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It's been what, 15 years since the last NFL paralysis?

Posted by Will Hunting (aka JoeMetz) Oct 18 '10, 12:58

Dennis Byrd?

There was a Lions player in 91, but Byrd was mid 90's.

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When was the dude they iced and made it back? -- nm - Spawn Oct 18, 13:01
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- I do not know how anyone could get hit hard enough to kill them. - groiny Oct 18, 13:03 9
  - That New Yorker article on the subject is fascinating -- nm - kilbooooo Oct 18, 13:07
  - It's the smallest of steps from paralysis to death. -- nm - Reagen Oct 18, 13:05 6
    - trick answer, you can't take even a small step when you're paralyzed -- nm - crash davis Oct 18, 13:08
    - sure, but from a hit in football? - groiny Oct 18, 13:07 4
      - and people get punched in the nose and do die. -- nm - Reagen Oct 18, 13:08 3
        
        sure, at the right angle. - groiny Oct 18, 13:09 2
        
        broken neck could sever the instructions to the lungs and heart resulting in death -- nm - zork Oct 18, 13:10
        
        so then why is it so hard for you to believe that someone's spine could break in the right way to kill them from a hit? -- nm - Reagen Oct 18, 13:10
  - I think it's veyr plausible, I just ain't willing to jump to near-certainty on either of these serious injuries. -- nm - Will Hunting Oct 18, 13:04

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