For anyone who thinks it's too soon, Chris Pronger had the exact same thing happen to him at a young age and went on to a long HoF NHL career.
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Why do you say that? He's had a few different opinions, outside of the Bills organization as well..I get the nature of football but wasn't this a rare occurrence?
Why risk it? You're alive and have money, is the game worth dying twice over?
I remember seeing vids when it happened explain he got hit right at the millisecond of the heart beating or something and the hit disrupted the timing, thus lights out
Yeah it was a freak accident. As long as there are no lasting affects he should be fine. Trey Smith is a playing despite having a much more dangerous condition.
Apparently to him, it is yes...what's the chance of it happening again though?
I agree going into asystole from trauma is reproducible and the specific hits required to do so are rare occurrences. But staying in asystole and not having an escape rhythm to return to sinus rhythm in a very cardiovascular fit person is indicative of some underlying predisposition. I think the risk of it happening again is a lot higher than they are allowing.
I doubt he ever goes into a hit at 100% again and that increases risk for injury also IMO.
From everything that's been put out there about what happened it was a freak thing where the impact was at the exact wrong location at the exact wrong time. Hence why we don't see it happening more often...it's such a freak thing that it couldn't possibly happen to him twice.
From what I understand of it there wouldn't be any lasting heart damage from such a thing either as he was treated very quickly.
I'm no doctor but I'm sure he's consulted with more than a few to determine it's safe for him to play again. It would be a tough decision for anyone but it's his decision to make.
I did.
His covid vax he had 14 days before did not help. There I did it.
It is a personal choice for sure. I hope it works out for him. But the idea that football only rarely has chest hits and that they hardly ever occur at the correct electrical time in a heartbeat is BS. It happens a lot. Most athletes skip a heartbeat and immediately jump back in sinus rhythm.
I just think he’d have been smarter to take a disability package offered by the league. He’s letting the league off easy by returning to play and IMHO putting his health and livelihood at great risk.
It is very funny that both his first and last names are spelled wrong in this thread title when the correct spelling is literally the first two words in the image that was shared.
I get though. I nearly drowned surfing giants in Cabo in Baja de California. I still surf, and don’t even get paid.. lay off the giants now though.
That's the Canadian spelling...like colour vs color and cheque vs check
Wonder if the hit broke lose one of those white fiber like clots they are pulling outta people at the morgue these days.
He was a late round pick, he don't have that much money
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