[NU Sports] Wooten gets first sack

[Tom Maycock]

> Yes, it was a clean hard hit but as I feared the first time  Brett got hit 
hard
> he was unable to continue.  I wonder how much the  weather and hard surface 
> affected that?  


It may have had a lot to do with it. The main issue was the fact that Favre's 
head hit the ground hard. It was that blow to the head that put him out of the 
game. We've all seen plenty of concussions from impacts with warm fields, both 
turf and grass, but the freezing turf sure couldn't have helped.

Nice play by Corey in any case--wasn't a dirty hit by any means, but Favre was 
pretty helpless in that situation. 

It was fun watching them play in those conditions, but I suspect the toll was 
heavier than just Favre. I saw Kreutz grabbing a hamstring after rolling on the 
ground, another Minnesota player went down with a concussion after taking 
Forte's knee to the head--in better conditions, that might not have happened. 
One of the Bears players got pretty dinged up after sliding into a cart or 
something off to the side of the field on Webb's TD scramble--he was down for 
quite a while. 

So, I'll bet there was more than the usual amount of bumps and bruises after 
that game, and more than you would have seen on a grass field, or at least a 
heated turf field. 

Looked great on TV though, and brought back pleasant memories of my trip to see 
the Cats win at TCF earlier this year.

Tom



> 
> Tough way to see a  great career possibly end.  I hope the last few seasons
> don't cause  health problems with his post-football life.  
> 
> I would have rather  seen the Bears beat the Vikings WITH Favre and Adrian
> Peterson, but I'll take  the division title and hopefully 2nd seed in the
> playoffs.  
> 
> Wooten made a few mistakes later on in the game, though it was good to  see
> him getting some more playing time.  I wonder how long it will be  before
> they stop mentioning his Northwestern roots?  You seldom hear  anyone mention
> Brett Favre's college (Southern Mississippi) or even Jay  Cutler's 
(Vanderbilt)
> these days.  
> 
> The announcers last night  kept comparing Cutler to a young Brett Favre, I
> think they were overdoing  that.  
> --
> Mike  Nolan
> 
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