"If they play their football good defense, get a field goal here and touchdown there then they don't have to spread their wings," Madden said. "Their definition of spreading their wings might be different than other teams'. To the Saints and Patriots, it means an empty backfield and spread the field with five receivers..Top of pageIntroductionApproximately 1% of the population of developed countries experiences traumatic brain injury (TBI) each year.1 The pathological consequences of TBI2 have received increasing media attention following reports of progressive neurological dysfunction in athletes who have been exposed to repetitive concussions in highimpact sports (initially boxing and, in the past 8 years, American football), and the increasing number of war veterans presenting with TBI caused by explosive blasts. Improved battlefield emergency care and, consequently, improved survival means that soldiers who might previously have died from polytrauma now survive