It was an ugly scene in Cleveland on Thursday night, when and struck his unprotected head with it.

But experts in head and brain injuries told USA TODAY Sports it could’ve been far worse.

“The number one thing you’d worry about (when) being hit in the head by a football helmet, when you don’t have a football helmet on your head, is a skull fracture,” said Robert Cantu, medical director of the Concussion Legacy Foundation. “And a skull fracture, and the associated brain trauma, could have killed him — or produced a very serious brain injury.”

Cantu and others said there were several factors that prevented that from happening Thursday night in the waning seconds of the Cleveland Browns’ 21-7 victory over the Pittsburgh Steelers, however.

Rudolph, 24,

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