Packers LB Kampman does not blame team for his concussion

Although the Green Bay Packers linebacker Aaron Kampman had to play most of Sunday’s game with a head injury, which turned out to be a concussion, he does not think the team was negligent in observing players’ condition during game.

When Kampman took a blow to his head from some player in opponent team's NFL jersey on the fourth play of Sunday’s loss to the Tampa Bay Buccaneers, all those staying at sideline should have the awareness of having a check of the player’s condition. It was until the fourth quarter when Kampman told coaches he was not OK that they decided to take him out of the game.

“They didn’t know what was going on,” Kampman said Wednesday, however. “They need to be completely absolved. And I didn’t really know what was going on. Sometimes you just play. You keep playing. And you don’t really know what’s going on. But it got to a point where I was having some symptoms where I knew I was probably going to jeopardize the team, so I knew to come out.”

Such remarks were made after defensive coordinator Dom Capers said that players should tell coaches when they are not feeling well. Kampman also said that it’s a player’s responsibility to recognize when he has had a significant head injury. Sounds like exculpatory for the team, doesn’t it?