The NFL's craziest injuries Part I

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1 hour ago, Tuco said:

Patriots rookie RB Robert Edwards went to the Pro Bowl following his rookie, 1,100+ yard rushing season in 1999. Part of the week's festivities included a flag football game in which Edwards injured his knee so badly doctor's considered amputation.

 

Edwards returned to the league, but not until 2002, where he managed just 20 rushing attempts in 11 games for Miami. 

 

The Pro Bowl doesn't have flag football games anymore.

🤔… uuuummmmmm

 

 

[US Egg]

Roethlisberger literally shattering his face and severing a neck artery, yet playing a few months later is one for the books.

 

 

[Mike in Horseheads]

2 hours ago, co_springs_billsfan said:

Tyrod Taylor lung puncture when getting an injection deserves mention

I always said they did that on purpose 

[Augie]

2 hours ago, Tuco said:

Patriots rookie RB Robert Edwards went to the Pro Bowl following his rookie, 1,100+ yard rushing season in 1999. Part of the week's festivities included a flag football game in which Edwards injured his knee so badly doctor's considered amputation.

 

Edwards returned to the league, but not until 2002, where he managed just 20 rushing attempts in 11 games for Miami. 

 

The Pro Bowl doesn't have flag football games anymore.

 

That was up there with Roberts James of the Bills for great careers that sadly would never happen. 

 

I’m going to plagiarize myself with a copy and paste I just put in another thread. I bet THIS crazy injury isn’t on the NFL list: 

 

I’ll go ahead and tell on myself. In a little league football game my buddy forgot to wear his cup, and when the ref went down the line telling us to knock on our cups he was ruled out for the game. I was giving him grief and having a good time doing it. We were in front of the concession stand and I turned to run out onto the field, but as I turned I learned the flagpole was directly behind me. I hit my forehead and got one of those giant goose eggs on my forehead. It looked like someone put a golf ball under my skin, and it was so big I couldn’t get my helmet on so I sat with him on the bench the whole game. 

 

Karma, it can bite you on the arse. 

 

 

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Edited 18 hours ago by Augie

[thewookie1]

Strangest injury I’ve personally witnessed was a kid on the opposing team to my little league baseball team. We were in the All-Star game and in what appeared to be an attempt to show off, dove at line drive redirected the ball off his head and got a concussion and a mean goose egg. Mind you, it was a ball hit straight to him.

 

Another story I have is of an almost dire injury. Fred Jackson lived across from house while he played here and his wife divulged at the block party that he almost missed a game due to cut caused by trying to jam down trash in a bag and a can cutting his palm bad. It was prior to one of those snowed in games we had with him; so we were all snowed in. So Fred called the Bills, told them what happened and that he couldn’t escape his house by car/truck and the snow was still falling at a good pace meaning plows weren’t coming anytime soon. So the Bills got inventive apparently, scrounged up two larger snowmobiles that could fit 2 people on them and proceeded to pick up Fred, and take him to an open Urgent Care or something like that for a Tetnis shot and stitches. 
 

That Saturday to reach the airport, the Bills actually sent out snowmobiles to multiple houses to pick up players that were snowed in. I actually remember seeing the tracks and hearing them leave.

Edited 16 hours ago by thewookie1

[Pete]

Two stories from my old softball team-

 

Kenwood played college hockey.  He was sitting at the end of the bench.  Heads snapped back, like dominoes.  Ken didn’t snap back, puck knocked some teeth out 

 

Suds was our pitcher.  He was tall, a little chunky, slow, and he had a big nose.  Suds hit a slow grounder along the 3rd base line.  3rd baseman had a cannon for an arm.  He hummed the softball wicked fast.  Suds was running fast as he could, slow to most others, but hustling the to beat out the throw for an infield hit.  Suds was just about to touch first, *smash* that ball hit him on the nose, and it exploded with blood.  If Suds was a millisecond faster he would have gotten hit in the temple.  Suds got treated and is fine.  Scary *****.  Poor Suds, he’s a good dude

[RobbRiddick]

I know a soccer player attempted a back somersault after scoring a goal, misjudged it and landed on his face, breaking his neck and killing himself. That has to be the worst one I've ever heard of

[vincec]

38 minutes ago, RobbRiddick said:

I know a soccer player attempted a back somersault after scoring a goal, misjudged it and landed on his face, breaking his neck and killing himself. That has to be the worst one I've ever heard of

That’s crazy.

[Draconator]

My brother in the 70s was playing for a traveling baseball team. My dad was the manager. The power hitter showed up late, and my dad asked my brother to throw him batting practice. First pitch, line drive right back to my brother, who didn't react in time. Hit my brother square on the nose, and broke it in 3 places. My brother had emergency surgery later that evening, and plastic surgery 2 weeks later, 2 months later, he was back playing on the team. 

[BuffaloBillyG]

I don't think anything but his pride got injured, but one of my favorites is when Dan Carpenter was our kicker and he slammed his helmet down in frustration and the helmet bounced and smacked him in the face. 

 

 

[Buffalo ill]

15 hours ago, Augie said:

 

That was up there with Roberts James of the Bills for great careers that sadly would never happen. 

 

I’m going to plagiarize myself with a copy and paste I just put in another thread. I bet THIS crazy injury isn’t on the NFL list: 

 

I’ll go ahead and tell on myself. In a little league football game my buddy forgot to wear his cup, and when the ref went down the line telling us to knock on our cups he was ruled out for the game. I was giving him grief and having a good time doing it. We were in front of the concession stand and I turned to run out onto the field, but as I turned I learned the flagpole was directly behind me. I hit my forehead and got one of those giant goose eggs on my forehead. It looked like someone put a golf ball under my skin, and it was so big I couldn’t get my helmet on so I sat with him on the bench the whole game. 

 

Karma, it can bite you on the arse. 

 

 

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I don't think anyone wore cups for football when I was in jr high or high school.  Baseball was a different animal.

[Tuco]

28 minutes ago, BuffaloBillyG said:

I don't think anything but his pride got injured, but one of my favorites is when Dan Carpenter was our kicker and he slammed his helmet down in frustration and the helmet bounced and smacked him in the face. 

 

 

High school football. One day after practice in the locker room I rolled up a towel and snapped a guy in the ass. As I did he was just picking up his helmet and the surprise attack made him instantly slam it to the floor – where it broke my little toe.

Edited 2 hours ago by Tuco

[AlCowlingsTaxiService]

I’m on team Burleson … who among us wouldn’t have attempted to save a pizza in peril 

[Augie]

33 minutes ago, Tuco said:

High school football. One day after practice in the locker room I rolled up a towel and snapped a guy in the ass. As I did he was just picking up his helmet and the surprise attack made him instantly slam it to the floor – where it broke my little toe.

 

I’m tellin’ ya’, don’t mess with that Karma!