SI.com · Dec 9, 2015
'We were paid to give concussions'
The MMQB screened Will Smith’s upcoming drama Concussion with 70 former NFL players. For some, it was a panic-inducing horror flick
Keith McCants, the fourth pick of the 1990 NFL draft, screened Will Smith’s movie “Concussion” and told The MMQB: ”We were paid to give concussions. If we knew that we were killing people, I would have never put on the jersey.”ATLANTA — Cramped in his seat, the man in the back row of the movie theater cut a hulking silhouette. His knees pressed against the row in front of him, and every time he dug into his bag of popcorn, his leather jacket brushed against the adjacent chairs. He was otherwise quiet, at least for the first 90 minutes.
Then panic set in.