Why isn the league biting?
Shaun Alexander is one of the fortunate. Some 20 minutes after being leveled by Redskins linebacker LaVar Arrington, the league MVP wandered the Seattle sideline, unable to find his guards or tackles. Not until he spotted Matt Hasselbeck on the Qwest Field Jumbotron did he realize he had been knocked cold and removed from the field. Alexander recovered his smile and his moves in time to torch the Panthers a week later in the conference championship. But Priest Holmes is still trying to recover from multiple hits to the head and spine, including a helmet-to-helmet shot he took against the Chargers four months ago. Wayne Chrebet’s career ended in November after what was at least his ninth concussion. And the Rams, Jets and Browns had starting QBs sidelined during the season because of blows to the head. Even as the NFL changes rules and helmet makers improve their designs, the league says concussion rates have stayed level at about 0.4 incidents per game in recent seasons-about 100 per y
