How bad was Luke Kuechly's concussion last night?

It certainly didn't look good; I read something earlier this morning that was unrelated to Kuechly specifically, but being unable to control emotional outbursts, such as crying like he was, is a symptom of a serious neurological condition.

I hope he's going to be okay. Not only is he a great player, but he does a lot of great things in our community and the Panthers couldn't dream of having a better ambassador.

That was hard to watch. As much as I hate the Camthers. Luke is a good dude

They need to keep him out the rest of the season, especially with his history of concussions. I don't care if he wants to come back and that Panthers fans will want him back because they're still in the playoff race, you got to look at the bigger picture.

I've seen a lot of concussions and I haven't seen a face quite like that. He looked like he was in another dimension

That was pretty crazy. Think he's gonna be done for a little bit after that one, which is ashame because he's such a great player.

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but being unable to control emotional outbursts, such as crying like he was, is a symptom of a serious neurological condition.

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Maybe his show of emotion was due to the fact he made the decision to retire if he ever suffered another concussion? Just speculating. Wouldn't be surprised.

I have nothing to support this notion, but his reaction told me that he knew his career was coming to an end or close to its end with that concussion.

He certainly reacted to it very strangely.

It wasn't simply getting knocked out, coming to, and not remembering what happened.

Instead he became extremely emotional...crying and hyperventilating. Obviously, there was confusion.

I feel bad for the guy. He needs to sit down for a little while.

there is also the chance that he realized he was concussed and his season is over, right as the panthers were starting to move forward and he wasn't going to be able to participate/contribute to their push. nobody questioned his crying when we thought it was a knee injury and it could just be the same response he'd have to any major injury

he's one of the few guys in the NFL that could cry after a serious injury and nobody joked and everyone felt bad b/c he is such a competitor and cares that much.

let me also say that if he retires, combined with pat willis retiring, that would SUCK

we're talking about 2 HISTORICALLY great MLBs potentially retiring in their respective primes

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I was told multiple times from doctors that concussions themselves can cause manic episodes of crying

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This is true. Its more likely when the person has had multiple concussions