MIAMI – In the final moments of Sunday’s game against Washington, New York Jets running back C.T. Edwards racked up a mild 24 yards on ten carries in the team’s 30-point blowout victory. At one point in the game’s waning minutes, Edwards carried the ball on six straight plays, running headfirst at full speed for four yards, only to have a pile of linemen fall on his knees at a force ten times what the human body is meant to withstand. An inquiry after the game to the NFL commissioner’s office was responded to by deputy commissioner Jay Mercyless. Mr. Mercyless argued there is no such way to speed up these meaningless final moments of a lopsided game, suggesting it would be “disrespectful to the great concussions of the past.”
