There has only been 1 death on the field in an NFL game. There were around 40 deaths in College Football from 1900-1905. One of those rule changes was increasing the distance necessary to get a first down from 5 yards in 3 downs to 10 yards in 3 downs. Another was the forward pass. 4th Down was added in 1912, you still only get 3 downs in Canada. I was watching the game where Shazier got injured. It was a night game, and those usually are the only NFL game on at the time. They didn't show Joe Theismann's leg injury. Lawrence Taylor sacked him on a flea-flicker play. Taylor immediately called the medical staff over.
The thing this video forgot to mention about alex smith was that during the 2020 to 2021 season he came in and helped lead washington to the playoffs. The sad thing was he never got to play in the playoffs because he had an injury.
@@419HLR it literally looks like a cadaver's leg when it was at it's worst, with all th akin stripped off. People talk of miracles but it was 100% an amazing medical team and the decades and centuries of research that saved his leg.
My ex was a Division 1 and NFL center (offensive lineman) until an injury ended his NFL career suddenly - one play and his dreams were over. However, he does have serious brain injuries -- he played in the late '80s and early '90s - there was no concussion protocol then - just 'shake it off' and go back in and play. He doesn't even remember playing games. He's in his 50s now and has the memory of someone in their 80s. He also had every symptom of post-concussive syndrome -- I had to leave because of the violence which was not him prior to all of the concussions. He has had several back surgeries, including several fusions, but if he could have played until he couldn't walk or think -- he would have. It's a dream come true and most don't care what happens to them, as long as they are NFL players as they have dreamed about since they were 8 years old. Only 1% of college players make the NFL. So childhood dreams are completely shattered when you are actually one of the 1% that make it. Our sons did play full-contact football from the age of 7, ten years after their father's football career ended. Their helmets provided more protection than their fathers did 20 years earlier. One of our sons was even a center -- just like his dad. They grew away from football and found their own sports. They didn't want to be a shadow of their father's accomplishments and did extremely well in wrestling and basketball with their own records made with their names. They always loved football, just grew away from it.
If you haven't seen pictures of Alex Smith's leg a few months after surgery you cannot imagine how bad it was. Dudes leg looked exactly like the leg from a cadaver used in an anatomy class. It is a credit to modern medicine that they saved his leg.
My son played football, they nicknamed him the ‘steamroller’ because no one could stop him if he was running and no one could move him if he planted. His team won that year, then he couldn’t play the next because expectations were too high. A woman at work commented when I mentioned he’d quit. “That’s good…he won’t need knee surgery when he’s twenty five” and completely shifted my paradigm on it. Thank goodness he quit and I supported him wrestling in high school and soccer all through middle school, little legué baseball when he was single digits old. He’s 6’6” and an introvert that no longer plays sports. But an excellent father!
In Texas, high-school and college football are huge, and kids start playing at an extremely young age. Mothers aren't just worried about their kids growing up and getting hurt in professional football because that fear starts much younger. I can't tell you how many high-school players are seriously injured, some for life, while some are able to recover and still play the sport.
I played football as a kid through high school and got quite a few gnarly injuries, but it is SUCH A FUN SPORT. I did get quite a few D1 offers to major schools, but ended up going the baseball route because of the degree program I was pursuing. I have always said that when my wife and I have kids, if we have a son that wants to play football I am going to make them practice punting and place kicking as much as they practice the other stuff. Why? Because good kickers are hard to come by. If you can nail 50 yarders on the regular by your senior year of high school you will pretty much have your pick of the litter for where you want to attend college. And if you make it to the pros? By then kickers will be making $8M a year and you can have a 20-25 year career as a kicker - and even better - you can typically walk and function normally afterward. Any future kids I have are already set for life as I own and operate a wildly successful business, but I wouldn't discourage them from pursuing sports and building their own fortune. Even better, with my experience I can mentor them and teach them how to turn their "RICH athlete" money in to "generationally WEALTHY capable of changing the world for the better" money.
They showed it briefly but they didn’t mention it, the worst one that I personally have seen was Zach Miller’s injury. Dislocated patella with a ruptured popliteal artery that almost resulted in him getting his leg cut off.
My son played, starting at age 7 & I'm talking full contact football. He was hurt several times, but not seriously until he was 15 years old, where he suffered a major shoulder separation. He had 2 different surgeries to repair it & a whole year of rehab. The surgeon released him to play again. I fought it like a wild woman, but his father & my family thought I was wrong, so I gave in. The very first play, he was hit hard, the shoulder separated & came through his chest cavity. He's okay now. We're from the South, Tennessee. Down here football is a religion. Most boys play & we all love it. Our high school plays for a state title every year & win a lot. So, the pressure to play is real. My son still talks about wishing he could have played again. My regret is that I let him play, but at the same time, I still love the game. Hope my story helps you to answer your questions. It's complicated at best...
This one hit home. Especially today. My husband had his second fusion this morning (I came home and am suppose to be taking a nap as we were up at 5 am and a very long wait at the hospital) Not due to football, although he did play in high school, we are assuming his back is so messed up because we owned a furniture store for 30 yrs and it was also his families business. So he's been lifting things he probably shouldn't have for MANY years. Could be something else also. So many things wrong with his spine from the bottom to almost the top. Who knows. Anyway since July 2019 he's now had 2 fusions and one time they went in to burn the nerves down his spine to attempt to make the pain go away. (Didn't work) Now we cross our fingers this helps....even just a bit!
Prayers to you and your husband. 🙏 I wish you some peace and quiet and him some pain relief and healing. I have several genetic deformities (one major one in my lumbar, one in my thoracic, and two in my cervical) that have only degraded over the years, and my neuro and orthoepedic doctors both have told me I'll probably need spinal surgery in the future. Not looking forward to it, but hopefully that will be later rather than sooner. I don't know what spinal surgery is like, but I'm sure recovery is a nightmare. Please, tell your husband to be well and take care of himself.
I'm not a doctor so definitely not a medical advice or anything. Jack Eichel of the Vegas Golden Knight last year received artificial disk replacement instead of fusion and he said it changed his life. The NHL and Buffalo Sabre fought against it because it was never done before on an NHL player and wanted him to get spinal fusion instead. He eventually got his way and resumed hockey activity in 4-5 months with no pain whatsoever. Many hockey players now opt to get ADR instead of fusion since Eichel proved it will withstand all the punishment that come with playing pro-hockey. I don't know if it's applicable, but I hope it helps.
I was actually watching that Cowboys vs. Seahawks game when Lockette got hurt, he was completely out for about 45 minutes to an hour if I remember correctly before they finally woke him up and got him off the field
OMG! I've never seen that footage of Johnny Knox's injury. That made me instantly sick to my stomach. My skin is still crawling and I have a lump in my throat. Just...damn. And even though it wasn't life-threatening, I still think one of the worst injuries I've ever witnessed in the NFL was Joe Theismann's compound fracture of his leg. To this day, and it happened in 1985, I still have a hard time watching that play.
I first saw that Johnny Knox injury a couple of years ago and couldn't believe what I was seeing!!! It was truly freaky!!! I feel so bad for Johnny!!! As far as Theismann, I didn't see his leg breakage until years later!!! It sure was a NASTY break!!! 😩
I am a life long Bears fan and I saw this LIVE.. It was horrendous to say the least. Once they did the slow mo replay.. I literally threw up in my mouth.. Sorry for being graphic.. But it was that bad.. I cried and prayed for Knox to be OK.. I love football and will always be a fan.. I do appreciate what these players sacrifice!
I'll never forget watching Ryan Shazier go down. I'm a Buckeye who had enjoyed following his career (even though I HATE the Steelers) and I knew when he went down that day, it was very serious. But Shazier is a winner through and through and it shines through in his attitude toward life.
Kabir, when my son was in middle school he was injured in a baseball game, baseball is something I never really thought about as someone suffering major injuries from, I know that's not smart but I just didn't really think about it...well my son was the first baseman, the runner hit my son in the legs, he flipped up and came head first down on the base...he got up and was walking around when he began throwing up blood and couldn't stand up, I put him in the car and headed to the hospital, I was speeding hoping to get pulled over, I didn't see a state trooper until I was coming into the small town where the hospital was, I waved him over and begged him to please take my son to the hospital, he took one look at him and told me he wasn't going to touch him and he called an ambulance and I remember him telling them to get there now!! The ambulance took my son and the highway patrol man escorted me to the hospital, he told me to stay behind him and if we come to a red light I'm to stay behind him because he will stop all other traffic..at the emergency room he never left me unless he was in with the drs finding out about my son, he's the one who told me flight for life was coming for him and he's called dispatch to have another highway patrol man go to the field for my husband (he was coaching the game) it happened a highway patrol man was watching the game and he walked my husband off the field and immediately brought him to the hospital, sirens and lights going!! We drove to the hospital 100 miles to the hospital, flight for life immediately started steroids on my son, the first highway patrol man returned to the field for information for his report, the boy who hit my son's legs on first base told him and league officials that his coach told him to "take him out"...league officials banned the kid from all sports throughout his school years and the coach was banned from coaching and attending any school related sport activities...my son made a complete recovery, went to the army and then became a policeman!! We were so thankful to everyone that helped us throughout all of this, my son approached the sports officials and requested that the young man who hit him not to be banned from sports because it was the coaches fault for giving the order and that the kid spent alot of time with him at the hospital and helped him through rehab...some adults look at winning is the only thing no matter what you have to do!! That young man was allowed to return to sports and him and my son formed a very strong friendship!! Sorry for the long comment but I just wanted to tell you my son's experience through baseball!!
I'm kinda surprised they didn't include the Chiefs' quarterback broken leg from Lawrence Taylor in the 80's. I know it wasn't life-threatening, but it was gruesome!
The Ryan Shazier play scares me the most bc I played linebacker and if you lower your head just a bit too much, you're screwed. He was really good and all it took was a fraction of an angle to end his career. Thank God he can at least walk agin. All it takes is one bad angle...scary stuff
I thought they might mention Joe Theismann's horrific leg injury. True, I guess his life wasn't in danger, but it was still a gruesome thing to witness. And it did end his career.
Ricardo Lockette, the Seahawks WR, is probably one of the best special teams players ever for the Seahawks. He was the best gunner in the NFL during his hey day. (Gunners are on the kick off team and are super fast players tasked with locking down the return team as quickly as possible, including tackling the kick returner. It's super dangerous as gunners run immediately along the sideline).
At the age of 18, I began racing dirt track stock cars, while my youngest brother, age 11, began racing motorcycles at motocross events. My nephew, that youngest brother's son, played American football from age 10 until his 2nd year of college. My son, 33 now, never played sports at school at all, but I'd been okay with him playing American football, or racing ...for that matter. Kabir, I recommend viewing the 2022 MLS Cup final between Los Angeles FC and Philadelphia Union. Commentators here in the U.S. are praising the match as the best ever MLS Cup final, if not the best ever match in U.S. footballing history. The match was equalized minutes before full tme. Both teams scored in extra time to force a penalty shootout. Wait untill you see who scores the equalizer in extra time to force penalties.
I played football in high school , halfback and linebacker ,got knocked out several times and ruptured my achilles tendon . I still love the game and all 3 of my sons played it and love it too .
Chuck Hughes was an American football player, a wide receiver in the National Football League from 1967 to 1971. He is, to date, the only NFL player to die on the field during a game after suffering a heart attack.
Of course the thought of injury worries me when it comes to the kids... but at the end of the day, as long as you educate your kids and know that they understand the risks involved with playing football, you gotta let them do what they love and let them pave their own way.
All four of my boys played football...my 14 year old plays now. I worry EVERY time they step on the field. It's what they want to do so I encourage and support them. Only my 18 year old has been injured...a concussion and a sprained knee. Sports can be dangerous...we just pray.
You need to watch "It's Time", The story of Ole Miss Rebel defensive back Chucky Mullins, who in 1989 became paralyzed after making a tackle against Vanderbilt player Brad Gaines. Chucky and Brad were forever linked by that play and a relationship was born out of tragedy. It will break your heart, it did mine. On October 28, 1989, Ole Miss defensive back Chucky Mullins hit Vanderbilt running back Brad Gaines in the back and separated him from the ball. While Gaines was uninjured, Mullins suffered a broken neck on the play, leaving him a quadriplegic. But in that heartbreaking moment, a friendship was born that lasted another two years, until Mullins died of a blood clot in a Memphis hospital room, with Gaines at his side. How many people die every year in traffic? In the United States, the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) projects there were an estimated 42,915 traffic fatalities in 2021. There has only been one professional football player that's died on the field. There's a pretty long list of NFL players that have died during their career, but the vast majority of them died as a result of something other than fooltball. Car accidents being the leading cause of those. So, you can be afriad of playing the sport, but you have a much higher chance of getting injured just driving your car.
Stingley went on to live 29 more years, dying at age 55, with his quadriplegia contributing to his demise. It depends on the source you read, whether Jack Tatum ever reached out... But the most telling story, was that John Madden, the Coach of the Oakland Raiders (the opposing team) was the first Coach or player to get to the hospital. It was Madden who called Stingley's Coach - who was already on the team plane and getting ready to fly home. Only then did he not fly off and leave his player alone in the hospital, 3000 miles from home. Jack Tatum on the other hand, only lived a few years longer than Stingley, dying less than 3 years later, at age 61.
Scary stuff. I'm not a parent, but if I were, I wouldn't want my kids taking the risks that those guys take. Career ending injuries do not just happen in professional football, but they can happen in high school or in college play - without the earnings that come from professional sports.
I remember watching that game when Johnny Knox got injured, the bears had two players who had their career cut short to a gruesome injury. They did show a little clip of Chicago Bears Tight End Zach Miller this guy almost had his legs amputated, the Chicago Bears was playing against the New Orleans Saints Zach Miller caught a pass in the end zone that when his leg went a awkward way after being taken down.Zach Miller needed vascular surgery to repair a damage artery and grafting tissue from his right leg, I wish that these gruesome injuries wouldn't have happen to these two players as Bears fans we will never know how good Johnny Knox could have been because the guy was fast on the field like Devin Hester.
My son played Mighty Mites tackle football from around age 6, but he got a concussion when he was 11 & we decided to focus on just basketball. Scary stuff!
they skim over a lot, but the Alex Smith one I know most out of all of them. People break their leg all time, but Smith's case was different because it wasnt just an infection. It was necrotizing fasciitis, or flesh-eating disease. They only need 1 surgery to fix the broken bones, but because he wanted to save the leg, they had to do many more surgeries. The doctor wanted to remove the leg because the sepsis cause by it is deadly and if they cant remove all the dead/infected tissues in time and/or the antibacterial cocktail doesnt work, there are severe consequences and ultimately death. In the end, he lost almost all the tissues and had to work to get it back. As everyone else mentioned, he came back to prove that he could still play.
"Would you risk another spinal injury?" Ask Joe Montana. Long before all the rules to protect the quarterback, Joe Montana - having already won 2 Superbowls, had surgery to repair a ruptured spinal disc. He returned to the game - and played 8 more seasons, and won 2 more Superbowls. I have often pondered that over the last 30 years.
As a mom of a 9 year old who just started playing tackle football this year, I have heard him say he wants to play in college and eventually the NFL. I know very well things like this can happen to him, but I also know that he deserves the autonomy to decide which direction his life takes. The closer he gets to attending college, the more worried I will be, but at his age I try not to.
My father played pro football, and with 4 sons later, he suggested that if we wanted to "make it" as a professional athlete... take up Golf. You'll live a lot longer he stated, and healthier.
Darryl Stingley died in 2007; Jack Tatum died in 2010. There have been a number of players who have suffered spinal injuries that ended their careers. They weren't necessarily life threatening, but they couldn't continue to play football after having them.
Unless Joe Theismann was old or the injury itself was so long ago, I think it should have made the list. Concussions are far more common than other injuries. Get two of three concussions in your time on the field, even in middle or high school and you will most likely develop CTE later in life. As a mom on the sidelines watching her 5 year old little boy get tackled is so frightening. I was secretly jumping for joy when my son said he didn’t want to play anymore.
I don't know how Chris Simms wasn't included in this video. Simms was a QB for Tampa Bay, and in a 2006 game he continued to play after getting hurt but found out after the game he had ruptured his spleen and needed emergency surgery. It was estimated he lost 5 pints of blood and if he went another 45 minutes without treatment he would have died.
Life is to short to be afraid to do something that you may really enjoy over the fear of being injured. Every day you get in your bed ,get in your car do any and everything it could be your last, so don't be afraid to live.
As far as assessing the risk of letting your child participate in contact sports the fact is you still let your children ride in cars and they are far more likely to encounter a life-changing or life ending injury in a car. It’s just a matter of what risks people are willing to normalize and accept and which ones they decide are unacceptable for whatever reason. It never seems to be grounded in actual fact or statistical likelihood.
I'm from Boston and was a kid at the time just in 8th grade, and the Darryl Stingley hit by that disgusting Raider Jack Tatum, a known dirty player. He also never even approached Stingley after to even talk to him. Typical Raiders.
Also - Drew Bledsoe - a medic recognized that he was not all right and that's what sent him to the hospital. If that medic did not step in he likely would not have survived.
If you haven't seen pictures of Alex Smith's leg a few months after surgery you cannot imagine how bad it was. Dudes leg looked exactly like the leg from a cadaver used in an anatomy class. It is a credit to modern medicine that they saved his leg. This is one reason why it bugs me so much when people proclaim, "It was a miracle, god did it", when something like this happens. No, it was the amazing doctors and nurses, using the skill acquired from years of research from other doctors, that saved his leg.
I got a tib-fib in my junior year of high school. Probably the worst of many injuries over my high school athletic career. It happens. At least these guys got paid.
I’ve had 2 back fusions, the LS 4/5 and LS 3/4. I’ve also ,for various reasons non of which are medical, put off having 2 more fusions, LS 2/3 and LS 1/2. My problem was. Or spots but simply spinal stenosis.
I played football when I was a kid, and had a similar injury to the first couple on the video but nowhere near as bad. I injured three discs in my back and they were so swollen that you could see them sticking out.
First time I played football I got in the game because the starter at my position had his knee shattered. I do believe I became a man at when I took my spot defending against the guy that did the knee shattering. All NFL games have at least 2 ambulances in the stadium. They also mandate that a fully staffed trauma team be available at a local emergency room.
The only thing crazier than being a professional football player would be a flight-suit base jumper. Every year, several of them die. At least in football, the impact injuries are sustained on the ground or close to it. If you are attempting a proximity jump from a cliff with a flight suit and a helmet with a GoPro mounted on it and you slam into a mountainside at 100 mph, not only are you done, you're vaporized on video.
My nephew Kieran campaigned hard to change my sister in law’s mind to let him play football. Mind you he had congenital cataracts; when he was about 5 or 6, his opthomologist installed a pair of synthetic lenses into his eyes. Kieran took up baseball instead. He’s 13 now and pitches for a travel team.
Surprised they didn't touch on Joe Theismann(compound fracture of the leg) and Bo Jackson(dislocated and fractured hip and resulting avascular necrosis of the hip). In a twist of fate, Tony Gonzalez collided with a cameraman and upon the cameraman's routine follow up head exam they discovered a brain tumor and it was early enough that the collision actually saved his life.
Kabir, the sad thing is that are some parts of the US like certain parts of Texas or Pennsylvania where there is a lot of poverty or lack of job opportunities or nothing but low pay dead ends jobs for years that are football crazy at the pop warner and high school level and kids that have real talent playing football and more importantly their parents and families see the prospect of them playing in the NFL as the whole family's only shot at getting out of poverty. You also oftren see that in poor inner city communities with basketball and the NBA.
That’s a severe generalization. Most American kids play full contact football. Most play it for fun in their backyards with out protection. Yes, some use sports to get out of poverty; but there’s not this weird sad conspiracy like you’re trying to make it seem. Most kids play sports and football is THE sport.
@@alwaystakemarktwainsadvice4269 I'm not saying money is the motivation in every single situation as to why a kid chooses to play football. But if you think there are not any parts of the US that are struggling economically and therefore quite a few kids think that sports is one of their few ways out then you are mistaken and have lived your whole life in a bubble.
@@ronluk76 if you were paying attention to anything you would understand that I know and said that. You, on the other hand are grossly exaggerating who is playing football and why. Those who you are referencing are only a small percentage of the whole.
My friends have two boys that play football. They have a rule. 3 concussions and they are done with football. I know the oldest got one and had to sit out for like 3 weeks from playing.
Yeah, I remember that, Taylor showed no remorse what so ever. It was crazy! No, I’d never stand in my sons way of his dream, or I should say I didn’t, but that doesn’t mean I didn’t beg him not to. So I just sucked it up and kept my mouth shut after that.
Not sure why they left out Reggie Brown, linebacker for the Detroit Lions, Dec 21, 1997 was paralyzed and had to be given CPR on the field after a career ending injury.
Bledsoe ended playing with the Cowboys after this and ended getting hurt again. He was replaced by undrafted Tony Romo, who I believe took them to the playoffs. Drew Bledsoe never played for the Cowboys again in a game after Tony took over
I let mine play, but I was terrified. It's hard to watch someone hurt your child and sit there and let it happen. You feel like a bull in a china shop looks!
Shazier will come back. The dude has drive. He wants to show that he can overcome a career-ending injury. Several oro wrestlers have had milder versions of the injury and have made a full recovery, so the outlook is surprisingly positive.
Kabir, I'm a firm believer that life comes with some risks. How can you achieve anything meaningful without overcoming some risks. Its a mindset. I don't take a lot of risk with my investments but given the millions of young men and boys who've played football on every level. It pretty safe. Not 100% safe, but few guys suffer life threatening injuries. Heaven forbid this new generation of young men have to do more than play video games and make tik tok's. I recently heard another youtuber react to a video about soldiers and sailors serving in the military and living aboard a ship say "oh, I could never do that" The guy is a 23 year old marshmallow whose never challenged himself physically or inconvenienced himself even once. Probably doesn't even know how to make is own bed.
Though all of these injuries were horribly bad, only 2 actually were at risk of dying on the field: Bledsoe & Lockette. Knox's was the most unnerving when played in slomo. P.S. Kabir, you gonna react to the 2022 MLS Cup. You haven't reacted to anything from the league this year. That's OK, we saved the best for last.
While these are horrible - and yes there certainly are football injuries - these are minimal thank God! And type way you can tackle can be called "targeting" to avoid these types of serious injury . . . you can't stop your child from reaching his dreams and by the time you are at the NFL . . you know what you are in for... Flying an airplane is taking a risk . . it is what it is . . . these are horrible....
I'm pretty sure you misspelled the word "field", Kabir. Normally, I'm not so picky, but I edit that stuff for a living, so now I see that stuff everywhere.
Please I was at a High School game and watched a player take a hard hit to the head and after assessment was put on concussion precautions on the side line. His father was having a fit in stands that his son would not be able play for 2 to 3 weeks and the scouts would not be able to see him play. He threatened the coach, the 2 team MD's, and the principle and the police finally escorted him out. He was threatening to sue the coach, doctors and school over it. His son was in his Junior year but the Dad wanted the colleges recruiting his son early Mind you I saw the hit, I was a RN in a Neuro- Surgical ICU unit at the time and told the Dad he had better abide by all the restrictions the MD put him on or he could have Neuro damage for the rest of his life. He almost decked me. I told to take his best shot because he would be jail for the rest of the season.
Kids as young as 5 years old start playing football and they play full-contact football. There are kids who sustain injuries also that are as bad as some of these pro players get. Football is not safe for kids.
Nfl players r powerlifter strong, consider many, many, line men can deadlift over 350kg, squat upwards of 400kg, all for multiple reps. there grip strength is off the charts as with their taking down power. They get a grip on u, and take u down, all the while holding on to u as tight as they can would hurt enough! now consider they weigh in at +150kg on average and r running full speed at u!! RECIPE 4 DIASTER! I salute rugby players - a sport too tough for me, but even if u put the pads on rugby players, and nfl linemen had just t-shirts on, the rugby guys would get blown into the air off the field. according to physics: m(v) = force. for most llinemen that comes out to about 700ft lbs of force!
Alex Smith probably wouldn't have changed any of his career choices. He was a star QB from my alma mater and he was really good in that environment. NFL just have heavier guys who are, in some sense, paid to demolish people.
Do we worry? yes. However-the pay is so insanely good that short of an actual death, they will be set for life. even retired promotor gigs, conventions, sports memorabilia gigs and the list goes on. not to mention these ones don't have to worry about the insurance. now you want one you had to worry about? try US wrestling. Ric Flair in fact fought hard to ensure the wrestlers got insurance because they didn't want to give them that, even considering how very physical it is and while coordinated the stunts are just that-stunts and by definition, dangerous to one's physical health. Now, I hated Ric flairs wrestling persona growing up-but adore him as a human being. He was friends with Andre the giant who got taunted for his size outside the ring, got denied at a lot of places and couldn't even get a cab, but Ric helped him out. other wrestlers in a tight spot because they were not the main stars or cast pointedly in a lesser (and less paying) roles? he'd give them money out of his own pocket. no strings attached, didn't even stick around for them to say thank you. why? because he knew they had wives and kids to take care of too. One of the few sports figures of any sport I actually like. Not saying the man is a saint or anything because yeah he has done some stupid stuff in his life-which he admits fully- but he is definitely one of the few truly decent sport stars I've ever met or even just seen on television. In short- Ric actually gave a damn about his co workers and their family, not just how rich he could get. So is it dangerous? yes-but any sp0ort is. the NFL though like the NBA pays so insanely well that while parents will always fear that sort f thing they also know those kids will never want for anything (provided they do not dive into an addition that is, but that is another story).
The video leaves out a lot. It also doesn’t include players like Mike Utley and the other Detroit Lions or Bears player who stopped breathing in the field. Teammates were sprinting to the other end of the field to get the ambulance to get down there.
My son at school was sort out by Salford ruby club but because at that time a lot of kids where having heart attacks when playing ruby I stop my son but he could of played for Salford reds
There has only been 1 death on the field in an NFL game. There were around 40 deaths in College Football from 1900-1905. One of those rule changes was increasing the distance necessary to get a first down from 5 yards in 3 downs to 10 yards in 3 downs. Another was the forward pass. 4th Down was added in 1912, you still only get 3 downs in Canada. I was watching the game where Shazier got injured. It was a night game, and those usually are the only NFL game on at the time. They didn't show Joe Theismann's leg injury. Lawrence Taylor sacked him on a flea-flicker play. Taylor immediately called the medical staff over.
The thing this video forgot to mention about alex smith was that during the 2020 to 2021 season he came in and helped lead washington to the playoffs. The sad thing was he never got to play in the playoffs because he had an injury.
Its shameful that they didn't even mention the fact that he came back to play in an NFL game once more
Have you seen his leg out of uniform? It’s disturbing. I’m not sure he should have ever been allowed back on the field.
@@williamsarnecky2229 Yes, it’s horrible. His leg became infected after a failed surgery and they almost had to amputate it.
@@419HLR it literally looks like a cadaver's leg when it was at it's worst, with all th akin stripped off. People talk of miracles but it was 100% an amazing medical team and the decades and centuries of research that saved his leg.
My ex was a Division 1 and NFL center (offensive lineman) until an injury ended his NFL career suddenly - one play and his dreams were over. However, he does have serious brain injuries -- he played in the late '80s and early '90s - there was no concussion protocol then - just 'shake it off' and go back in and play. He doesn't even remember playing games. He's in his 50s now and has the memory of someone in their 80s. He also had every symptom of post-concussive syndrome -- I had to leave because of the violence which was not him prior to all of the concussions. He has had several back surgeries, including several fusions, but if he could have played until he couldn't walk or think -- he would have. It's a dream come true and most don't care what happens to them, as long as they are NFL players as they have dreamed about since they were 8 years old. Only 1% of college players make the NFL. So childhood dreams are completely shattered when you are actually one of the 1% that make it.
Our sons did play full-contact football from the age of 7, ten years after their father's football career ended. Their helmets provided more protection than their fathers did 20 years earlier. One of our sons was even a center -- just like his dad. They grew away from football and found their own sports. They didn't want to be a shadow of their father's accomplishments and did extremely well in wrestling and basketball with their own records made with their names. They always loved football, just grew away from it.
The person didn't mention Alex smith came back in 2020 and got comeback player of the year
If you haven't seen pictures of Alex Smith's leg a few months after surgery you cannot imagine how bad it was. Dudes leg looked exactly like the leg from a cadaver used in an anatomy class. It is a credit to modern medicine that they saved his leg.
My son played football, they nicknamed him the ‘steamroller’ because no one could stop him if he was running and no one could move him if he planted. His team won that year, then he couldn’t play the next because expectations were too high. A woman at work commented when I mentioned he’d quit. “That’s good…he won’t need knee surgery when he’s twenty five” and completely shifted my paradigm on it. Thank goodness he quit and I supported him wrestling in high school and soccer all through middle school, little legué baseball when he was single digits old. He’s 6’6” and an introvert that no longer plays sports. But an excellent father!
In Texas, high-school and college football are huge, and kids start playing at an extremely young age. Mothers aren't just worried about their kids growing up and getting hurt in professional football because that fear starts much younger. I can't tell you how many high-school players are seriously injured, some for life, while some are able to recover and still play the sport.
I played football as a kid through high school and got quite a few gnarly injuries, but it is SUCH A FUN SPORT. I did get quite a few D1 offers to major schools, but ended up going the baseball route because of the degree program I was pursuing.
I have always said that when my wife and I have kids, if we have a son that wants to play football I am going to make them practice punting and place kicking as much as they practice the other stuff. Why? Because good kickers are hard to come by. If you can nail 50 yarders on the regular by your senior year of high school you will pretty much have your pick of the litter for where you want to attend college. And if you make it to the pros? By then kickers will be making $8M a year and you can have a 20-25 year career as a kicker - and even better - you can typically walk and function normally afterward.
Any future kids I have are already set for life as I own and operate a wildly successful business, but I wouldn't discourage them from pursuing sports and building their own fortune. Even better, with my experience I can mentor them and teach them how to turn their "RICH athlete" money in to "generationally WEALTHY capable of changing the world for the better" money.
They showed it briefly but they didn’t mention it, the worst one that I personally have seen was Zach Miller’s injury. Dislocated patella with a ruptured popliteal artery that almost resulted in him getting his leg cut off.
My son played, starting at age 7 & I'm talking full contact football. He was hurt several times, but not seriously until he was 15 years old, where he suffered a major shoulder separation. He had 2 different surgeries to repair it & a whole year of rehab. The surgeon released him to play again. I fought it like a wild woman, but his father & my family thought I was wrong, so I gave in. The very first play, he was hit hard, the shoulder separated & came through his chest cavity. He's okay now. We're from the South, Tennessee. Down here football is a religion. Most boys play & we all love it. Our high school plays for a state title every year & win a lot. So, the pressure to play is real. My son still talks about wishing he could have played again. My regret is that I let him play, but at the same time, I still love the game. Hope my story helps you to answer your questions. It's complicated at best...
This one hit home. Especially today. My husband had his second fusion this morning (I came home and am suppose to be taking a nap as we were up at 5 am and a very long wait at the hospital) Not due to football, although he did play in high school, we are assuming his back is so messed up because we owned a furniture store for 30 yrs and it was also his families business. So he's been lifting things he probably shouldn't have for MANY years. Could be something else also. So many things wrong with his spine from the bottom to almost the top. Who knows. Anyway since July 2019 he's now had 2 fusions and one time they went in to burn the nerves down his spine to attempt to make the pain go away. (Didn't work) Now we cross our fingers this helps....even just a bit!
Prayers to you and your husband. 🙏 I wish you some peace and quiet and him some pain relief and healing.
I have several genetic deformities (one major one in my lumbar, one in my thoracic, and two in my cervical) that have only degraded over the years, and my neuro and orthoepedic doctors both have told me I'll probably need spinal surgery in the future. Not looking forward to it, but hopefully that will be later rather than sooner. I don't know what spinal surgery is like, but I'm sure recovery is a nightmare. Please, tell your husband to be well and take care of himself.
Blessings and prayers to y’all.
WHAT DOESN’T KILL US MAKES US STRONGER!
But it still stinks being those that have to prove it. . . 🙏👍✌️
I'm not a doctor so definitely not a medical advice or anything. Jack Eichel of the Vegas Golden Knight last year received artificial disk replacement instead of fusion and he said it changed his life. The NHL and Buffalo Sabre fought against it because it was never done before on an NHL player and wanted him to get spinal fusion instead. He eventually got his way and resumed hockey activity in 4-5 months with no pain whatsoever. Many hockey players now opt to get ADR instead of fusion since Eichel proved it will withstand all the punishment that come with playing pro-hockey. I don't know if it's applicable, but I hope it helps.
What’s even more remarkable about Alex Smith is he actually came back to play the following 2020-21 season .
I was actually watching that Cowboys vs. Seahawks game when Lockette got hurt, he was completely out for about 45 minutes to an hour if I remember correctly before they finally woke him up and got him off the field
OMG! I've never seen that footage of Johnny Knox's injury. That made me instantly sick to my stomach. My skin is still crawling and I have a lump in my throat. Just...damn. And even though it wasn't life-threatening, I still think one of the worst injuries I've ever witnessed in the NFL was Joe Theismann's compound fracture of his leg. To this day, and it happened in 1985, I still have a hard time watching that play.
I first saw that Johnny Knox injury a couple of years ago and couldn't believe what I was seeing!!! It was truly freaky!!! I feel so bad for Johnny!!! As far as Theismann, I didn't see his leg breakage until years later!!! It sure was a NASTY break!!! 😩
I am a life long Bears fan and I saw this LIVE.. It was horrendous to say the least. Once they did the slow mo replay.. I literally threw up in my mouth.. Sorry for being graphic.. But it was that bad.. I cried and prayed for Knox to be OK.. I love football and will always be a fan.. I do appreciate what these players sacrifice!
I'll never forget watching Ryan Shazier go down. I'm a Buckeye who had enjoyed following his career (even though I HATE the Steelers) and I knew when he went down that day, it was very serious. But Shazier is a winner through and through and it shines through in his attitude toward life.
Kabir, when my son was in middle school he was injured in a baseball game, baseball is something I never really thought about as someone suffering major injuries from, I know that's not smart but I just didn't really think about it...well my son was the first baseman, the runner hit my son in the legs, he flipped up and came head first down on the base...he got up and was walking around when he began throwing up blood and couldn't stand up, I put him in the car and headed to the hospital, I was speeding hoping to get pulled over, I didn't see a state trooper until I was coming into the small town where the hospital was, I waved him over and begged him to please take my son to the hospital, he took one look at him and told me he wasn't going to touch him and he called an ambulance and I remember him telling them to get there now!! The ambulance took my son and the highway patrol man escorted me to the hospital, he told me to stay behind him and if we come to a red light I'm to stay behind him because he will stop all other traffic..at the emergency room he never left me unless he was in with the drs finding out about my son, he's the one who told me flight for life was coming for him and he's called dispatch to have another highway patrol man go to the field for my husband (he was coaching the game) it happened a highway patrol man was watching the game and he walked my husband off the field and immediately brought him to the hospital, sirens and lights going!! We drove to the hospital 100 miles to the hospital, flight for life immediately started steroids on my son, the first highway patrol man returned to the field for information for his report, the boy who hit my son's legs on first base told him and league officials that his coach told him to "take him out"...league officials banned the kid from all sports throughout his school years and the coach was banned from coaching and attending any school related sport activities...my son made a complete recovery, went to the army and then became a policeman!! We were so thankful to everyone that helped us throughout all of this, my son approached the sports officials and requested that the young man who hit him not to be banned from sports because it was the coaches fault for giving the order and that the kid spent alot of time with him at the hospital and helped him through rehab...some adults look at winning is the only thing no matter what you have to do!! That young man was allowed to return to sports and him and my son formed a very strong friendship!! Sorry for the long comment but I just wanted to tell you my son's experience through baseball!!
I'm kinda surprised they didn't include the Chiefs' quarterback broken leg from Lawrence Taylor in the 80's. I know it wasn't life-threatening, but it was gruesome!
Joe Theismann played for the Redskins.
@@jonathonrose5141 I watched that live when it happened, players on the sidelines said they heard it snap.
The Ryan Shazier play scares me the most bc I played linebacker and if you lower your head just a bit too much, you're screwed. He was really good and all it took was a fraction of an angle to end his career. Thank God he can at least walk agin. All it takes is one bad angle...scary stuff
Tbf Shazier had been warned on several occasions to change his tackling form because it was unsafe. Unfortunately, he found out the hard way.
I thought they might mention Joe Theismann's horrific leg injury. True, I guess his life wasn't in danger, but it was still a gruesome thing to witness. And it did end his career.
An open fracture like that can most definitely be life-threatening. All that bone has to do is sever the femoral artery and you’re dead.
@@pjschmid2251 , Yikes! I didn’t realize that. Thanks for the info.
Yeah, thiesmann’s injury is the stuff of nightmares.
Mike Utley got paralyzed playing with the Detroit lions in the early 90s
Ricardo Lockette, the Seahawks WR, is probably one of the best special teams players ever for the Seahawks. He was the best gunner in the NFL during his hey day. (Gunners are on the kick off team and are super fast players tasked with locking down the return team as quickly as possible, including tackling the kick returner. It's super dangerous as gunners run immediately along the sideline).
At the age of 18, I began racing dirt track stock cars, while my youngest brother, age 11, began racing motorcycles at motocross events. My nephew, that youngest brother's son, played American football from age 10 until his 2nd year of college. My son, 33 now, never played sports at school at all, but I'd been okay with him playing American football, or racing ...for that matter. Kabir, I recommend viewing the 2022 MLS Cup final between Los Angeles FC and Philadelphia Union. Commentators here in the U.S. are praising the match as the best ever MLS Cup final, if not the best ever match in U.S. footballing history. The match was equalized minutes before full tme. Both teams scored in extra time to force a penalty shootout. Wait untill you see who scores the equalizer in extra time to force penalties.
I played football in high school , halfback and linebacker ,got knocked out several times and ruptured my achilles tendon . I still love the game and all 3 of my sons played it and love it too .
Chuck Hughes was an American football player, a wide receiver in the National Football League from 1967 to 1971. He is, to date, the only NFL player to die on the field during a game after suffering a heart attack.
Of course the thought of injury worries me when it comes to the kids... but at the end of the day, as long as you educate your kids and know that they understand the risks involved with playing football, you gotta let them do what they love and let them pave their own way.
All four of my boys played football...my 14 year old plays now. I worry EVERY time they step on the field. It's what they want to do so I encourage and support them. Only my 18 year old has been injured...a concussion and a sprained knee. Sports can be dangerous...we just pray.
You need to watch "It's Time", The story of Ole Miss Rebel defensive back Chucky Mullins, who in 1989 became paralyzed after making a tackle against Vanderbilt player Brad Gaines. Chucky and Brad were forever linked by that play and a relationship was born out of tragedy. It will break your heart, it did mine.
On October 28, 1989, Ole Miss defensive back Chucky Mullins hit Vanderbilt running back Brad Gaines in the back and separated him from the ball. While Gaines was uninjured, Mullins suffered a broken neck on the play, leaving him a quadriplegic. But in that heartbreaking moment, a friendship was born that lasted another two years, until Mullins died of a blood clot in a Memphis hospital room, with Gaines at his side.
How many people die every year in traffic?
In the United States, the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) projects there were an estimated 42,915 traffic fatalities in 2021.
There has only been one professional football player that's died on the field. There's a pretty long list of NFL players that have died during their career, but the vast majority of them died as a result of something other than fooltball. Car accidents being the leading cause of those.
So, you can be afriad of playing the sport, but you have a much higher chance of getting injured just driving your car.
Stingley went on to live 29 more years, dying at age 55, with his quadriplegia contributing to his demise.
It depends on the source you read, whether Jack Tatum ever reached out...
But the most telling story, was that John Madden, the Coach of the Oakland Raiders (the opposing team)
was the first Coach or player to get to the hospital.
It was Madden who called Stingley's Coach - who was already on the team plane and getting ready to fly home.
Only then did he not fly off and leave his player alone in the hospital, 3000 miles from home.
Jack Tatum on the other hand, only lived a few years longer than Stingley, dying less than 3 years later, at age 61.
Miss Ryan Shazier to this day! Glad he can walk now
Scary stuff. I'm not a parent, but if I were, I wouldn't want my kids taking the risks that those guys take. Career ending injuries do not just happen in professional football, but they can happen in high school or in college play - without the earnings that come from professional sports.
Love your vids!
I remember watching that game when Johnny Knox got injured, the bears had two players who had their career cut short to a gruesome injury. They did show a little clip of Chicago Bears Tight End Zach Miller this guy almost had his legs amputated, the Chicago Bears was playing against the New Orleans Saints Zach Miller caught a pass in the end zone that when his leg went a awkward way after being taken down.Zach Miller needed vascular surgery to repair a damage artery and grafting tissue from his right leg, I wish that these gruesome injuries wouldn't have happen to these two players as Bears fans we will never know how good Johnny Knox could have been because the guy was fast on the field like Devin Hester.
My son played Mighty Mites tackle football from around age 6, but he got a concussion when he was 11 & we decided to focus on just basketball. Scary stuff!
they skim over a lot, but the Alex Smith one I know most out of all of them. People break their leg all time, but Smith's case was different because it wasnt just an infection. It was necrotizing fasciitis, or flesh-eating disease. They only need 1 surgery to fix the broken bones, but because he wanted to save the leg, they had to do many more surgeries. The doctor wanted to remove the leg because the sepsis cause by it is deadly and if they cant remove all the dead/infected tissues in time and/or the antibacterial cocktail doesnt work, there are severe consequences and ultimately death. In the end, he lost almost all the tissues and had to work to get it back. As everyone else mentioned, he came back to prove that he could still play.
"Would you risk another spinal injury?"
Ask Joe Montana.
Long before all the rules to protect the quarterback,
Joe Montana - having already won 2 Superbowls,
had surgery to repair a ruptured spinal disc.
He returned to the game - and played 8 more seasons,
and won 2 more Superbowls.
I have often pondered that over the last 30 years.
As a mom of a 9 year old who just started playing tackle football this year, I have heard him say he wants to play in college and eventually the NFL. I know very well things like this can happen to him, but I also know that he deserves the autonomy to decide which direction his life takes. The closer he gets to attending college, the more worried I will be, but at his age I try not to.
My father played pro football, and with 4 sons later, he suggested that if we wanted to "make it" as a professional athlete... take up Golf.
You'll live a lot longer he stated, and healthier.
Alex Smith did come back briefly in 2020, starting 6. But he had minor calf issues in between some of those games, and retired before 2021.
Darryl Stingley died in 2007; Jack Tatum died in 2010. There have been a number of players who have suffered spinal injuries that ended their careers. They weren't necessarily life threatening, but they couldn't continue to play football after having them.
Unless Joe Theismann was old or the injury itself was so long ago, I think it should have made the list.
Concussions are far more common than other injuries. Get two of three concussions in your time on the field, even in middle or high school and you will most likely develop CTE later in life. As a mom on the sidelines watching her 5 year old little boy get tackled is so frightening. I was secretly jumping for joy when my son said he didn’t want to play anymore.
I was 29 when Drew Bledsoe got hit bad and was replaced with Brady. I had no idea he was that close to dying. Damn...
I don't know how Chris Simms wasn't included in this video. Simms was a QB for Tampa Bay, and in a 2006 game he continued to play after getting hurt but found out after the game he had ruptured his spleen and needed emergency surgery. It was estimated he lost 5 pints of blood and if he went another 45 minutes without treatment he would have died.
Life is to short to be afraid to do something that you may really enjoy over the fear of being injured. Every day you get in your bed ,get in your car do any and everything it could be your last, so don't be afraid to live.
"Returning to the game" isn't necessarily "returning to the field". He could be a coach, executive, etc.
As far as assessing the risk of letting your child participate in contact sports the fact is you still let your children ride in cars and they are far more likely to encounter a life-changing or life ending injury in a car. It’s just a matter of what risks people are willing to normalize and accept and which ones they decide are unacceptable for whatever reason. It never seems to be grounded in actual fact or statistical likelihood.
I'm from Boston and was a kid at the time just in 8th grade, and the Darryl Stingley hit by that disgusting Raider Jack Tatum, a known dirty player. He also never even approached Stingley after to even talk to him. Typical Raiders.
Also - Drew Bledsoe - a medic recognized that he was not all right and that's what sent him to the hospital. If that medic did not step in he likely would not have survived.
If you haven't seen pictures of Alex Smith's leg a few months after surgery you cannot imagine how bad it was. Dudes leg looked exactly like the leg from a cadaver used in an anatomy class. It is a credit to modern medicine that they saved his leg. This is one reason why it bugs me so much when people proclaim, "It was a miracle, god did it", when something like this happens. No, it was the amazing doctors and nurses, using the skill acquired from years of research from other doctors, that saved his leg.
I got a tib-fib in my junior year of high school. Probably the worst of many injuries over my high school athletic career. It happens. At least these guys got paid.
I’ve had 2 back fusions, the LS 4/5 and LS 3/4. I’ve also ,for various reasons non of which are medical, put off having 2 more fusions, LS 2/3 and LS 1/2. My problem was. Or spots but simply spinal stenosis.
In the 70's they allowed more severe hits. Players paralyzed in high school, college were always making the news.
I played football when I was a kid, and had a similar injury to the first couple on the video but nowhere near as bad. I injured three discs in my back and they were so swollen that you could see them sticking out.
First time I played football I got in the game because the starter at my position had his knee shattered. I do believe I became a man at when I took my spot defending against the guy that did the knee shattering.
All NFL games have at least 2 ambulances in the stadium. They also mandate that a fully staffed trauma team be available at a local emergency room.
These things have happened to High School players too. As well as college
The only thing crazier than being a professional football player would be a flight-suit base jumper. Every year, several of them die. At least in football, the impact injuries are sustained on the ground or close to it. If you are attempting a proximity jump from a cliff with a flight suit and a helmet with a GoPro mounted on it and you slam into a mountainside at 100 mph, not only are you done, you're vaporized on video.
My nephew Kieran campaigned hard to change my sister in law’s mind to let him play football. Mind you he had congenital cataracts; when he was about 5 or 6, his opthomologist installed a pair of synthetic lenses into his eyes. Kieran took up baseball instead. He’s 13 now and pitches for a travel team.
Unfortunately this kind of stuff happens at every level. A football player at my highschool broke his neck during a game.
I remember watching the game where Ricardo Lockette was injured. It was awful.
There are career ending injuries and deaths from little league football all the way to NFL. It’s amazing what these players go through.
Surprised they didn't touch on Joe Theismann(compound fracture of the leg) and Bo Jackson(dislocated and fractured hip and resulting avascular necrosis of the hip).
In a twist of fate, Tony Gonzalez collided with a cameraman and upon the cameraman's routine follow up head exam they discovered a brain tumor and it was early enough that the collision actually saved his life.
Kabir, the sad thing is that are some parts of the US like certain parts of Texas or Pennsylvania where there is a lot of poverty or lack of job opportunities or nothing but low pay dead ends jobs for years that are football crazy at the pop warner and high school level and kids that have real talent playing football and more importantly their parents and families see the prospect of them playing in the NFL as the whole family's only shot at getting out of poverty. You also oftren see that in poor inner city communities with basketball and the NBA.
That’s a severe generalization. Most American kids play full contact football. Most play it for fun in their backyards with out protection. Yes, some use sports to get out of poverty; but there’s not this weird sad conspiracy like you’re trying to make it seem. Most kids play sports and football is THE sport.
@@alwaystakemarktwainsadvice4269 I'm not saying money is the motivation in every single situation as to why a kid chooses to play football. But if you think there are not any parts of the US that are struggling economically and therefore quite a few kids think that sports is one of their few ways out then you are mistaken and have lived your whole life in a bubble.
@@ronluk76 if you were paying attention to anything you would understand that I know and said that. You, on the other hand are grossly exaggerating who is playing football and why. Those who you are referencing are only a small percentage of the whole.
My friends have two boys that play football. They have a rule. 3 concussions and they are done with football. I know the oldest got one and had to sit out for like 3 weeks from playing.
The video could’ve at least mentioned that Alex Smith did come back. It wasn’t for long but he did come back
Yeah, I remember that, Taylor showed no remorse what so ever. It was crazy! No, I’d never stand in my sons way of his dream, or I should say I didn’t, but that doesn’t mean I didn’t beg him not to. So I just sucked it up and kept my mouth shut after that.
Not sure why they left out Reggie Brown, linebacker for the Detroit Lions, Dec 21, 1997 was paralyzed and had to be given CPR on the field after a career ending injury.
Bledsoe ended playing with the Cowboys after this and ended getting hurt again. He was replaced by undrafted Tony Romo, who I believe took them to the playoffs. Drew Bledsoe never played for the Cowboys again in a game after Tony took over
I let mine play, but I was terrified. It's hard to watch someone hurt your child and sit there and let it happen. You feel like a bull in a china shop looks!
Improper tackling was the reason why shazier was injured.
Shazier will come back. The dude has drive. He wants to show that he can overcome a career-ending injury. Several oro wrestlers have had milder versions of the injury and have made a full recovery, so the outlook is surprisingly positive.
Kabir, I'm a firm believer that life comes with some risks. How can you achieve anything meaningful without overcoming some risks. Its a mindset. I don't take a lot of risk with my investments but given the millions of young men and boys who've played football on every level. It pretty safe. Not 100% safe, but few guys suffer life threatening injuries.
Heaven forbid this new generation of young men have to do more than play video games and make tik tok's. I recently heard another youtuber react to a video about soldiers and sailors serving in the military and living aboard a ship say "oh, I could never do that" The guy is a 23 year old marshmallow whose never challenged himself physically or inconvenienced himself even once. Probably doesn't even know how to make is own bed.
My best friend from high school in the NFL for seven or eight years. His body was beat up. He’s doing great but he walks a lot more slowly.
Imagine almost killing someone and leaving them paralyzed and not even bothering to contact them.
There's a reason Jack Tatum's nickname was "The Assassin".
@@johnciolfi5085 More like ass.
Alex Smith did play in the NFL again. It's crazy to think about but he did.
Though all of these injuries were horribly bad, only 2 actually were at risk of dying on the field: Bledsoe & Lockette. Knox's was the most unnerving when played in slomo.
P.S. Kabir, you gonna react to the 2022 MLS Cup. You haven't reacted to anything from the league this year. That's OK, we saved the best for last.
Ironically, more association footballers have died on or near the pitch than NFL football players
I know for a fact Alex Smith played again. He was actually pretty good.
Mothers are more worried than fathers. I played football in HS and my mother never came to a game.
While these are horrible - and yes there certainly are football injuries - these are minimal thank God! And type way you can tackle can be called "targeting" to avoid these types of serious injury . . . you can't stop your child from reaching his dreams and by the time you are at the NFL . . you know what you are in for... Flying an airplane is taking a risk . . it is what it is . . . these are horrible....
They didn't show Joe Theisman's injury and I'm surprised! It's ok, though, 'cause I can't watch it! LOL
was hoping that they mentioned Alex Smith actually played after the injury
Ryan i is a great podcast host now. I remember the injury too. i really thought he might die. he was scary to play against too.
I'm pretty sure you misspelled the word "field", Kabir. Normally, I'm not so picky, but I edit that stuff for a living, so now I see that stuff everywhere.
Alex Smith did return to football after allmost loseing his leg.
You don’t understand the drive those guys have. It’s basically an addiction
Please I was at a High School game and watched a player take a hard hit to the head and after assessment was put on concussion precautions on the side line. His father was having a fit in stands that his son would not be able play for 2 to 3 weeks and the scouts would not be able to see him play. He threatened the coach, the 2 team MD's, and the principle and the police finally escorted him out. He was threatening to sue the coach, doctors and school over it. His son was in his Junior year but the Dad wanted the colleges recruiting his son early
Mind you I saw the hit, I was a RN in a Neuro- Surgical ICU unit at the time and told the Dad he had better abide by all the restrictions the MD put him on or he could have Neuro damage for the rest of his life. He almost decked me. I told to take his best shot because he would be jail for the rest of the season.
My mom use to babysit for Jack Tatum's kids. He was an odd man and frankly hus last years had him in a wheelchair due to amputation of his legs.
And to think Brady just hit 100k passing yards. The only player to do so
Chris sims had his spleen ruptured in a game. I was surprised that Joe thiesmans injury wasn't on this list.
Kids as young as 5 years old start playing football and they play full-contact football. There are kids who sustain injuries also that are as bad as some of these pro players get. Football is not safe for kids.
I never noticed before but Lockett has elf ears
I ripped up both of my Knees when i was in the 3rd grade playing Football. I couldn’t play football anymore
Here is the thing you can get hurt in your car is more likely but we don’t tell you that you can’t drive
My nephew is built like NFL player, but my sister is very set on that he doesn't for these reasons.
Nfl players r powerlifter strong, consider many, many, line men can deadlift over 350kg, squat upwards of 400kg, all for multiple reps. there grip strength is off the charts as with their taking down power. They get a grip on u, and take u down, all the while holding on to u as tight as they can would hurt enough! now consider they weigh in at +150kg on average and r running full speed at u!! RECIPE 4 DIASTER! I salute rugby players - a sport too tough for me, but even if u put the pads on rugby players, and nfl linemen had just t-shirts on, the rugby guys would get blown into the air off the field. according to physics: m(v) = force. for most llinemen that comes out to about 700ft lbs of force!
yes ever time my grand son hits the field i worry. he plays collage football.
Just look at the other comments about Alex Smith Actually returning
Alex Smith probably wouldn't have changed any of his career choices. He was a star QB from my alma mater and he was really good in that environment. NFL just have heavier guys who are, in some sense, paid to demolish people.
Do we worry? yes. However-the pay is so insanely good that short of an actual death, they will be set for life. even retired promotor gigs, conventions, sports memorabilia gigs and the list goes on. not to mention these ones don't have to worry about the insurance. now you want one you had to worry about? try US wrestling. Ric Flair in fact fought hard to ensure the wrestlers got insurance because they didn't want to give them that, even considering how very physical it is and while coordinated the stunts are just that-stunts and by definition, dangerous to one's physical health.
Now, I hated Ric flairs wrestling persona growing up-but adore him as a human being. He was friends with Andre the giant who got taunted for his size outside the ring, got denied at a lot of places and couldn't even get a cab, but Ric helped him out. other wrestlers in a tight spot because they were not the main stars or cast pointedly in a lesser (and less paying) roles? he'd give them money out of his own pocket. no strings attached, didn't even stick around for them to say thank you. why? because he knew they had wives and kids to take care of too. One of the few sports figures of any sport I actually like. Not saying the man is a saint or anything because yeah he has done some stupid stuff in his life-which he admits fully- but he is definitely one of the few truly decent sport stars I've ever met or even just seen on television. In short- Ric actually gave a damn about his co workers and their family, not just how rich he could get.
So is it dangerous? yes-but any sp0ort is. the NFL though like the NBA pays so insanely well that while parents will always fear that sort f thing they also know those kids will never want for anything (provided they do not dive into an addition that is, but that is another story).
The video leaves out a lot. It also doesn’t include players like Mike Utley and the other Detroit Lions or Bears player who stopped breathing in the field. Teammates were sprinting to the other end of the field to get the ambulance to get down there.
My son at school was sort out by Salford ruby club but because at that time a lot of kids where having heart attacks when playing ruby I stop my son but he could of played for Salford reds
If you think this is bad, you should react to NHL worst injuries. I can't even make it through the video.
And I think he might have had 3 years left on his contract that Pittsburgh paid out.
If anyone reading this plays any contact sports. Be safe out there. Go get your brain checked every now and then. Stay healthy God bless 💪🏾