"Circle The Wagons!"-The Buffalo Bills Team Thread (commercial, preseason)
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This has happened only once before. I'll bring up the name of Chuck Hughes and talk about him later.
Chuck Hughes was a reserve defensive back for the Detroit Lions. In a 10/24/71 game against the Chicago Bears Hughes had a heart attack on the field during the game. He died later that afternoon at Henry Ford Hospital in Detroit.
I'd like to bring up another name few people here probably know about. The Kansas City Chiefs had a rookie running back by the name of Stone Johnson. A healthy kid, he ran the 200 meter race in the 1960 Rome Olympics. In an exhibition game against the Houston Oilers on August 31, 1963 Johnson was on special teams on a kickoff return when an Oiler lineman collided oddly with Johnson. Johnson was motionless for several minutes. He had fractured his fifth cervical vertabrae on the play. Johnson died 10 days later in a Houston hospital. Very few people remember this because---
1. It happened nearly 60 years ago.
2. It was an exhibition game, it was after all, the American Football league
3. It was a game played in Wichita, Kansas
He wore number 33. The Chiefs organization retired his number.
He started a go fund me 2 years ago with a goal of 2500 that only made 1500 in 2 years to give toys for Christmas to under privileged kids. One of the news networks listed his go fund me in their article about his injury tonight and it's already up to almost 1 million dollars
He started a go fund me 2 years ago with a goal of 2500 that only made 1500 in 2 years to give toys for Christmas to under privileged kids. One of the news networks listed his go fund me in their article about his injury tonight and it's already up to almost 1 million dollars
They kept coming back from commercial break showing the ambulance. I kept thinking "Man, this is taking longer than usual" but expecting he would be OK and they'd get back to playing. I hate that I didn't stop to even think at first that it might be something really serious, but I guess that's what I've conditioned myself to think. It's only natural to assume that everything will be OK.
Then it kept dragging on and on and I started to get a sinking feeling, realizing this was taking an awfully long time, and maybe it's something serious...
Then they showed Josh Allen looking like he saw a ghost and Stefon Diggs and others crying and my heart sunk into the pit of my stomach.
I've never seen anything like that before. Just still in total shock.
ESPN just showed the buses heading out and they said that, except for a few players who wanted to be at the hospital, essentially the rest of the personnel are headed back to Orchard Park,NY on those buses.
I am curious about what happened though. People are saying that the NFL wanted the game to continue and the coaches of the Bills and Bengals nixed that -- but I have to wonder if the NFL is really that tone deaf. Others are saying that isn't true. Hard to sort facts from rumors anymore as the ESPN staff were speculating at pretty much the same level as people on twitter tonight.
It was obvious to me about 15 minutes in that we were done for the night and there was no way the game could continue -- am I overestimating Goodell's intelligence by assuming he realized that as well?
Chuck Hughes was a reserve defensive back for the Detroit Lions. In a 10/24/71 game against the Chicago Bears Hughes had a heart attack on the field during the game. He died later that afternoon at Henry Ford Hospital in Detroit.
I'd like to bring up another name few people here probably know about. The Kansas City Chiefs had a rookie running back by the name of Stone Johnson. A healthy kid, he ran the 200 meter race in the 1960 Rome Olympics. In an exhibition game against the Houston Oilers on August 31, 1963 Johnson was on special teams on a kickoff return when an Oiler lineman collided oddly with Johnson. Johnson was motionless for several minutes. He had fractured his fifth cervical vertabrae on the play. Johnson died 10 days later in a Houston hospital. Very few people remember this because---
1. It happened nearly 60 years ago.
2. It was an exhibition game, it was after all, the American Football league
3. It was a game played in Wichita, Kansas
He wore number 33. The Chiefs organization retired his number.
And the Chiefs had yet to play a game that counted in Kansas City's name. They won the AFL title the year before as the Dallas Texans.
Prayers up for Hamlin.
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