Colt McCoy Told His Dad He Does Not Remember Anything After the James Harrison Hit
Brad McCoy, Colt McCoy’s father, told the Cleveland Plain-Dealer his son doesn’t remember anything that happened after James Harrison delivered a helmet-to-helmet hit to him in the 4th quarter Thursday night.
I talked to Colt this morning and he said, ‘dad, I don’t know what happened, but I know I lost the game. I know I let the team. What happened?’
You might recall that McCoy was briefly removed from the game, and Seneca Wallace came in. Colt came back in immediately with the Browns in the red zone trying to tie the game. He took a sack on second down when Harrison tripped him up as he was trying to escape the pocket (and McCoy playfully tapped Harrison on the helmet afterward). He then threw the decisive interception on third down to the end zone.
Of course, if Colt McCoy doesn’t remember this, it is a big problem for the league. More from Brad McCoy:
He never should’ve gone back in the game. He was basically out (cold) after the hit. You could tell by the rigidity of his body as he laying there. There were a lot of easy symptoms that should’ve told them he had a concussion. He was nauseated and he didn’t know who he was. From what I could see, they didn’t test him for a concussion on the sidelines. They looked at his (left) hand.
The league supposedly has testing procedures to insure a player with a concussion does not go back in to the game until evaluated and medically cleared. We saw the Stewart Bradley episode last year, but this is even worse.
He clearly took a helmet shot. It was flagged. He left the game. What were they doing? I mean, from a competitive standpoint, you should probably not have put him in anyway, because his lack of awareness may have cost the team the game with the sack and interception. But from a personal safety standpoint, it is inexcusable. Who made the decision to put him back out there?
This is more dangerous as anything the league has disciplined Suh for. It is supposedly a point of emphasis. Well, here’s your chance, Roger Goodell, to actually make a meaningful statement. Large organizational fine, and for conduct detrimental to the game, suspension of the head coach or decision maker responsible for putting a clearly concussed player back in the game at a key moment. [Plain-Dealer]
Previously: James Harrison’s Helmet-to-Helmet Hit on Colt McCoy Ticked Off Colt’s Little Bro, Case McCoy
[photo via Getty]

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December 9th, 2011 at 12:54 PM
Probably wishes he forgot his entire NFL career at this point.
/bust city
December 9th, 2011 at 12:56 PM
Best case scenario: CLE is able to use this to fire Uncle Pat. He is Rich Kotite-level clueless.
December 9th, 2011 at 12:56 PM
$250k to the organization
December 9th, 2011 at 12:57 PM
I thought that NFL had personnel up in the booth who are supposed to spot signs of concussions in players and notify the team’s medical personnel to remove them from the game. Was that guy in the john while this was happening?
December 9th, 2011 at 12:58 PM
And bravo on the caption, Lisk.
December 9th, 2011 at 12:58 PM
Can someone make the case that Harrison shouldn’t be suspended given his past history, and the damage he has caused?
December 9th, 2011 at 12:58 PM
Just saw the caption as well. I laughed.
December 9th, 2011 at 1:00 PM
Lisk…
Out of curiosity, the INT (after the sack) was on 3rd down…had it fallen incomplete…what do you do on 4th and goal from about the 20 with under 2 minutes and down 7-3.
Do you kick the field goal/onside kick/field goal or go for the TD?
December 9th, 2011 at 1:00 PM
Never should’ve gone back in the game. Enjoy not having control of your body when you’re 40, hope the macho bullshit is worth it. Moron.
December 9th, 2011 at 1:01 PM
. suspension of the head coach or decision maker responsible for putting a clearly concussed player back in the game at a key moment.
aka the head trainer or doctor will be the scapegoat and get fired and then management will say they’re doing this in the best interest of the team and the league will show that they’re taking this seriously.
December 9th, 2011 at 1:01 PM
That would explain the horrible sack he took on 2nd and goal, didn’t seem to have any idea what the game situation there was…should have left Wallace in, guy even had a nice completion to get them down to the 5 on his one throw
December 9th, 2011 at 1:03 PM
Babar, I believe the ball was on the 15 yard line. Split out Evan Moore wide and get him on a 1-1 jump ball?
December 9th, 2011 at 1:03 PM
Suspend Harrison. Fine the fuck out of the Colts.
December 9th, 2011 at 1:04 PM
Probably busy compiling another DVD of JACKED UP HITS to sell at the NFL Shop.
December 9th, 2011 at 1:04 PM
No worries website, it wasn’t that interesting anyhow
December 9th, 2011 at 1:04 PM
I agree he was KTFO on the field. I really don’t know what the NFL Observer was doing, but the guy should have been at a hospital pretty quickly..
Not only shady by the browns, but even stupid. They could have won that game (not really, but still)
December 9th, 2011 at 1:05 PM
Indy should be fined for wasting viewers’ time every week.
December 9th, 2011 at 1:05 PM
A stronger message needs to be sent here…lifetime ban from the nfl for pat is more than appropriate
December 9th, 2011 at 1:05 PM
I’m all for this as a matter of principle, really.
December 9th, 2011 at 1:06 PM
Interesting take.
December 9th, 2011 at 1:07 PM
Guys you’re going to make Bill Polian cry.
December 9th, 2011 at 1:08 PM
Is Pat Shermer worse than Jim Caldwell? No worse coaches, right?
December 9th, 2011 at 1:09 PM
I remember his debut (think it was against the Steelers). The Browns lost that game, but McCoy was competent, decisive and really wasn’t the reason they lost.
This season has been pitiful, yes, but I wonder what Colt would have been able to do if the system that he had been progressing pretty well in wasn’t taken away.
December 9th, 2011 at 1:10 PM
so if you’re late let me recap: Suspend Harrison, Lifetime banishment for Shermer, Heavy Fine for the Colts;
Over, Unger, Under, Dunn.
December 9th, 2011 at 1:11 PM
Or had wide receivers that actually caught passes.
December 9th, 2011 at 1:12 PM
Oh, I was just really poking Clown in the ribs by ripping Colt (whom I really liked at Texas…and I hate Texas).
December 9th, 2011 at 1:15 PM
Not to minimize the significance of the story, but WTF is his dad doing commenting to the press? Is this Pop Warner or something?
December 9th, 2011 at 1:16 PM
Typical soft-ass Texas player. Needs his dad to help him out. At least Colt still has his smoking hot wife.
December 9th, 2011 at 1:16 PM
Lifelong Browns fan and I completely agree with this.
Because he was clearly lucid…
December 9th, 2011 at 1:17 PM
I am just throwing this out there…any chance his dad is making an excuse for his son’s terrible, horrible, no-good, very bad interception to ice the game?
/unsure how to hedge this one when I get told this is idiotic
December 9th, 2011 at 1:17 PM
Typical soft-ass Texas player. Needs his dad to help him out
Luke Axtell agrees.
December 9th, 2011 at 1:18 PM
Anthony Lima
TVRadio made a good point on twitter hypothesizing that the situation in CLE is untenable and this is the beginning of getting Colt out of dodge.December 9th, 2011 at 1:18 PM
This is idiotic.
December 9th, 2011 at 1:20 PM
That thought crossed my mind as I asked my question about why his dad is talking to the press.
Then again, times have changed. 25 years ago the press probably would never have dreamed of calling [insert spunky but mediocre quarterback's name here]‘s dad, nor would they have probably known how to reach him. Today, said dad probably has his own Twitter account to cut/paste from.
December 9th, 2011 at 1:20 PM
McCoy has all the intangibles but not all the tangibles. If he’s not killed or ruined by Uncle Pat, he’d probably max out at a 15-20th best starter; He misses some blitz reads and I think confuses some protection packages but that’s likely due to playing more under center and being a young player.
Shermer’s offensive “system” makes the original Tecmo Bowl play selection look high octane.
/calls NY Giants pick pass to Mark Bavarro.
December 9th, 2011 at 1:20 PM
What say you Mr. King?
December 9th, 2011 at 1:20 PM
You have started off with “Some people are saying”, that way it’s not technically you positing the statement
/FOXNews’d
December 9th, 2011 at 1:22 PM
Craig James thinks Colt McCoy’s dad needs a new PR firm.
December 9th, 2011 at 1:23 PM
Some people are saying it isn’t.
/nods at Butters
//don’t think I did that right
December 9th, 2011 at 1:23 PM
This is more likely the end of Shermer than McCoy. But that’s using logic and an assessment of potential and recent history. Then again, this is the Browns…
Shermer has to go.
December 9th, 2011 at 1:24 PM
Was any portion of this game even enjoyable to watch? I bet the under and didn’t watch a single play.
December 9th, 2011 at 1:24 PM
I can’t believe the Browns would take such a chance with their player’s health
December 9th, 2011 at 1:25 PM
I will kill for some footage to see second by second, what happened to McCoy from the second he was hit by Harrison to the moment he went back in the game.
December 9th, 2011 at 1:27 PM
Todd Marinovich’s Father sure would love to be doing his thing in the Twitter era.
December 9th, 2011 at 1:27 PM
Browns goal line stand to keep them in the game. Chris Cogong went beast mode for 2 minutes.
December 9th, 2011 at 1:28 PM
HURRY UP WITH THIS PLZ.
December 9th, 2011 at 1:28 PM
I too, think the Colts should get fined for this
December 9th, 2011 at 1:29 PM
wonderful tush.
/questionably sfw
December 9th, 2011 at 1:29 PM
“Young Todd just finished a 6-mile warm up jog, before hitting the weights. All natural breakfast is next, then off to 2nd grade”
December 9th, 2011 at 1:29 PM
/salivates
December 9th, 2011 at 1:30 PM
Somehow, the Patriots are still the root cause of anything bad that happens in the NFL. Actually, just their fans. Can’t really fault Bill for their shortcomings.
December 9th, 2011 at 1:30 PM
Cuban supports Stern’s veto. Anyone see that coming?
December 9th, 2011 at 1:31 PM
I hated the hiring when the biggest reason was that his dad and Holmgren were boys. So fire him for that.
But setting that aside, what has he shown this year that would let you think he’s a shitty coach?
Because there’s not a whole lot of talent on that team.
December 9th, 2011 at 1:31 PM
are we REALLY criticizing mccoy for throwing a bad pass after getting his brain scrambled about a minute before?
December 9th, 2011 at 1:32 PM
spencer I earlier acquired my floor seats for black keys in CLE. ha ha
I now have something to look forward to for 3 months.
December 9th, 2011 at 1:32 PM
Where the fuck did that come from, SC?
December 9th, 2011 at 1:33 PM
are we REALLY criticizing mccoy for throwing a bad pass after getting his brain scrambled about a minute before?
I’m criticizing the Browns for not playing Seneca Wallace the whole season. And for having the single worst fan in the entire world.
December 9th, 2011 at 1:33 PM
a) mangini got WAY WAY WAY WAY WAY more out of his “lack of talent” than shurmur has.
b) rams fans were highly critical of his strategy and playcalling
c) proof’s in the pudding…when 75% of the throws you designed and call don’t feature routes more than 10 yards downfield, THERE’S A FUCKING PROBLEM. it’s strategy 101…if you call everything in a 10 yard box, the defense realizes they only have to defend a 10 yard box. this has gone on ALL season and i don’t care how little talent is on the roster…a team full of rice’s and sterling sharpe’s and TO’s wouldn’t do shit in this neutered west coast offense.
December 9th, 2011 at 1:33 PM
@TheresAnIinMarinovich: Todd turned 15 today or as I like to call it Day 5,475 without a Big Mac.
December 9th, 2011 at 1:34 PM
are we REALLY criticizing mccoy for throwing a bad pass after getting his brain scrambled about a minute before?
Nope. Criticizing him for being a little baby bitch that runs to his daddy for protection even though he’s ostensibly a grown fucking man but we’re cool with him on the scrambled brains
December 9th, 2011 at 1:35 PM
I guess thats one way to take it
December 9th, 2011 at 1:35 PM
Fine the fuck out of the Colts.
Meant to say “Fine the fuck out of the Browns for sending Colt.”
Although now I re-read it, I think I’m not off. Fine them!
December 9th, 2011 at 1:35 PM
The Patriots thing? It’s always been there. You know this. I can safely blame Tommy from Quinzee for most of life’s problems.
December 9th, 2011 at 1:36 PM
FUCK YES.
/my coworker is getting married to pat’s brother soon…hoping i’ll get to meet em there
December 9th, 2011 at 1:36 PM
I don’t get it, so he’s had 4 of them?
/leap year’d
December 9th, 2011 at 1:36 PM
when 75% of the throws you designed and call don’t feature routes more than 10 yards downfield,
go to the store, buy the thinnest angel hair pasta they’ve got, cook it for 8 minutes. Then see if that wet noodle can throw a strike 15 yards downfield.
The proof is in the pudding.
December 9th, 2011 at 1:37 PM
I did. obviously, Stern guaranteed Cuban a championship last year if he’d STFU and be supportive every now and then.
/typical NBA conspiracy theorist
//TBL
December 9th, 2011 at 1:37 PM
I guess thats one way to take it
Ssshhhh, we’re playing antagonize Cleveland fans, remember from last summer?
December 9th, 2011 at 1:37 PM
Remember when I asked if Browns fans were worried about Shurmur…
/licks finger
//puts tally in SC column
///counts
That makes TWO!
December 9th, 2011 at 1:37 PM
I thought you had softened now that you had a Boston boy running your baseball team, SC
December 9th, 2011 at 1:37 PM
and you wanted me to ship you pot. you’re a real jerk, man.
December 9th, 2011 at 1:38 PM
Good stuff. Good stuff
/copies in notebook
December 9th, 2011 at 1:38 PM
He’s a Bears fan now. Was seen at the KC-CHI game last weekend wearing the orange and blue. He’s a good boy, now.
December 9th, 2011 at 1:38 PM
and you wanted me to ship you pot. you’re a real jerk, man.
I keep looking in the mailbox, jerk.
December 9th, 2011 at 1:39 PM
Spence: I’ll agree with b) and c).
On Mangini (who I don’t think they should have fired), I would note that he got a lot of performance out of “his” guys, but those are older dudes who didn’t have much left. Browns need to develop more young talent if they’re ever going to actually be good, and not just competitive.
It’s difficult to compare last year’s team to this year’s. Lot of turnover. And they might still end up with more wins than Mangini ever had.
/probably not
December 9th, 2011 at 1:39 PM
ive seen mccoy throw strikes downfield more than a few times, so this is straight up untrue.
/because only browns fans actually watch browns games
December 9th, 2011 at 1:39 PM
I thought you had softened now that you had a Boston boy running your baseball team, SC
It will be awesome in 5 years when Cubs fans realize Theo actually retired in the middle of 11 season, never to give a shit about baseball again
December 9th, 2011 at 1:39 PM
He’s dead to me.
December 9th, 2011 at 1:40 PM
Spence: They shouldn’t have fired Daboll, either.
December 9th, 2011 at 1:40 PM
Spence: They shouldn’t have fired Daboll, either.
December 9th, 2011 at 1:43 PM
which of “his” guys were doing most of that performance that are no longer on the roster? none…unless you count chanci stuckey, which would be stupid.
and the browns are developing more young talent. haden, ward, sheard, taylor and pinkston are all average to above average starters (not to mention haden’s a BEAST and sheard is a helluva rusher) drafted in the past two years.
i mean, completely turning over a roster is not something that can be easily accomplished in 2.5 years without a high-level QB. in heckert we trust.
December 9th, 2011 at 1:43 PM
Sherm took a bad team that added some good young players and got them to somehow play worse.
There’s scads out there about his vanilla offense, his round peg-square hole mentality of using talent, his smugness towards anybody who questions him, his special teams hire. Penalties, dropped passes, personal fouls, regression in QB play.
He’s heionous.
/you’re in luck, five kids with four guys but NO RING! Deuce, deuce and half, NOT BAD!
December 9th, 2011 at 1:43 PM
you shouldn’t have mentioned this.
/you actually had some credibility before
December 9th, 2011 at 1:43 PM
/because only browns fans actually watch browns games
I tried last night. It’s pretty gross. And he puts a lot of air under everything I’ve ever seen him throw.
December 9th, 2011 at 1:44 PM
do yourself a favor and stop checking. it’s not coming…ever.
/glares at spencer
December 9th, 2011 at 1:44 PM
the browns had the best special teams unit in the NFL for two years under brad seely…wouldn’t it have made sense to do everything in your power to keep him around?!?!?!?
December 9th, 2011 at 1:44 PM
What’s wild is that Marinovich’s crazy dad is Troy Polamolu’s offseason trainer.
December 9th, 2011 at 1:46 PM
again…i guarantee ive seen this horrible, horrible football team play a lot more than you have and it’s just not true. mccoy’s arm strength is fine…it’s his defense reading and 1.5 seconds to throw the ball to WR’s that lead the NFL in drops that’s the problem.
December 9th, 2011 at 1:50 PM
McCoy’s arm was measured at the combine, his MPH was within 1 mph of everybody. It’s been linked but I am not going to dig it up. He’s no gunslinger but it’s deceent enough.
He can improve on leading guys more. But Shermer just keeps putting him under center all the time. Forget that the best QB’s play more out of the shotgun that other guys Pat – just keep doing what you’re doing.
December 9th, 2011 at 1:52 PM
i have no problem with mccoy being under center…he’s at his best on play action and it helps with timing things up with the WR’s.
i do have problems with just about everything else pat shurmur has been involved with. shit…at this point, id rather have jauron running the team and gil haskell move to OC.
December 9th, 2011 at 1:52 PM
Daboll has the Miami offense scoring 3 extra points per game with Matt Moore (!) as the QB.
December 9th, 2011 at 1:55 PM
my problem’s with daboll’s offense:
1. run on 1st down EVERY SINGLE TIME WITH ABSOLUTELY NO EXCEPTIONS
2. routes were slow developing and didn’t have high-low reads leaving the QB to read the defense behind a patchwork right side of the line
3. didn’t adjust to what defenses threw at him and the offense got steadily worse from the mid 2nd onwards.
tho i do miss a few things about daboll’s offense…especially the sweep plays behind joe thomas that were straight out of holmgren’s playbook that i THOUGHT were going to be part of the new offense, but apparently not. i guess shurmur’s offense doesn’t have much use for a play that got 6.5 yards per carry for an entire season.
December 9th, 2011 at 1:57 PM
Brian Daboll has some redeeming qualities in terms of forming an early game script, finding 2-3 plays a game that can suprise the other team.
He has weak skills in forming a cohesive unit, forming game plans that work for 48 minutes, and not having an entire unit dying to stab you in the back due to terrible people skills.
December 9th, 2011 at 1:57 PM
There’s not much you can do in the 2H honestly. Once teams adjust at halftime, talent takes over, and he didn’t have much of it.
Which is what is scary about Shurmur and the current Browns. They suck from jump street.
December 9th, 2011 at 1:58 PM
except when they scored on their opening drives against your bengals (and last night), of course.
December 9th, 2011 at 1:59 PM
That’s fair. Bengals really need Beast Dunlap back. Ugly without him.
December 9th, 2011 at 2:01 PM
ugly even with him, they’re still wearing those uniforms…just better at football.
i thought dunlap would be a bust…good for coach marvin getting him all professionalized and shit.
/like marvin as a coach
December 9th, 2011 at 2:02 PM
/like marvin as a coach
Ohio coaching carousel!
Marvin to Cleveland
Mangini to Cincy
Shurmur to…Findlay?
December 9th, 2011 at 2:03 PM
shurmur to coach class on a flight to anywherebuthere commonwealth.
December 9th, 2011 at 2:14 PM
I like McCoy and hope he succeeds, but … watch his presser from last night. He seemed to describe the last play/series pretty well. In great detail. Not sure if I buy the “he doesn’t remember anything” line. Not to say that he didn’t have a concussion and shouldn’t have gone back in.
McCoy Presser
December 9th, 2011 at 2:16 PM
I like McCoy and hope he succeeds, but … watch his presser from last night. He seemed to describe the last play/series pretty well. Not sure if I buy the “he doesn’t remember anything” line.
I had a very serious concussion when I was younger…. I got knocked out… then was (apparently) coherent and talking for about 20-30 minutes after I “came to.” I don’t remember a damn thing about those 30 minutes. So I definitely believe him.
December 9th, 2011 at 2:20 PM
i guess shurmur’s offense doesn’t have much use for a play that got 6.5 yards per carry for an entire season.
New-guy head-coach ego will get you beat more often than not.
/cues up Sinatras’ “My Way”
December 9th, 2011 at 2:25 PM
Good thoughts CC. I think it is very possible that Colt looked and sounded fine after he got dinged, but really wasn’t. Concussion symptoms are not exact. Some show up an hour or even a day after the immediate impact causing the concussion.
Not happy with Shurmur’s offense at all. It’s just bad. So is his special teams.
Not happy with Holmgren hiring a brand new head coach and not requiring an OC for said coach. That just doesn’t work. If you’ve never been a HC, you cannot succeed at being a coordinator too… especially with a young team.
Ah fuck. I’m just plain not happy.
/Also happen to be a Blue Jackets fan. That loss last night was enough to make me jump off a bridge.
December 9th, 2011 at 2:28 PM
ATL / WW. yeah, head injuries are pretty odd and everybody is different. He just seemed to remember every detail after the game.
Plus, he may want to forget the fact that he has to live in Ohio. I respect that.
December 9th, 2011 at 2:30 PM
Hines Ward and Troy Polamalu also said they were fine and wanted to go back in games during the last few weeks. The Steelers didn’t let them.
/continues to wait for anti-Harrison rage from fans over Ray Lewis’s helmet to helmet hits
December 9th, 2011 at 2:30 PM
That’s a rich comment for someone with a Detroit avatar.
December 9th, 2011 at 2:34 PM
He was definitely concussed and it was handled terribly.
1. Browns PR guy said no TV camera lights during McCoy post-game interview
2. McCoy couldn’t drive home last night
3. McCoy sent home again today.
Pretty easy to put that one together. McCoy’s a pretty stand-up guy, he has a lot of respect in the lockerroom. Yes, his dad could probably use some discretion. This is all on idiot Shermer.