Bobref

So, was the Texans’ win over the Colts Louie Smith’s biggest win for the Bears? 😂🤣😅

Did I see that Elkhart is traveling to Massillon, OH next season to play the Tigers at Paul Brown Tiger Stadium? One of the great high school football venues in the country. That is a serious schedule upgrade. Just for illustrative purposes, Calpreps says if the 2022 editions of these teams played on a neutral field, Massillon would win 42-3. Like I said, a serious schedule upgrade.

That’s because everyone was head hunting, before it was outlawed. The Law of Unintended Consequences strikes again.

Do you think Michigan is chronically underrated, at least in part, because their coach is widely regarded as, at best, an oddball and, at worst, a nut bag?

Just throwing one out there to see who would bite. You never disappoint. 😂🤣😅

Agree completely … if the diagnosis of commotio cordis is established and his arrest and resuscitation did not cause heart damage. But since CC is pretty much a diagnosis of exclusion (“we can’t explain it any other way”), I think it’s also pretty unlikely any cardiologist is going to go out on a limb and clear him to return to play.

This morning on ESPN I heard Mike Tannenbaum say the Bears should trade Fields for a #1 and a #2, and draft Bryce Young with the #1 pick, so they can “restart the rookie salary scale clock.” Sorry, I can’t get behind the idea of building my franchise around a QB in the age of RPOs who is 6’ and 190 lbs. He might have generational skills. But the most important ability in the NFL is “availability.” After watching what Jalen Hurts has done for Philly this season, and the vast improvement in his passing skills, that’s what I want for my QB. Fields is bigger, faster, and has a better arm than Hurts. If he spends the off season working on technique and mechanics, and they use the draft and their salary cap halfway intelligently, he will break out next season.

I can’t help but wonder. Where are the people who were ripping Notre Dame for getting taken to the woodshed in the championship game by Alabama? “They don’t belong.” I don’t hear people saying that about cute little, feel-good story, TCU. I’ve also heard lots of comments about how small their student body is, compared to their opponents’. TCU has a little over 10,000 undergrads and a little under 2,000 grad students. Notre Dame has 9,000 undergrads and 2,200 grad students. But we never get to be David. We’re always Goliath.

That ship has sailed.

That’s what I’d do. They gave up their 2nd round to get Claypool. That’s a pretty good pick, it’ll be the 32nd player taken. Would be nice to recoup that, since they overpaid on that occasion.

We can agree to disagree on whether this is a tough decision or not.

The problem is, you can’t view a single draft choice in isolation. They have Justin Fields. Most people think he has a very high ceiling. The question is not whether Bryce Young is going to be better than Fields. The question is how much better the Bears team would be with Young, plus whatever you could get for Fields, vs. with Fields, plus whatever you can get for that #1 pick. It’s not nearly as simple as whether Young projects to be better. How much better? After all, the object is to have the best team, not necessarily the best QB. All I’ll say is that the most valuable thing to have in the NFL is the #1 draft choice … and not be in need of a QB.

Man, your medication definitely needs adjusting.

As always, it’s a great day to be an Eagle!

I was curious to find out just how common - or uncommon - commotio cordis is. Think about how many people play baseball, softball, hockey and lacrosse; how many people play football; how many people engage in contact sports. Out of all those people, the National Commotio Cordis Registry has documented approximately 220 sudden deaths from commotio cordis since the Registry was established in 1996. https://my.clevelandclinic.org/health/diseases/24572-commotio-cordis. It should be noted, commotio cordis is almost unheard of in football. It requires a sharp blow delivered to a very small area at precisely the right point in the heart’s rhythm. Even a violent blow to the chest, with a helmet or shoulder, is unlikely to cause it, since the impact is spread over a larger area. Keep in mind, I don’t think anyone has definitively said this is a case of commotio cordis. All that is known for sure is that Hamlin suffered a sudden cardiac arrest after a tackle. It is still more likely that we find out he had an underlying heart defect or rhythm disturbance.

I’ve seen both, either, and neither. In this case, the “bad” applies to whoever is offering that legal advice.

I don’t know what New York’s worker’s compensation laws are like. But if they are anything like most other states,’ including Indiana’s, he cannot sue his employer or fellow-employees. Rather, his exclusive remedy is whatever workers’ compensation benefits are provided by state law. And I’ll bet the NFL has a pretty good waiver that every player signs. Wouldn’t be surprised if it were part of every contract, or even part of the CBA. You’re thinking like a bad plaintiff’s lawyer, only focusing on the severity of the injury and the corresponding deep pockets for a large potential recovery. But you’ve got to prove negligence first.

And the theory of the lawsuit would be …

Our QB is better looking than yours.

As this season proved, you can never have too many good QBs.

Very positive news this morning. He was awake, and responded in writing to questions, indicating there’s certainly no severe brain damage. Next challenge is to wean him from the ventilator, and get him breathing on his own.

?????? As with most healthcare decisions, this is an exercise in line drawing. How many potential causes do you want to exclude, using your “process of elimination?” You can test for everything under the sun. Why stop at trying to find out if the COVID vaccine contributed?

Utterly ridiculous. Please don’t tell me people are going to use this tragedy to push their personal political agenda.

And, assuming there are such tests, and they can be done in his current condition, you’re saying these additional tests should be done to explore a possible connection between the vaccination and sudden cardiac arrest? Any idea how many people suffer sudden cardiac arrest in this country every day? This source says 1000 per day in the US.https://www.sca-aware.org/about-sudden-cardiac-arrest/latest-statistics Should they all be subjected to this theoretical battery of tests, or just the NFL player?