Keep Texans Talk Google Ad Free!
Venmo Tip Jar | Paypal Tip Jar
Thanks for your support! 🍺😎👍

NFL Random Thought of the Day

JB said:
www.espn.com

Browns sign Stefanski, GM Berry to extensions

The Cleveland Browns have signed coach Kevin Stefanski and general manager Andrew Berry to contract extensions, the team announced Wednesday.
www.espn.com www.espn.com
The lengths of the new deals were not announced.
Click to expand...

giphy.gif
 
I've posted my thought on this previously. And in this article it states, "He hopes to use that mobility [from weight loss] to better extend plays." May end up more correctly........."to better extend injuries."

**************************************

Tua Tagovailoa’s weight loss becomes a major talking point at minicamp
By Mike Florio
Published June 5, 2024 07:35 PM

Salty Tua has yielded to Skinny Tua, and the transformation of the Dolphins quarterback has been a major talking point at the team’s ongoing mandatory minicamp.

Earlier this week, Tua Tagovailoa didn’t share any specifics about how much weight he has lost, or whether he’s trying to lose more.

“I don’t know,” he said when asked what he now weighs. “It’s whatever I’m down to right now.”
Why did he do it?

“I felt like I’d be better,” Tua said. “I feel better, quicker on my feet, more nimble, all of that.”
He hopes to use that mobility to better extend plays. As to whether he’s planning to lose even more weight, Tua said, “You’ll see during training camp, we’ll see.”

On Wednesday, coach Mike McDaniel addressed Tua’s significant body shrinkage.
“Honestly, it’s just Tua trying to find another level of his game and another level of being a professional,” McDaniel said. “It happens to a lot of players where all of a sudden you become pseudo-dieticians several years into your career but definitely not at the start. Seeing ways that he could maintain the strength but create some more flexibility and power, or however you want to look at it. . . . It wasn’t to correct something that needed fixed. It was an opportunity to get better, in his mind I think. And ultimately, we’ll see how he does at read option and if he’s trying to be an option quarterback, how svelte is svelte? But anything that helps you attack your job and solve problems — problems that he’s more aware of now than he was last year or the year before, just in terms of being a problem-solver at your position — you learn different things and you find value in different things. I think he’s maturing as a professional and really going after the annual offseason of, ‘How do we get better?’”
But how do you stay big enough to remain healthy? That was the goal in 2023 — to come up with ways to let him avoid concussions.

“It was a very concrete thing that we were trying to solve last year with regard to physical preparation,” McDaniel said. “That was his ability to be available as much as he can. But more importantly, for him to have the life that he wants and to play the quarterback position, and how to keep himself healthy, we identified the ground as the big opponent that we had to defeat.
“So strength training those particular things while also drilling stuff for the first time, we saw unbelievable results in terms of every situation that he was presented with. He was able to provide the technique and he had the strength to do it. So you don’t know what that is. It was uncharted territory to kind of like work on training stunt doubles or something how to fall. That was uncharted territory, but you establish the strength and how to protect yourself so now you can go back to what are the things that help me do my job to maximum ability, not shortchanging any sort of strength.”

This year, his priority is different, even if the goal is the same.

“He is really taking his diet serious,” McDaniel said. “And he hasn’t done things to lose weight, he’s done things to be in shape. I would be pumped about where he’s at now, maybe predisposed to a hair of body shaming from last year if you want to do that retroactively. But to be fair, not many people were going about things that way to be as proactive with something of that nature with jiu-jitsu. He was training jiu-jitsu and calling it something else I think at one point — judo. But he really went after it and then you find out new things. Just like every year, we’re trying our best to do the best football plays. We learn more about football plays and defenses and stuff, and we do new plays the next year a little bit. That maturation I think is an example of how he is as a professional, and understanding what his job is to the team and to the franchise. He’s going after it and controlling all of the things that he can control.”

One thing he can’t control is how teammates react. Receiver Tyreek Hill was blunt when joking about the differences between 2023 Tua and 2024 Tua.

“I ain’t gonna lie, when I saw Tua at the Pro Bowl, I was kind of scared — dude was fat as ****,” Hill told reporters. “He was fat, he was chubby. I was like, ‘Hold on, bro. Hold on, bro.’ Ryan Clark said you were kind of thick, he wasn’t lying. But seeing him now and where he’s come from and how skinny he has gotten — what’s that stuff everybody is taking? Ozempic? He had to be taking that, I don’t know.

“What I’m seeing from him now is a lot of guys are getting together outside of here. Hanging out, running routes together, spending off-field time together, and Tua is going a great job of orchestrating that. That’s a beautiful thing, because our first few years, we would do it here and there. But this year, he’s really honing in on the guys, hanging out, building that camaraderie with each other, that’s a beautiful thing, man. For him to have such leadership within that and to be a family man, it’s a beautiful thing. He’s growing. He’s growing, and you can obviously see it whenever we step out on the field and we don’t have all of our pieces out there – with myself, with [Jaylen] Waddle in the mix, with Jonnu [Smith], all the guys, Raheem [Mostert], [De’Von] Achane, all of us clicking all at once. It’s going to be a beautiful thing man, I’m excited for this year.”
Waddle had some things to say, too.

“I told him — I missed chubby Tua, man,” Waddle joked with reporters. “I miss chubby Tua, man. I ain’t gonna lie, I didn’t like it when I saw him. I told him, I’m not ******* with it. I told him straight up, I’m not ******* with it. Eat some more or something, man.”

Waddle then said Tua is looking good. Last year, he was playing good. The goal is to keep him feeling good — good enough to keep playing good.
 
JB said:
www.espn.com

Is the 'chain gang' obsolete? Why embracing technology won't solve everything

The NFL will test new technology in the preseason that signals a first down and could implement it as soon as the regular season.
www.espn.com www.espn.com
Click to expand...

I'm sure whatever technology they come up with can measure 10 yards down to the millimeter. However, how do they exactly measure where the ball should be AFTER the play? How does anyone really know exactly down to the millimeter where the ball should be placed? That's just as important, if not more so. Measuring EXACTLY 10 yards from anywhere is easy, exact ball placement isn't.
 
JB said:
www.espn.com

Cowboys' Martin 'closer to the end' of his career

As Zack Martin enters his 11th season with the Cowboys, he wonders if 2024 could be his final one.
www.espn.com www.espn.com
Click to expand...
As a senior citizen I see how slow I have gotten since now ten years seems more like five. It’s hard to believe that it was ten years ago that I was sitting in a group chat as Manziel had fallen to 16th and everyone expecting him to be selected, then hearing with the 16th pick the Cowboys select Zack Martin. After a brief stunned silence, someone said good pick! Ten years later, Good Pick!
 
JB said:
www.espn.com

Sources: Chiefs DL in hospital after cardiac arrest

Chiefs defensive end BJ Thompson is in stable condition at an area hospital after having a seizure and going into cardiac arrest, sources said.
www.espn.com www.espn.com
Click to expand...
TexansBull said:
That’s awful.

I wonder if he has a history of this or if this is new for him.

If it’s new to him you know what I am getting ready to ask:

giphy.gif
Click to expand...



20% of cardiac arrests, especially in a young adult, will be accompanied by seizure-like activity. The seizure rarely causes cardiac arrest. The arrest has typically begun and the poor oxygenation leads to the seizure-like actions. Unfortunately, even most doctors are not aware of this relationship and misinterpret these events as a seizure causing a cardiac arrest.

Being 25 years old, I would put him through a thorough cardiac workup looking for all of these:
  • Genetic or congenital causes: For example, hypertrophic cardiomyopathy (HCM) is a genetic condition that can thicken the heart muscle, making it difficult for the heart to pump blood.
  • Heart structure or coronary artery problems: Coronary artery disease (CAD) is the second leading cause of sudden cardiac death (SCD) in people under 35.
  • Substance use
  • Heart inflammation (this one's for you TexansBull :))
 
Lucky said:
Get healthy Richardson. I'd rather the Texans see you than Joe Flacco.

Just kidding. I don't care who the Colts play at QB.
Click to expand...
Steichen is the coach I fear most in the division. I assume Richardson’s career will be derailed by injury and Steichen will have to continue making chicken salad out of the QB room.

We can only hope his owner will continue to meddle to the Texans benefit.
 
Besides the federal issues, his use of Dronabinol has many therapeutic alternatives. Most legitimate physicians would not entertain "prescribing" Dronabinol as their choice for treating social-anxiety disorder. Dronabinol, oral synthetic TCH has similar psychoactive effects to smoking marijuana. This risk must be considered in any decision to prescribe it even for cancer pain.

Gregory has been diagnosed in the past with bipolar disease................a good reason in itself not to use marijuana.

NOVEMBER 29, 2022

Many People with Bipolar Disorder Use Cannabis. It May Sometimes Help [but]​

Diminished risk-taking behaviors and other benefits may explain why many people with bipolar disorder keep consuming cannabis despite some dire downsides

****************************************************

Gregory did not meet the requirements for:

NFL Therapeutic Use Exemptions
The following general requirements apply to all TUE [therapeutic use exemption] requests:

1. The medication must be necessary and indicated for treatment of the specificmedical problem for which it has been requested;

2. Acceptable alternative treatments with medications that are not prohibited were attempted but failed, or reasons for not prescribing these alternative treatments havebeen presented;

3. Appropriate evaluation has been completed and all medical records documenting thediagnosis have been submitted for review;

4. The applicant may not begin use of the prohibited substance until after the TUE isgranted.

***************************************************
Randy Gregory’s agent says lawsuit has nothing to do with Broncos
By Mike Florio
Published June 7, 2024 11:11 AM

Former Broncos defensive end Randy Gregory has sued the NFL and the Broncos, for violating his rights as a person with disabilities under Colorado law. Gregory’s agent insists that the case isn’t about the team.

“This has nothing to do with the Broncos,” Peter Schaffer told Mike Klis of 9News.com. “They have done nothing wrong. This is all about the NFL.’’

The civil complaint says otherwise. The Broncos are a named defendant. Count II of the lawsuit is specifically directed at the Broncos, for violating the Colorado Anti-Discrimination Act.

At paragraph 86, the lawsuit specifically alleges that the Broncos “discriminated against” Gregory in five different ways:

1. “Failing to engage in the interactive process with respect to Mr. Gregory’s request for an accommodation prior to submitting a [therapeutic use exemption].”

2 “Failing to engage in the interactive process with respect to Mr. Gregory’s request for an accommodation after submitting a [therapeutic use exemption].”

3. “Failing to provide a reasonable accommodation to Mr. Gregory in the form of a [therapeutic use exemption], despite the Denver Broncos’ knowledge that Dronabinol was prescribed to treat Mr. Gregory’s disabilities.”

4. “Failing to meaningfully and in good faith communicate with Mr. Gregory concerning his disability and his requested accommodation.”

5. “Denying Mr. Gregory a reasonable accommodation to use Dronabinol based on his disability.”

Yes, the Broncos’ hands were surely tied by league policy. However, the Broncos were Gregory’s employer. The Broncos chose to headquarter the business in Colorado. The Broncos must follow Colorado law.

Even if the Broncos did what they did because the league required them to do it, the Broncos still did it.

Regardless of any formalities or technicalities, this case is really about the NFL’s treatment of its players regarding a substance that is legal in most states where the NFL does business. The league hasn’t folded the tents on cannabis because it’s a matter of collective bargaining. Gregory becomes a pawn in the broader chess match between labor and management, with the league ignoring what’s right in favor of what helps it get more from the union.

Yes, it’s good that players are no longer suspended for marijuana or THC. But why is their compensation taken from them for it? A legal product, legally used, should not create any employment sanction.

Then there’s the issue of disability and accommodations. As Schaffer said, “What this is all about is a player’s right — not just a player’s right but a citizen’s right — to take the medicine that a doctor has prescribed for him. This is about a player’s right to treat his disability at the direction of his treating physician.”

This litigation puts the NFL on shaky ground for two reasons. One, marijuana is legal in Colorado for all purposes. Two, Gregory needed it for medical purposes. Legal or not, it’s a bad look.

The NFL likes to say “football is family.” Situations like that make it impossible to regard that as anything other than the P.R. slogan it has always been.
 
www.espn.com

Gregory sues NFL, Broncos over fines for THC use

Veteran pass-rusher Randy Gregory is suing the NFL and the Denver Broncos over more than $500,000 in fines he received for using medications containing THC.
www.espn.com www.espn.com
ENGLEWOOD, Colo. -- Randy Gregory is suing the NFL and the Broncos claiming discrimination over being fined $532,500 for taking medication containing THC for disabilities during his brief time in Denver.
In the complaint filed this week in Arapahoe County District Court, the 31-year-old pass-rusher who now plays for the Tampa Bay Buccaneers said he was prescribed Dronabinol for social anxiety and post-traumatic stress disorders but was denied accommodations to treat those disabilities with that medicine.
The NFL no longer suspends players who test positive for THC, or tetrahydrocannabinol, the chemical responsible for most of marijuana's psychological effects, but it remains among the league's banned substances subject to fines.
 
JB said:
www.espn.com

Gregory sues NFL, Broncos over fines for THC use

Veteran pass-rusher Randy Gregory is suing the NFL and the Denver Broncos over more than $500,000 in fines he received for using medications containing THC.
www.espn.com www.espn.com
ENGLEWOOD, Colo. -- Randy Gregory is suing the NFL and the Broncos claiming discrimination over being fined $532,500 for taking medication containing THC for disabilities during his brief time in Denver.
In the complaint filed this week in Arapahoe County District Court, the 31-year-old pass-rusher who now plays for the Tampa Bay Buccaneers said he was prescribed Dronabinol for social anxiety and post-traumatic stress disorders but was denied accommodations to treat those disabilities with that medicine.
The NFL no longer suspends players who test positive for THC, or tetrahydrocannabinol, the chemical responsible for most of marijuana's psychological effects, but it remains among the league's banned substances subject to fines.
Click to expand...
CloakNNNdagger said:
Besides the federal issues, his use of Dronabinol has many therapeutic alternatives. Most legitimate physicians would not entertain "prescribing" Dronabinol as their choice for treating social-anxiety disorder. Dronabinol, oral synthetic TCH has similar psychoactive effects to smoking marijuana. This risk must be considered in any decision to prescribe it even for cancer pain.

Gregory has been diagnosed in the past with bipolar disease................a good reason in itself not to use marijuana.

NOVEMBER 29, 2022

Many People with Bipolar Disorder Use Cannabis. It May Sometimes Help [but]​

Diminished risk-taking behaviors and other benefits may explain why many people with bipolar disorder keep consuming cannabis despite some dire downsides

****************************************************

Gregory did not meet the requirements for:

NFL Therapeutic Use Exemptions
The following general requirements apply to all TUE [therapeutic use exemption] requests:

1. The medication must be necessary and indicated for treatment of the specificmedical problem for which it has been requested;

2. Acceptable alternative treatments with medications that are not prohibited were attempted but failed, or reasons for not prescribing these alternative treatments havebeen presented;

3. Appropriate evaluation has been completed and all medical records documenting thediagnosis have been submitted for review;

4. The applicant may not begin use of the prohibited substance until after the TUE isgranted.

***************************************************
Randy Gregory’s agent says lawsuit has nothing to do with Broncos
By Mike Florio
Published June 7, 2024 11:11 AM

Former Broncos defensive end Randy Gregory has sued the NFL and the Broncos, for violating his rights as a person with disabilities under Colorado law. Gregory’s agent insists that the case isn’t about the team.

“This has nothing to do with the Broncos,” Peter Schaffer told Mike Klis of 9News.com. “They have done nothing wrong. This is all about the NFL.’’

The civil complaint says otherwise. The Broncos are a named defendant. Count II of the lawsuit is specifically directed at the Broncos, for violating the Colorado Anti-Discrimination Act.

At paragraph 86, the lawsuit specifically alleges that the Broncos “discriminated against” Gregory in five different ways:

1. “Failing to engage in the interactive process with respect to Mr. Gregory’s request for an accommodation prior to submitting a [therapeutic use exemption].”

2 “Failing to engage in the interactive process with respect to Mr. Gregory’s request for an accommodation after submitting a [therapeutic use exemption].”

3. “Failing to provide a reasonable accommodation to Mr. Gregory in the form of a [therapeutic use exemption], despite the Denver Broncos’ knowledge that Dronabinol was prescribed to treat Mr. Gregory’s disabilities.”

4. “Failing to meaningfully and in good faith communicate with Mr. Gregory concerning his disability and his requested accommodation.”

5. “Denying Mr. Gregory a reasonable accommodation to use Dronabinol based on his disability.”

Yes, the Broncos’ hands were surely tied by league policy. However, the Broncos were Gregory’s employer. The Broncos chose to headquarter the business in Colorado. The Broncos must follow Colorado law.

Even if the Broncos did what they did because the league required them to do it, the Broncos still did it.

Regardless of any formalities or technicalities, this case is really about the NFL’s treatment of its players regarding a substance that is legal in most states where the NFL does business. The league hasn’t folded the tents on cannabis because it’s a matter of collective bargaining. Gregory becomes a pawn in the broader chess match between labor and management, with the league ignoring what’s right in favor of what helps it get more from the union.

Yes, it’s good that players are no longer suspended for marijuana or THC. But why is their compensation taken from them for it? A legal product, legally used, should not create any employment sanction.

Then there’s the issue of disability and accommodations. As Schaffer said, “What this is all about is a player’s right — not just a player’s right but a citizen’s right — to take the medicine that a doctor has prescribed for him. This is about a player’s right to treat his disability at the direction of his treating physician.”

This litigation puts the NFL on shaky ground for two reasons. One, marijuana is legal in Colorado for all purposes. Two, Gregory needed it for medical purposes. Legal or not, it’s a bad look.

The NFL likes to say “football is family.” Situations like that make it impossible to regard that as anything other than the P.R. slogan it has always been.
Click to expand...
 
  • Like
Reactions: JB
1717846567448.jpeg

**********************************************************************************************************************************

Unpaid taxes are the next wave of NIL complications
Published June 8, 2024 06:21 AM

The NIL phenomenon remains in the wild west phase. As the dust settles, Uncle Sam will be standing there.
Pointing.

Wanting his cut.

As one source with knowledge of the dynamics of the NIL marketplace recently explained it to PFT, unpaid taxes will be the next big problem for name, image, and likeness payments. Plenty of kids are getting their money and spending it — without paying taxes on it or otherwise setting aside the money to do so.

The tax rates vary from state to state. The federal laws are universal and undeniable. For $1 million, the current federal rate is 37 percent. Which means that, if the payment is made this year, $370,000 will need to be paid to the federal government by April 15, 2025.

Taxes aren’t withheld from these payments, like they are when players get paid by their NFL teams. For NIL payments, young men who in most cases have never paid taxes and in many cases don’t know much if anything about the process will have to figure it out.

Or else Uncle Sam will be doing more than pointing.

The source says it’s happening and it will keep happening, because not enough of the players are getting the information they need when they need it.

The end result will be a massive tax bill. For those who make it to the NFL, there will be money to make it right with the IRS. For those who don’t, it could end up being a problem.
 
Remember this player when discussing Bill O'Brien and the Texans?

***************************************************************************************************************

Christian Hackenberg on why he was a bust: New York was the last place I should have gone
By Michael David Smith

Published June 8, 2024 04:17 AM

Christian Hackenberg is one of the worst draft picks in recent memory, a second-round quarterback for the Jets in 2016 who never played in a single regular-season game. He wonders what could have happened if he had been drafted elsewhere.

Hackenberg said on Ross Tucker’s podcast that he thinks he would have had a better shot of succeeding anywhere else.

“New York was probably the last place I should’ve gone,” Hackenberg said. “In terms of the market, the expectations, the way it was. My rookie year we ended up keeping four quarterbacks so there just was not a lot of opportunity for me to develop and grow. No plan, kind of an up-and-down organization. It was just one of those things where I think just the timing and where I ended up just wasn’t in the cards for me at that position. When I look at it introspectively, I was young, I needed a lot of help, and
I needed a lot of direction and guidance, and I never sought that out. So that’s where my shortcoming was, is I didn’t do all those things until it was ultimately too late.”

Hackenberg had brief stints with the Raiders, Eagles and Bengals but never made it onto the active roster for any of those teams, and even when he was signed to be the starting quarterback for the Memphis Express of the Alliance of American Football, he was quickly benched. Hackenberg looked like he had talent at Penn State, but some players just can’t cut it in the pros, and he’s one of the clearest examples of one of those players.
 
CloakNNNdagger said:
Remember this player when discussing Bill O'Brien and the Texans?

***************************************************************************************************************
Click to expand...
I remember him. I was actually excited at the prospect of drafting him and pairing him with OB. Glad that didn't happen, although I do believe the organization in which a young player is drafted into can completely annihilate any chances of certain players being a success in the NFL.
 
CloakNNNdagger said:
[We’re all] just trying to do whatever we can to teach him how to learn from his mistakes,” ..........he needs to be taught how to learn from his mistakes??????????:toropalm:

*************************

Patrick Mahomes: We’re trying to help Rashee Rice to be a great person as well as a great player
By Charean Williams
Published May 22, 2024 03:06 PM
Click to expand...
As crazy as this may sound, 80-90% of the guys I played football with from middle school through high school all had non existent awareness and or poor social skills. Those guys would brag about hanging out with dope dealers, going to strip clubs and never really being home. Their mothers also didn’t work and lived off whatever handout the government gave them. Section 8, food stamps, you name it.

Guys acting like complete idiots once they make it to the NFL doesn’t shock me. They have no real life work ethic, therefore, don’t know the value of a dollar. Not to mention the impact social media has on their already gullible psyche. I remember I tried to talk sense into some of my teammates but it was like talking to a wall or a mentally challenged person. It was so unfortunate.
 

Classy vocabulary!​


*************************************

​

Deshaun Watson delivers scathing message in response to media criticism: "I don't give two f**ks"​

ByRit Nanda
Modified Jun 08, 2024 18:23 GMT

Deshaun Watson has come out swinging against media narratives and expectations, saying that he does not care what other people have to say about him. The Browns made it to the playoffs in the 2023 season on the back of a great defense and vintage quarterback play from Joe Flacco, who came in when the starter was injured. That has piled even more pressure on what people expect from Cleveland's franchise quarterback going into the 2024 season.

Deshaun Watson has been under the microscope this offseason more than ever before. Since moving from the Texans, where he was frozen out for a year as multiple claims of sexual misconduct swirled around him, he has not been able to reach the levels he did in Houston. In his first season, he was suspended by the league after the NFL completed its investigations into the accusations against him.

In his second year, which was last season, an injury to his shoulder cut his season short. Reduced availability and uneven play, when he is on the field, have increased the scrutiny surrounding his performances. Taken against the backdrop of his fully guaranteed contract with the Browns, the media would claim it has justified reason in focusing on Deshaun Watson.

But the quarterback has said he does not care about what other people expect from him and used some colorful language to make his point,

"I don't live for other people's expectations. So I really care less about what anybody else has to say. None of that should really matter to me. And even if I know you, got love for you... I don't give two f*cks about what you think."
Click to expand...

​

Deshaun Watson sets Super Bowl as his ultimate target​


Deshaun Watson has also said something that will be music to Cleveland Browns fans. He has said that his expectations are to win the Super Bowl someday and that is the expectation he has from himself.

"I got my own expectations, I know my expectation, my expectation is to be a world champion one day, and that's what I want to do... I don't really pay too much attention to what they got to say or what they do."
Click to expand...

For a franchise that has spent much of the past two decades in the doldrums, this would be welcome news. Even as Deshaun Watson has said that he does not care about other people's expectations, his own benchmark for himself is pretty high.
 
CloakNNNdagger said:
20% of cardiac arrests, especially in a young adult, will be accompanied by seizure-like activity. The seizure rarely causes cardiac arrest. The arrest has typically begun and the poor oxygenation leads to the seizure-like actions. Unfortunately, even most doctors are not aware of this relationship and misinterpret these events as a seizure causing a cardiac arrest.

Being 25 years old, I would put him through a thorough cardiac workup looking for all of these:
  • Genetic or congenital causes: For example, hypertrophic cardiomyopathy (HCM) is a genetic condition that can thicken the heart muscle, making it difficult for the heart to pump blood.
  • Heart structure or coronary artery problems: Coronary artery disease (CAD) is the second leading cause of sudden cardiac death (SCD) in people under 35.
  • Substance use
  • Heart inflammation (this one's for you TexansBull :))
Click to expand...


The media as well as the doctors such as Chao still have it backwards.

****************************************

Resusc Plus. 2021 Dec; 8: 100168.
Published online 2021 Oct 5. doi: 10.1016/j.resplu.2021.100168
PMCID: PMC8502955
PMID: 34661179

Seizure-like activity at the onset of emergency medical service-witnessed out-of-hospital cardiac arrest: An observational study​

Kenshi Murasaka,a,⁎ Kohei Takada,b Akira Yamashita,b,c Tomoyuki Ushimoto,a Yukihiro Wato,a and Hideo Inabaa,d,e
Author information Article notes Copyright and License information PMC Disclaimer

Abstract​

Aims​

Emergency medical service (EMS) may detect seizure-like activity in addition to agonal breathing in out-of-hospital cardiac arrest (OHCA). This study investigates the incidence and predictors of seizure-like activity in nontraumatic, EMS-witnessed OHCA and their association with clinical outcomes.

Methods​

This prospective study explored EMS-recorded concomitant signs/symptoms that lead to the requirement of advanced life support in patients with nontraumatic, EMS-witnessed OHCA. Seizure-like activity includes abnormal/tonic movements and eyeball deviation. Sudden OHCA was defined by the absence of signs/symptoms of impending cardiac arrest at EMS contact or progressive circulatory/respiratory depressions after the EMS contact. Neurologically favorable outcomes were defined as the cerebral performance category score of 1 or 2 at discharge.

Results​

From April 2012 to March 2020, 465 patients were studied. The incidence of seizure-like activity at cardiac arrest onset was 12.7% (59/465) in all patients with nontraumatic, EMS-witnessed OHCA. Seizure-like activity was common during shockable initial rhythm; in patients with “sudden” OHCA; and in patients who were younger, male, or had a presumed cardiac etiology. In a boosting tree, shockable initial rhythm, “sudden” OHCA, and presumed cardiac etiology were major factors that predicted the incidence of seizure-like activity. Multivariate logistic regression models including and excluding OHCA characteristics revealed that both seizure-like activity and agonal breathing recorded during EMS-witnessed OHCA were associated with favorable outcomes.

Conclusions​

Seizure-like activity is a major sign/symptom of the onset of “sudden” cardiac arrest of presumed cardiac etiology, particularly in patients with shockable initial rhythms. Such activity were significantly associated with neurologically favorable outcomes.



******************************************************************

Harrison Butker played vital role in saving BJ Thompson during seizure and cardiac arrest, Chiefs staffer says Thompson is 'awake and responsive' after Thursday's emergency​

By Ryan Morik Fox News
Published June 7, 2024 6:38pm EDT

Fox News Flash top sports headlines are here. Check out what's clicking on Foxnews.com.

BJ Thompson seemed to be recovering Thursday, and he has a teammate to thank for saving his life.

The Kansas City Chiefs defensive end had a seizure and went into cardiac arrest during a team meeting Thursday morning.
Rick Burkholder, the Chiefs' vice president of sports medicine and performance, said the team held a meeting earlier in the week about "scenarios like" Thompson's emergency.

During Thursday's meeting, when Thompson had a seizure, it was Harrison Butker who alerted the team's medical personnel.
"When he had the seizure, Butker immediately ran towards the training room and grabbed [assistant athletic trainers] Julie Frymyer and David Glover and then grabbed me, and we went into the room," Burkholder told the NFL Network Friday.

"As a team, we tried to stabilize BJ and put him on the floor while he was still seizing," Burkholder added. "Then he went into cardiac arrest. Our team of that group of people provided CPR for him. He had one AD shock and came back, so he was only in cardiac arrest for less than a minute, minute and a half.

"Our players, our security staff — everybody involved, coaches and staff — they were phenomenal in handling the crisis."

Butker has become a polarizing figure in recent weeks due to a commencement speech he gave at Benedictine College, where he urged women graduates to embrace being a "homemaker" and criticized the LGBTQ community and President Biden for his stance on abortion.

In the speech, Butker added, "Things like abortion, IVF, surrogacy, euthanasia, as well as a growing support for the degenerate cultural values and media all stem from pervasiveness of disorder."

Butker attended the Chiefs' Super Bowl celebration at the White House last week.

And his jersey sales have skyrocketed on NFL Shop, while many in the media remain split about the speech.
Thompson's agent said Friday Thompson is "awake and responsive."
 
CloakNNNdagger said:
The media as well as the doctors such as Chao still have it backwards.

****************************************

Resusc Plus. 2021 Dec; 8: 100168.
Published online 2021 Oct 5. doi: 10.1016/j.resplu.2021.100168
PMCID: PMC8502955
PMID: 34661179

Seizure-like activity at the onset of emergency medical service-witnessed out-of-hospital cardiac arrest: An observational study​

Kenshi Murasaka,a,⁎ Kohei Takada,b Akira Yamashita,b,c Tomoyuki Ushimoto,a Yukihiro Wato,a and Hideo Inabaa,d,e
Author information Article notes Copyright and License information PMC Disclaimer

Abstract​

Aims​

Emergency medical service (EMS) may detect seizure-like activity in addition to agonal breathing in out-of-hospital cardiac arrest (OHCA). This study investigates the incidence and predictors of seizure-like activity in nontraumatic, EMS-witnessed OHCA and their association with clinical outcomes.

Methods​

This prospective study explored EMS-recorded concomitant signs/symptoms that lead to the requirement of advanced life support in patients with nontraumatic, EMS-witnessed OHCA. Seizure-like activity includes abnormal/tonic movements and eyeball deviation. Sudden OHCA was defined by the absence of signs/symptoms of impending cardiac arrest at EMS contact or progressive circulatory/respiratory depressions after the EMS contact. Neurologically favorable outcomes were defined as the cerebral performance category score of 1 or 2 at discharge.

Results​

From April 2012 to March 2020, 465 patients were studied. The incidence of seizure-like activity at cardiac arrest onset was 12.7% (59/465) in all patients with nontraumatic, EMS-witnessed OHCA. Seizure-like activity was common during shockable initial rhythm; in patients with “sudden” OHCA; and in patients who were younger, male, or had a presumed cardiac etiology. In a boosting tree, shockable initial rhythm, “sudden” OHCA, and presumed cardiac etiology were major factors that predicted the incidence of seizure-like activity. Multivariate logistic regression models including and excluding OHCA characteristics revealed that both seizure-like activity and agonal breathing recorded during EMS-witnessed OHCA were associated with favorable outcomes.

Conclusions​

Seizure-like activity is a major sign/symptom of the onset of “sudden” cardiac arrest of presumed cardiac etiology, particularly in patients with shockable initial rhythms. Such activity were significantly associated with neurologically favorable outcomes.



******************************************************************

Harrison Butker played vital role in saving BJ Thompson during seizure and cardiac arrest, Chiefs staffer says Thompson is 'awake and responsive' after Thursday's emergency​

By Ryan Morik Fox News
Published June 7, 2024 6:38pm EDT

Fox News Flash top sports headlines are here. Check out what's clicking on Foxnews.com.

BJ Thompson seemed to be recovering Thursday, and he has a teammate to thank for saving his life.

The Kansas City Chiefs defensive end had a seizure and went into cardiac arrest during a team meeting Thursday morning.
Rick Burkholder, the Chiefs' vice president of sports medicine and performance, said the team held a meeting earlier in the week about "scenarios like" Thompson's emergency.

During Thursday's meeting, when Thompson had a seizure, it was Harrison Butker who alerted the team's medical personnel.
"When he had the seizure, Butker immediately ran towards the training room and grabbed [assistant athletic trainers] Julie Frymyer and David Glover and then grabbed me, and we went into the room," Burkholder told the NFL Network Friday.

"As a team, we tried to stabilize BJ and put him on the floor while he was still seizing," Burkholder added. "Then he went into cardiac arrest. Our team of that group of people provided CPR for him. He had one AD shock and came back, so he was only in cardiac arrest for less than a minute, minute and a half.

"Our players, our security staff — everybody involved, coaches and staff — they were phenomenal in handling the crisis."

Butker has become a polarizing figure in recent weeks due to a commencement speech he gave at Benedictine College, where he urged women graduates to embrace being a "homemaker" and criticized the LGBTQ community and President Biden for his stance on abortion.

In the speech, Butker added, "Things like abortion, IVF, surrogacy, euthanasia, as well as a growing support for the degenerate cultural values and media all stem from pervasiveness of disorder."

Butker attended the Chiefs' Super Bowl celebration at the White House last week.

And his jersey sales have skyrocketed on NFL Shop, while many in the media remain split about the speech.
Thompson's agent said Friday Thompson is "awake and responsive."
Click to expand...

Is this the first positive story about a NFL kicker this offseason?
 
CloakNNNdagger said:
I love the game..............but I'm sick of the money-grubbing NFL.........

*********************

American fans have very little interest in a London Super Bowl
By Mike Florio
Published May 31, 2024 11:58 AM

The NFL from time to time floats the possibility of a London Super Bowl. The mayor of London recently said his city wants to do that.

American football fans are not interested.

An X poll with three options — love it, hate it, and don’t care either way — has only 7.5 percent in the “love it” category.
Of more than 25,000 (so far) who responded, 73.6 percent “hate it.”

It’s hard to imagine it ever happening, especially with no NFL teams in London or anywhere beyond the U.S. It would be like America hosting the World Cup without having a national soccer team.

And it’s unclear whether it would accelerate the NFL’s global aspirations. Maybe it would, because the NFL would use the eventual London Super Bowl as a way to endlessly market the game from the moment its awarded until the confetti falls.
Regardless, American fans don’t like it. At the end of the day, however, what will we do? Not watch it?

That’s the problem. Even if/when the NFL pushes us to our limits and beyond, our only alternative is to deprive ourselves of something we love. Most of us won’t do it.
Click to expand...

steelbtexan said:
The NFL doesn't give a crap about the fans.
Click to expand...

Thorn said:
View attachment 14179
Click to expand...
1717988131389.png

That's what happens when the NFL stops grubbing for money.
 
Andy Reid on awareness of possible Rashee Rice shooting incident at SMU: “We knew enough to draft him”
By Mike Florio
Published June 10, 2024 12:57 PM

Last month, we reported that Chiefs receiver Rashee Rice’s current off-field issues could be complicated by a previously unreported (but not unknown) incident while he was at SMU.

"[M]ultiple teams learned during the pre-draft process about an alleged incident involving Rice while he was at SMU,” we posted on May 10. “Rice believed former SMU basketball player Kendric Davis was seeing Rice’s girlfriend. Rice and some of his friends, per the specific information gathered by at least one team, went to an SMU basketball game. Rice (or someone with him), per the specific information gathered by at least one team, fired multiple bullets into the empty car belonging to Kendric Davis.

Chiefs coach Andy Reid recently was asked whether the team knew about the situation before drafting Rice.

“The way I’d leave it with you . . . is we knew enough to draft him, you know, and then we just went with the process and we, you know, we found that it was satisfactory for us,” Reid said.

Asked later to elaborate on his comments, Reid said this: “I’ll probably leave it right there. Yeah, I’ll leave it right there for you.”

As we reported at the time, the Chiefs were aware of the situation before drafting Rice. It’s believed every team was aware of it. For whatever reason, it remained under wraps for more than year. If/when Rice faces punishment under the Personal Conduct Policy for one or more recent off-field issues, that past situation can become an aggravating factor for the discipline eventually imposed.
 
CloakNNNdagger said:
Andy Reid on awareness of possible Rashee Rice shooting incident at SMU: “We knew enough to draft him”
By Mike Florio
Published June 10, 2024 12:57 PM

Last month, we reported that Chiefs receiver Rashee Rice’s current off-field issues could be complicated by a previously unreported (but not unknown) incident while he was at SMU.

"[M]ultiple teams learned during the pre-draft process about an alleged incident involving Rice while he was at SMU,” we posted on May 10. “Rice believed former SMU basketball player Kendric Davis was seeing Rice’s girlfriend. Rice and some of his friends, per the specific information gathered by at least one team, went to an SMU basketball game. Rice (or someone with him), per the specific information gathered by at least one team, fired multiple bullets into the empty car belonging to Kendric Davis.

Chiefs coach Andy Reid recently was asked whether the team knew about the situation before drafting Rice.

“The way I’d leave it with you . . . is we knew enough to draft him, you know, and then we just went with the process and we, you know, we found that it was satisfactory for us,” Reid said.

Asked later to elaborate on his comments, Reid said this: “I’ll probably leave it right there. Yeah, I’ll leave it right there for you.”

As we reported at the time, the Chiefs were aware of the situation before drafting Rice. It’s believed every team was aware of it. For whatever reason, it remained under wraps for more than year. If/when Rice faces punishment under the Personal Conduct Policy for one or more recent off-field issues, that past situation can become an aggravating factor for the discipline eventually imposed.
Click to expand...
Translation, Reid doesn't give a crap about character. He only cares if a guy can help him win another ring and winning rings is what's going to make him a HOF HC.
 
TexansBull said:
giphy.gif
Click to expand...
That coach & GM got that clusterfuh into the playoffs in spite of that clown show at QB.

I'm sure they've had to do things they didn't want to do because of decisions ownership made.

Considering how difficult it is to get a 2nd or 3rd chance, I think I'd have taken the guaranteed money myself.
 
CloakNNNdagger said:
With kickoff touchbacks moved only to the 30, will some teams concede the extra five yards?
Click to expand...
Here are the new kickoff & onside kick rules.

-- Kickoff Rules --

1. The kicker will kick off from the 35-yard line.

2. The other 10 members of the kickoff team will line up at the returning team’s 40-yard line.

3. At least nine members of the receiving team will line up five yards away at the 35-yard line.

4. Up to two returners will line up in the “landing zone” (between the 20-yard line and the goal line).

5. Only the kicker and returners can move before the ball hits the ground or the returner within the landing zone.

6. The ball will be placed at the 30-yard line if it lands in the end zone.

7. Any kick that hits the landing zone must be returned.

8, If the ball lands inside the 20-yard line and rolls into the end zone, it must be returned or downed (which results in the ball being placed at the 20-yard line).

9. If a kick fails to reach the landing zone or goes out of bounds, the receiving team takes possession at its 40-yard line.

10. No fair catches are allowed.


-- Onside Kick Rules --

Teams can use unbalanced formations for onside kicks: Six players on one side of the kicker, with four on the other. This should dramatically raise the odds of recovery, which became extremely rare in recent seasons.

Under the new rules, onside kicks are only permitted in the fourth quarter. Also, teams now must declare an onside-kick attempt before the play begins. So, surprise onside kicks will be prohibited.
 
mws said:
Here are the new kickoff & onside kick rules.

-- Kickoff Rules --

1. The kicker will kick off from the 35-yard line.

2. The other 10 members of the kickoff team will line up at the returning team’s 40-yard line.

3. At least nine members of the receiving team will line up five yards away at the 35-yard line.

4. Up to two returners will line up in the “landing zone” (between the 20-yard line and the goal line).

5. Only the kicker and returners can move before the ball hits the ground or the returner within the landing zone.

6. The ball will be placed at the 30-yard line if it lands in the end zone.

7. Any kick that hits the landing zone must be returned.

8, If the ball lands inside the 20-yard line and rolls into the end zone, it must be returned or downed (which results in the ball being placed at the 20-yard line).

9. If a kick fails to reach the landing zone or goes out of bounds, the receiving team takes possession at its 40-yard line.

10. No fair catches are allowed.


-- Onside Kick Rules --

Teams can use unbalanced formations for onside kicks: Six players on one side of the kicker, with four on the other. This should dramatically raise the odds of recovery, which became extremely rare in recent seasons.

Under the new rules, onside kicks are only permitted in the fourth quarter. Also, teams now must declare an onside-kick attempt before the play begins. So, surprise onside kicks will be prohibited.
Click to expand...
Dont like this, it takes the surprise out of the onsides kick.

Seems really gimmicky, Why couldn't they leave well enough alone and just go back to the 90's kickoff rules?
 
You must log in or register to reply here.
Back
Top