jerking his face back and then his head hit the grass as the defenders helmet connected with his helmet once again.
TO BE CLEAR ... I have no clue where the concussion occurred. Some reporter, Wilde I think, asked if he thought it was the knee or helmet blow and he said knee. Who the hell wants to believe that though, he was freaking concussed!
My guess is it was the combination of getting hit in the helmet one direction with a sudden slam from the knee into the other direction that caused the concussion. Not one or the other. I don't know, I'm not a doctor, just an observer. I did however play doctor once with this neighbor girl.