“I understand correlation isn’t causation and I’m just removing myself from the risks. I know I could be wrong.” As the NFL season gets underway, the 24 year-old linebacker Chris Borland will not be taking the field after deciding that the game is not worth the risks. Steve Fainaru and Mark Fainaru-Wada on the former player who is the most dangerous man in football.

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