Steelers TE Ladarius Green refutes talk of headaches, retirement
All right, now the Ladarius Green story is strange.
When reports came out earlier this month that the Pittsburgh Steelers tight end was experiencing headaches that wouldn’t go away, and that might force his retirement, it seemed like another tough concussion story. Green hadn’t practiced in camp, the team said it was for an ankle injury, but Green’s agent said his client’s ankle was fine.
Nope, Green said. The reports that his ankle was fine and the headaches were keeping him off the field weren’t accurate, he insisted.
According to Mark Kaboly of the Pittsburgh Tribune-Review, Green said he is not experiencing headaches, his ankle isn’t fine, and he has no idea where the retirement stories came from. And now, feel free to be confused.
“I am (wondering) who said this,” Green said about retirement. “I don’t think I talked about retiring anytime soon. I’m 26. Don’t think [I am] retiring anytime soon.”
When asked about playing this season, Green said, “Why wouldn’t I be confident about that?”
There’s still no timetable for Green’s return though. He does have a concussion history, but he downplayed it on Saturday. In March Green said that the San Diego Chargers misdiagnosed his concussions, and they were actually sinus issues, via Kaboly.
“I don’t think I had bad concussions last year. I had some,” Green told Kaboly on Saturday.
Green also said he had no idea why his agent said his ankle was OK. He said it wasn’t 100 percent yet.
“It is still not there,” Green said. “It’s getting better.”
Who knows what to make of this story now. All we know for sure is that the Steelers’ big free-agent addition this offseason, the player who was to replace retired Heath Miller, hasn’t been practicing or playing in any preseason games.
Until he does get back on the field, the story might continue to be an unusual one.
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