They're on the right road, but there's a long way to go on concussions, not only in the NFL, but college football, high school football and all football.

I think if you're a good high school player that you have the ability to be a good college football player. If you're a good college football then you have the ability to be a great NFL player.

Through high school, college I've always been known as a heady football player. (At Michigan) we ran a very NFL-style defense and my defensive coordinator and linebacker coach (Jim) Herrmann threw a lot at us. He made me a student of the game and made me think and showed me the ins and outs.

I have no ax to grind. I was lucky. I played. How many guys play high school, college football never play pro football?

The same boys who got detention in elementary school for beating the crap out of people are now rewarded for it. They call it football.

At times during high school and college I wished to be a sportswriter.