Nick in RaChaCha Posted September 13, 2011 Share Posted September 13, 2011 I'm gonna go ahead and say it's not an std like some people have been saying, because chan would have never put him on the spot with the "it's something he should tell you guys" line if that was the case. Having said that, I have no idea whats wrong with dude I'm betting on a staph infection. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
5 Wide Posted September 13, 2011 Share Posted September 13, 2011 Ok i'm pretty sure the wing story is not plausible now, you wouldn't IR the kid for being bloated or having food poisoning. Let's hope it's not a heart condition or anything like that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Peter Posted September 13, 2011 Share Posted September 13, 2011 Now is the time for NGU and John W. to let us know what the real deal is. Someone send out the bat signal. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nucci Posted September 13, 2011 Share Posted September 13, 2011 Whatever he did or has, I think the Bills have to give details now that he's on IR. No, they don't. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Glory Bound Posted September 13, 2011 Share Posted September 13, 2011 You don't IR people to send a message. You have to have a valid reason otherwise the NFLPA would have a fit. Stop looking for conspiracy's where they are not. The Kid is sick and hopefully he gets better. But I heard that, while hunting for Bigfoot out west, he got lost & wound up at Area 51 & contracted an extraterrestrial disease when he accidently brushed up against a flying disc that landed briefly on the grassy knoll. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mikef272002 Posted September 13, 2011 Share Posted September 13, 2011 Everyone is joking on here, but it could be something very serious like Cancer... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Green Lightning Posted September 13, 2011 Share Posted September 13, 2011 No, they don't. Yes they do. Two full seasons gone? If if it is not a critical disease and something self inflicted (Kellen Winslow-esque) someone needs to say somthing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John from Riverside Posted September 13, 2011 Share Posted September 13, 2011 I am deeply concerned for him as a person I hope this isnt some sort of serious illness Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dpberr Posted September 13, 2011 Share Posted September 13, 2011 I'm going to go with campylobacter food poisoning, with either a wicked acute case of Guillain-Barré Syndrome or reactive arthritis. Both illnesses would easily put you on injured reserve and both hit hard and fast after the bacteria is in your system. Both take months to treat. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Saint Doug Posted September 13, 2011 Share Posted September 13, 2011 (edited) You don't IR people to send a message. You have to have a valid reason otherwise the NFLPA would have a fit. Stop looking for conspiracy's where they are not. The Kid is sick and hopefully he gets better. At the beginning of the 2008 season, Crowell decided to have a surgery he possibly could've done earlier during training camp. If he would have done so, he would've likely been ready for the season opener. Thus, a surgery, then about 4 weeks of recovery time. How did the Bills respond? They place him on IR, a move many thought was done out of spite, for an injury that would have had him miss about 4 games. Keep in mind, he had a career year the season before and was to go into his contract year. How did the NFLPA respond to these accusations? They did nothing because such a move would be impossible to prove. http://www.buffalorumblings.com/2008/9/4/607727/crowell-to-ir I'm going to go with campylobacter food poisoning, with either a wicked acute case of Guillain-Barré Syndrome or reactive arthritis. Both illnesses would easily put you on injured reserve and both hit hard and fast after the bacteria is in your system. Both take months to treat. Not quite. Reactive arthritis is very responsive to steroid treatment, so he wouldn't even have likely missed even a day of practice from this. As for GBS, it can be very severe, but this is mostly insidious in nature. First, it's a post-infectious process, so it develops in the days to weeks after an infection and then usually slowly worsens. And before you ask, I'm a board certified rheumatologist. Edited September 13, 2011 by kas23 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NickelCity Posted September 13, 2011 Share Posted September 13, 2011 Well this sucks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
webtoe Posted September 13, 2011 Share Posted September 13, 2011 Didn't he go under the knife for his injury last year? If so, you would have thought they would have caught anything congenitive at that point. If it is something that has come up all of sudden, it could be bad. Hopefully they caught whatever it is in time and he is going to be ok. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tamauku Posted September 13, 2011 Share Posted September 13, 2011 This has got to be more than wings. I'm guessing that there were nachos involved, as well. Must have washed it down with Genny Cream. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fingon Posted September 13, 2011 Share Posted September 13, 2011 (edited) At the beginning of the 2008 season, Crowell decided to have a surgery he possibly could've done earlier during training camp. If he would have done so, he would've likely been ready for the season opener. Thus, a surgery, then about 4 weeks of recovery time. How did the Bills respond? They place him on IR, a move many thought was done out of spite, for an injury that would have had him miss about 4 games. Keep in mind, he had a career year the season before and was to go into his contract year. How did the NFLPA respond to these accusations? They did nothing because such a move would be impossible to prove. http://www.buffalorumblings.com/2008/9/4/607727/crowell-to-ir And Crowell never did anything again because of his knee. Edited September 13, 2011 by Fingon Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark Vader Posted September 13, 2011 Share Posted September 13, 2011 Wow, this is very unfortunate. I feel bad for Easley and I hope he will be alright. I'm just amazed that he has to go on IR, and not the PUP list. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Saint Doug Posted September 13, 2011 Share Posted September 13, 2011 And Crowell never did anything again because of his knee. True, but hindsight is always 20/20. Do you really think Russ Brandon and Skeletor were smart enough to have this foresight? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jcbillsfan Posted September 13, 2011 Share Posted September 13, 2011 if we are going to specualte , one thing that would cause chest pains or casue someone to point to chest is anxiety attacks . That could explain chan's frustrastion and his ask easley comment. Then agian who knows ,the Bills are doing the kid a disservice by letting this thing hang out there. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RJ (not THAT RJ) Posted September 13, 2011 Share Posted September 13, 2011 True, but hindsight is always 20/20. Do you really think Russ Brandon and Skeletor were smart enough to have this foresight? Please. This topic was beaten to death on TSW back then; 4 weeks was a very optimistic expectation, 10-11 weeks much more likely, and thus IR made sense. Brandon and Jauron did not need to be prescient to make the necessary choices, and as it happens, they were right. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jamie Nails Posted September 13, 2011 Share Posted September 13, 2011 You can't PUP someone during the regular season. It's IR or active roster. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dpberr Posted September 13, 2011 Share Posted September 13, 2011 (edited) At the beginning of the 2008 season, Crowell decided to have a surgery he possibly could've done earlier during training camp. If he would have done so, he would've likely been ready for the season opener. Thus, a surgery, then about 4 weeks of recovery time. How did the Bills respond? They place him on IR, a move many thought was done out of spite, for an injury that would have had him miss about 4 games. Keep in mind, he had a career year the season before and was to go into his contract year. How did the NFLPA respond to these accusations? They did nothing because such a move would be impossible to prove. http://www.buffalorumblings.com/2008/9/4/607727/crowell-to-ir Not quite. Reactive arthritis is very responsive to steroid treatment, so he wouldn't even have likely missed even a day of practice from this. As for GBS, it can be very severe, but this is mostly insidious in nature. First, it's a post-infectious process, so it develops in the days to weeks after an infection and then usually slowly worsens. And before you ask, I'm a board certified rheumatologist. I got both conditions from campy from eating improperly cooked chicken wings. Within a week, I was paralyzed nearly head to toe, with my joints on fire, especially the hips and ridiculously close to being on a ventilator as the inflammation started taking hold of my lungs. That monster attacked wherever it could until it was stopped with IVIG and organ donor rejection drugs. Barely survived it ten years ago. Spent six months learning to walk again and eating with a fork. Spent five years regaining everything. So yeah, it's possible. Edited September 13, 2011 by dpberr Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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