Despite his own concussions, Hoge thinks football critics go too far

Long before concussions in the NFL were the subject of lawsuits, front-page headlines and Hollywood movies, Merril Hoge was a sufferer. Hoge retired from an eight-year NFL career after suffering multiple concussions, the last of which left him hospitalized, and he won a lawsuit against a team doctor who misdiagnosed him and prematurely cleared him…