Budd Dwyer for the win.
(I already posted the video once years ago.)
Fedya, no. Suicide or self-inflicted wounds should not even be considered in this injuries thread.
Ware was the guy I was thinking of when I said the Louisville basketball player. Horrible and just to see everyone's reaction was just as bad.
Another one no one needs to see...McKensie Milton, UCF today. Brutal
Different sport, but, uh...Clint Malarchuk
Yikes!
Milton’s was just awful. He had to have emergency surgery after losing some blood flow in his leg.
Malarchuk’s was life-threatening. I’ve read a lot about it and saw the video several times (old goalie). Malarchuk asks the trainer, “Am I going to die?” And if the trainer had not stuck his hand in there to shut down the bleeding, he would have. Skate blades are as sharp as razors.
Fedya posted:
Good news. Hope his recovery goes well.
Just read he’s OUT for all of the 2019 season........
https://www.upi.com/amp/Sports...eason/2471548620572/ and i’m so glad I didn’t see that injury shown again and again just when it happened, and when they went to commercial the announcer said “oh that was bad”, I didn’t watch it again. I feel just sick for him.
It's on YouTube, so you can see it again and again now.... 
It happens I'm in Mexico staring at the Pacific Ocean reading John Feinsteins new book 'Quarterback'. One of the guys he profiles is Alex Smith, he's been close with no cigar a few times. I never thought real high of him as a QB but in hindsight I may have to reassess my opinion. He is/was pretty damn good. Seems like a good guy too. Good Luck to him.
Alex Smith's biggest rap was/is he isn't Aaron Rodgers. He's not a bad QB by any means.
As far as the injury, I would be surprised if he ever plays again.
To me if you have an injurty like that and all the complications that come with it you shouldn't even consider playing again.
I have a colleague from work who likes to jump out of airplanes. Last July he had an "unfortunate" landing (his words) that ended with his tibia poking through the front of his jump suit. He too had infection issues, needing 4 separate surgeries to shave off more bone. They ended up removing 3 inches. He just returned to work part time the first of the year wearing this odd ,scaffold like apparatus. Less than 1" has regrown but he's confident he will be weight bearing on the leg at 1 year and jumping again in 2020.
Dang. Going through it once is hard enough, but to think that you might have to do it again (even though the chances would be really slim)? Yikes.
Having suffered an injury comparable to in severity to Smith's multiple times, I have no desire to see it. I caught Napoleon Mccallum's....yeah, I think my days of watching grotesque sports injuries on Youtube are safely behind me.
Washington Redskins team president Bruce Allen is refuting reports that quarterback Alex Smith will miss the entire 2019 season according to Lee Carpenter of the Washington Post.
Allen called the report “nonsense” during an appearance on The Team 980 and said the quarterback’s condition is improving. “He really is a day-to-day guy,” Allen said. The Post reported in December that people with knowledge of Smith’s injury and recovery say the quarterback will be able to live a normal life but that the team is concerned his career could be over and is looking for a quarterback this offseason.
While it may be too early to completely predict where Smith could be in his recovery almost eight months from now, the veteran looked anything but "day-to-day" when he attended a recent Washington Wizards game with an external fixator attached to his leg. The Redskins would be extemely foolish not to explore all options for a viable QB to begin the 2019 season and beyond.
"Day to Day" ???!!!
Just pray Alex has normal perfusion and nerve regeneration to live a normal life.
(I apologize in advance if this pic is disturbing to anyone. Would be happy to remove if so...or mods please feel free ).
I don't think there is anything wrong with the red sweater.
Alex Smith gets 31 million over the next two years and it costs the Redskins 42 million in dead cap to part ways. They need to say that he's coming back, but he will never play again. Theisman never played again and this may have been worse.
And for all those people that ripped LaVeon Bell for wanting more long-term money and sitting out a year, this is the counter argument. At least Smith got 55 million guaranteed and has already made 146 million.
Bell wanted the guaranteed money. The NBA and MLB guys get the guaranteed money. Only QBs and superstar pass rushers get it in the NFL.
Better to see a metal leg than him break it again.
Packdog posted:
"Day to Day" ???!!!
Just pray Alex has normal perfusion and nerve regeneration to live a normal life.
(I apologize in advance if this pic is disturbing to anyone. Would be happy to remove if so...or mods please feel free ).
Dear God yes, please remove the photo of a guy with a leg injury. The audacity!!!
I find that picture fascinating as opposed to disturbing.
It's amazing to see how doctors treat an injury that severe, especially to the point they allow him some form of mobility.
Ditto for designing that apparatus.
MichiganPacker2 posted:Bell wanted the guaranteed money. The NBA and MLB guys get the guaranteed money. Only QBs and superstar pass rushers get it in the NFL.
LT's also get it - Well, Orlando Pace kept playing on the Franchise tag anyway
Pakrz posted:Packdog posted:
"Day to Day" ???!!!
Just pray Alex has normal perfusion and nerve regeneration to live a normal life.
(I apologize in advance if this pic is disturbing to anyone. Would be happy to remove if so...or mods please feel free ).
Dear God yes, please remove the photo of a guy with a leg injury. The audacity!!!
Gotta be respectful (or pretend to be) of today's sensitive types 
Brainwashed Boris posted:MichiganPacker2 posted:Bell wanted the guaranteed money. The NBA and MLB guys get the guaranteed money. Only QBs and superstar pass rushers get it in the NFL.
LT's also get it - Well, Orlando Pace kept playing on the Franchise tag anyway
As did Walter Jones
Henry posted:Shut up and eat your hot dog.
Gsands posted:Henry posted:Shut up and eat your hot dog.
**** you Clint. I put catsup on a hotdog. Ketchup is for heathens.
Henry posted:Gsands posted:Henry posted:Shut up and eat your hot dog.
**** you Clint. I put catsup on a hotdog. Ketchup is for heathens.
Try having in-laws who ask for ketchup at a steakhouse.
It better be for steak fries or your wife's parents are dead to me.
Tavis Smiley posted:Henry posted:Gsands posted:Henry posted:Shut up and eat your hot dog.
**** you Clint. I put catsup on a hotdog. Ketchup is for heathens.
Try having in-laws who ask for ketchup at a steakhouse.
Rustler or Ruth's Chris?
Henry posted:Shut up and eat your hot dog.
Thanks for noticing the new avatar. It shows you care.
Sick of the Chicago Style dog experts saying it has to be mustard only....F'ing Ketchup all the way !!
OMGAWD......saw that E-60 story on Alex Smith’s progress. Flesh eating bacteria!!!!!!! Almost cost him his life!!!!! Good to see he’s up and running around. I think I heard he’s got 3 years left on his contract. Ugh was that gross what that bacteria was doing to his leg. He’s a good guy.