D'Brickashaw Ferguson is the latest NFL player to see Concussion—as well as read the book its based on—and after watching the controversial picture, the Jets left tackle says he feels "betrayed" by the league.
Penning an essay for SI.com, the 10-year veteran and three-time Pro Bowler writes about how disappointing it is knowing the NFL was less than forthcoming with information about concussions, making him feel "a bit betrayed by the people or committees put in place by the league who did not have my best interests at heart."
One individual Ferguson called out in the piece was former Jets team physician Elliot Pellman who also served as the NFL's committee chairman on head injuries. Ferguson wrote "to learn that he was a part of the group that tried to discredit the scope and impact of brain injuries among players within the league is disheartening."
Ferguson concluded the piece questioning whether he would have started playing football if he knew back then what he knows now. Ultimately, Ferguson said he wouldn't change a thing but wouldn't definitively say he would let his son strap on a helmet.
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