New York Jets lineman Brian Winters head-butts Seattle Seahawks defensive end Michael Bennett and gives HIMSELF a concussion

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What else could go wrong for the New York Jets?

Not only did the star-crossed football team suffer the indignity of a 27-17 loss at home to the Seattle Seahawks, but the team also saw one of its key players give himself a concussion by head-butting a chatty opponent.

Brian Winters, the team's right guard, rammed his head into that of Seattle defensive end Michael Bennett in the second quarter of their game Sunday at MetLife Stadium in East Rutherford, New Jersey, according to the New York Post.

The Jets' running back, Matt Forte, was tackled on the 44-yard line on a first down play.

Brian Winters (far right) begins to lean toward his target, Michael Bennett (second from right) after a play in the second quarter of the Jets' loss to Seattle in East Rutherford, New Jersey

Winters, seen here getting into a stance just before head-butting Bennett, was apparently angry over something the Seattle defensive end said

Winters then lowers his head and rams it into the helmet of Bennett (circle), drawing a 15-yard unnecessary roughness penalty

Immediately following the play, Bennett is seen standing over the pile and talking to some of the players, which apparently irritated Winters.

The Jets guard then head-butted Bennett and was penalized for a 15-yard unnecessary roughness foul.

The force of the head blow apparently was too much for Winters, who was taken to the locker room and diagnosed with a concussion.

When Bennett was asked after the game what he said to provoke Winters, he replied: 'You don't want to know.'

Winters (seen above during a game against the Houston Texans on November 22, 2015) is the starting right guard for the New York Jets

During a stoppage of play, Bennett (seen above during Sunday's game) apparently said something to the Jets that provoked Winters

'The play was over,' Bennett said. 'He came and hit me in my head. I got three daughters. I love playing with them. I don't want this to be the last thing I do.'

The National Football League is trying to combat the epidemic of concussions that are believed to be at the root of degenerative brain disease suffered by a number of retired players.

Winters (right) responded by head-butting Bennett (left). When asked afterward what it was exactly that he said to Winters, Bennett replied: 'You don't want to know'

A former NFL player, whose memory has begun to slip away after years of concussions suffered while he was playing in the league, penned a heartbreaking book that is a love letter to his wife and four daughters.

This past August, Ben Utecht, who won a Super Bowl ring playing tight end for the Indianapolis Colts in 2006, released Counting the Days While My Mind Slips Away.

The book is a way for him to preserve the memories he still has in the event they should slip away after the five major concussions he suffered during his career - not to mention the countless un-diagnosed micro-concussions.

They have already caused him to forget some major moments.

'I try to value every moment, no matter how small. Until recently, I never realized how special memory is,' Utecht said in a recent interview with Sports Illustrated.

'This book is a keepsake. I wanted to provide content for my daughters to be able to hold on to, to have forever.'

The book also details the fifth concussion Utecht suffered during his career back in August 2009, when he was playing for the Cincinnati Bengals.

It was during training camp that Utecht, then 29, took a full speed hit from linebacker Darryl Blackstock that left him unconscious on the field for 10 minutes.

He was placed on the injured reserve a few weeks later when his symptoms continued to persist, and then unceremoniously dumped by the Bengals that November.

After the injury, Utecht experienced common side effects of brain injuries, such as amnesia, dizziness and sudden mood changes. 

According to him, when his oldest daughter told a family doctor that she was sometimes afraid of her father, it 'broke his heart' and he had 'a wake-up call.'

'To really think about a time where I may wake up someday and not recognize the person that I've been lying next to for the last 30 years, yeah, that's scary,' he told the Minneapolis Star Tribune.

'I think every person would fear something like that.'