This weekend in NFL stupid, feat. exposed concrete in St. Louis

This year on This weekend in NFL stupid, we’re focusing on one extremely stupid winner with an honorable mention or two on a weekly basis. To close out Week 8 of the 2015 regular season, we look back on a freak injury that can be pinned on careless stadium infrastructure.

The winner: St. Louis Rams

For whatever reason, the St. Louis Rams have a strip of exposed concrete only about 10 yards beyond the sidelines at Edward Jones Dome. Inexplicable, really, when you consider how dangerous concrete is to high-speed football players in spikes as well as the fact it would be a rather simple task to place a carpet or some padding over that area.

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But no, the Rams have left the concrete exposed. And on the play above, it might have ended Reggie Bush’s career…

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Torn ACL.

Freak accident? That’d be easier to buy if this hadn’t happened one week earlier…

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This has to result in a lawsuit, right? At least one, maybe several….

The runner-up: New York Jets quarterback Geno Smith

Smith made a lot of bad decisions Sunday, but he earns the runner-up here mainly for believing that this was a good idea on a first-down play in the second quarter…

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About Brad Gagnon

Brad Gagnon has been passionate about both sports and mass media since he was in diapers -- a passion that won't die until he's in them again. Based in Toronto, he's worked as a national NFL blog editor at theScore.com (covering Super Bowls XLIV, XLV and XLVI), a producer and writer at theScore Television Network and a host, reporter and play-by-play voice at Rogers TV. His work has also appeared at Deadspin, FoxSports.com, The Guardian, The Hockey News and elsewhere at Bloguin, but his day gig has him covering all things NFC East for Bleacher Report.

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