Brown’s exit caps alluring NFL season
The 2021-22 NFL season has been interesting. Antonio Brown decided to leave in the middle of the Tampa Bay Buccaneers game on Sunday. I was not shocked but somewhat surprised that Brown walked off.
Mental health is becoming an important issue in the NFL, and throughout all sports for that matter. I have been diagnosed and have dealt with mental health issues. So when I saw Brown walking off after knowing that he may be bipolar or have CTE, the abnormal situation in my view changed to normal.
By the way, CTE is chronic traumatic encephalopathy and is a progressive brain condition that is believed to be caused by blows to the head or repeated concussions.
Mark my words — in the future, each NFL team will have a psychiatrist on the sideline in addition to the regular team doctors. I believe it would be a great benefit for the players to have a psychiatrist at their disposal.
As recorded on video, Brown’s teammate Mike Evans tried to calm him down but to no avail. I believe a professional doctor may have been able to reach him. The outcome could have been better.
Then again, the outcome could have been worse. What if Brown hurt himself, his teammates or people in the stands? Not knowing exactly how someone in a specific state of mind will act is scary. Maybe a psychiatrist could have done a quick evaluation and given him medicine.
I am going to switch gears to talk about something more positive. Have you noticed how many teams in the NFL are above the .500 mark?
Looking at the AFC in the east, Buffalo, New England and the Dolphins are all at .500 or above. It is the same for Kansas City, San Diego and Las Vegas in the west, as well as Cincinnati, Pittsburgh and Baltimore in the north. Rounding out the club in the south are Tennessee and Indianapolis. The count comes to 11 teams out of 16 in the AFC (68.8 percent).
Half the teams (8 of 16) are at .500 or better in the NFC. Tampa Bay and New Orleans in the south, Green Bay is the lone team in the north, Los Angeles, Arizona and San Francisco in the west, and Dallas and Philadelphia in the east.
Two team in the AFC, Kansas City and Tennessee, are tied for the highest win percentage, 68.8 percent. But in the NFC, Green Bay currently leads the NFL with an 81.3 win percentage and both Tampa Bay and Los Angeles have a win percentage of 75.
Urban Meyer being fired, Trevor Lawrence’s shaky performance, fans returning to the stands and the NFL extending the season for the first time since 1978 to 17 games over 18 weeks were other interesting things that have occurred during the 2021-22 season.