Whatever you all think of
@Patrick McIrish, or even if you think this is fake PMI or an imposter of the fake of PMI, re-read this.... because he makes a good point. At least one worthy of discussion:
Patrick McIrish wrote: ↑Mon Jan 03, 2022 1:21 pm
CT? Please. That's been around forever and never induced a single in-game episode such as this.
Do I think Brown has CTE? I suppose he could, just like I suppose 99.9% of this board does, to some degree. Anyone who's ever taken a knock to the noggin, anyone who has played the sport before, been in a fight, or just randomly got knocked the f out. We just don't have our brains dissected when we die, but I bet most of us have it a bit. NFL players, boxers, and the like, certainly more than others, and certainly to the extent where we see stuff like what occurred with this team's, and this board's, beloved VJax.
There is no doubt it can go horribly wrong, but PMI has a point: This is something we've never seen before, so it seems a stretch to blame it on something that exists or has existed in probably every player who's ever played or is currently playing. There is more to this.
Mental illness? Certainly seems so, but as
@The Outsider said, virtually any deviation from the "norm" - whatever that is - can be diagnosed these days. Immaturity (IPD - seriously, it's a disorder!) or narcissism or assholiness, or whatever, sure, there is certainly a bit of all of that.
But what we saw yesterday was unprecedented. A receiver who, during that same game, turned a defensive back into a pretzel 3 times, then broke the back's ankles and made him fall down, as the receiver hit the brakes and stopped on a dime to catch the pass. That guy. Wait, THAT is the guy who has the bad ankle and can't play? No way.
A receiver who, after doing that, throws his crap on the ground, throws more crap in the crowd, dances in the end zone, then high fives opponent fans, on his way to IMMMEDIATELY releasing a music video. That guy was done wrong by the coach or the QB or someone else somehow? No way.
This does not happen, and this is not the SINGULAR result of CTE. No doubt he has it, just like Mike Evans does, and just like Mike Alstott does, and just like John Lynch does, and just like.....