Seahawks CB Richard Sherman says he’s played while suffering the effects of a concussion

The issue of concussions and the NFL continues to be a hot button topic. The always outspoken Seahawks CB Richard Sherman recently weighed in on the topic. Sherman explained how players that want to play will do whatever to stay on the field and detailed how he once hid a concussion.

“On the game’s seventh play, I trailed my receiver down the left sideline and looked back to see Andy Dalton toss it underneath to Chris Pressley, their 260-pound fullback,” Sherman said. “As he turned up the sideline I came down hard, squared up, and dove at his legs. His right knee connected with my temple, flipping him over my head. I got up quickly and shook my head back and forth to let them know nobody is running me over.”

The problem was that I couldn’t see,” Sherman wrote. “The concussion blurred my vision and I played the next two quarters half-blind, but there was no way I was coming off the field with so much at stake. It paid off: Just as my head was clearing, Andy Dalton lobbed one up to rookie A.J. Green and I came down with my first career interception. The Legion of Boom was born.”

Sherman also explained that he would do it again:

“And the next time I get hit in the head and I can’t see straight, if I can, I’ll get back up and pretend like nothing happened. Maybe I’ll even get another pick in the process.”

Yikes, the NFL probably won’t be too happy to hear that.