Broncos News: The Case For Sitting Wes Welker, Concussion Worries?

In this Broncos news update, Eddie Pells and Howard Fendrich of the Associated Press believe that Wes Welker's return to the Denver Broncos might be coming too soon.

No, they're not talking about Welker's lifted suspension for a positive drug test. They're talking about him coming back from his third documented concussion since November.

In their eyes, "the comeback feels a bit rushed, with the potential for life-altering consequences if the next big hit the 33-year-old takes to the head winds up being his last."

"We know that having multiple concussions is not good," said Dr. Julian Bailes,  professor of neurosurgery at the University of Chicago and member of the NFL Players Association's concussion committee. "It's not necessarily career-ending. ... A contact-sport athlete who's had multiple concussions in a short period of time does risk further concussions and risks that it becomes a season- or career-ending proposition if they return to play."

Coming back just one month after taking a hit to the head in an August 23rd preseason game, Welker seems ready to take the risk. Whether he should or not is still up for debate.

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