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Prowl33 wrote:This has been debunked and claimed by Cravens and the team to be absolutely false

Washington Redskins rookie defender Su’a Cravens made a surprising announcement via Snapchat on Tuesday: A concussion he suffered in Week 5 has caused him to wear glasses full time now.

Cravens, 21, said in a video: “Due to my concussion my eyes have lost the memory to keep track of moving objects, so I have to wear these for the rest of my life.”

Later, Cravens added: “So I had to buy these glasses and I’ll be wearing them for a very long time.”

His signoff for the video was a sarcastic one: “Thanks, concussions” — gallows humor for a potentially scary situation. Now you can understand why the NFL is facing a concussion crisis when things such as these happen.

Posted by Darin Gantt on October 12, 2016, 6:22 AM EDT

Washington rookie linebacker Su’a Cravens claims that the concussion that kept him off the field last week has permanently damaged his vision, a claim others say simply isn’t true.

After Cravens posted a video on Instagram of him wearing a new pair of glasses, a Snapchat video including a more dire outlook.

“Due to my concussion, my eyes have lost the memory to keep track of moving objects, so I have to wear these for the rest of my life,” he said in the video.

But according to J.P. Finley of CSNMidAtlantic.com, a source close to the situation said there was “zero truth to it.”

It’s unclear where Cravens stands in the concussion protocol, or whether he was just overdramatizing things. The rookie has been a good addition to the Washington defense, with an interception and signs of being an impact player.