#1DieHardHawk
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I don't recall if he was drafted in the first, but Alvin Kamara was a high draft pick that, IIRC, wasn't a starter at Tennessee.
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okeefe4prez
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Peyton Hillis is the second greatest running back of all time and he never started a collegiate game at halfback because he was on the same team as Felix Jones and Darren McFadden. I have some thoughts about how Pottebaum could be in line for similar greatness but I will keep them to myself for the time being.
Fryowa
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Hillis is in the ICU damn near dead after he had to go save his two kids from drowning at the beach in Pensacola.
Happened the other day...no shit.
okeefe4prez
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One of my good buddies is a huge Browns fan. He still rocks a Peyton Hillis jersey and he informed me of the horrific news the other day. I hope Peyton pulls through his experience.
MelroseHawkins
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Oh no. I hope all are OK. Scary.
Fryowa
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His girlfriend said on Twitter that he's off ventilation.
okeefe4prez
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Off ventilation because he's better or off ventilation because they "pulled the plug?"
Fryowa
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Because he's better. Said he had a ways to go (whatever that means recovery-wise), but doing better. Sounds like he'll make it outta there.
Northside Hawk
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Reminds us that this summer is the 40th anniversary (!!!!) of the Joe Delaney tragedy.
Not a drowning but David Overstreet also died the same week Delaney did.
Overstreet was a high school teammate, I believe, of Lovie Smith in East Texas. Tough summer for NFL running backs.
Not a drowning but David Overstreet also died the same week Delaney did.
Overstreet was a high school teammate, I believe, of Lovie Smith in East Texas. Tough summer for NFL running backs.
okeefe4prez
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And we're only 6 days away from the 30th anniversary of the tragic passing of Chris Street. Time truly flies.
Northside Hawk
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I may be one of the few who didn't hear about Chris the next morning.
And in the pre internet, pre social media days I watched Sports Center religiously.
But not that night. I was battling a cold, the heat in my apartment wasn't working well, and I had called it a night well before the story broke.
MelroseHawkins
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Yea, they don't want someone to be on a ventilator all too long as I think one's survival goes down the longer one is on it. I guess the body gets used to it and won't learn to breathe on itself after time. So, this makes sense if they are saying he has a ways to go.
