Monday's health and safety news from the world of football:
- NFL vice president of officiating Dean Blandino told *NFL AM*Â on Monday morning that the second-half roughing penalty against San Francisco 49ers linebacker Nick Moody on Seattle Seahawks quarterback Russell Wilson was an incorrect call.
- Ben Volin of The Boston Globe talked to a number of NFL players, who said they want big hits from defenders to endure. Bill Belichick proposed last season that similar calls go up for replay review.
- The Boston Herald reported that New England Patriots defensive back Brandon Browner was not fined for his hit last Sunday on San Diego's Ladarius Green. Blandino discussed that hit during his weekly officiating video for the media.
- However, NFL Media Insider Ian Rapoport reported that Jacksonville Jaguars linebacker Telvin Smith was fined $22,050 for a hit that left Houston Texans wide receiver Andre Johnson with a concussion.
- WUSA-TV in Washington, D.C. featured Redskins wide receiver Andre Roberts, who looked at his military past at The Citadel and how hit helped him in the NFL.
- KPHO-TV looked at the latest findings in the concussion research project by TGen clinical research and the Arizona State football team.
- The Herald-Mail in Hagerstown, Maryland, published a column that said less padding might make football safer.
- The Loveland (Colo.) Reporter-Herald talked to a local doctor dealing with head injuries who believes in the philosophy of "When in doubt, sit it out."
- The Rochester (N.Y.) Democrat & Chronicle reported that athletic trainers are in strong demand in its area.
-- Bill Bradley, contributing editor
