5 unrealistic ways the NFL can lessen number of concussions

Benching NFL players for unnecessary roughness calls.

One of the easiest ways to make sure players start watching how they hit another player is to bench them for a set period of time. Think of it like this. If a player launches into an unprotected receiver or does actually commit a roughing the passer penalty that is blatant, that player has to sit out the next two series or the rest of a quarter.

The idea is that players need to be accountable. We already see players ejected for throwing punches so why not bench a player for committing unnecessary roughness penalties?

Eventually, teams will start holding their players more accountable for their actions. This would be for blatant calls. Consider the hit against Joe Flacco by Kiko Alonso, the penalty that came with that hit could have had bigger consequences for Alonso who was known to hit after the play was over. So he takes the penalty and misses the rest of the quarter.

The NFL would never try something like this although it makes sense. It would help, conceivably to stop players from committing these penalties but it would need to be reviewable and we all know the NFL would rather have nothing reviewed.