David Wilson’s Neck
I think David Wilson might need to give up his dream and just retire. It’s a massive shame, and the kid had such potential (As we saw in the one glorious game when he schooled the Saints) but at some point I think he needs to worry more about his personal health than the dream of football stardom. He goes down with Spinal Stenosis and spends the whole off-season with major questions on whether he can ever play again. He’s not Peyton Manning, he plays a position that take impact on literally every play, frequently hard hits. But he beats the odds and gets cleared for contact. he will likely play a limited role, but that’s if he comes back from his newest problem, a neck burner suffered at practice and now he’s being kept out of the HoF game and needs to go see the surgeon who fused his spine to see if the injury had any negative impact. If it did, I think Wilson needs to hang it up. I’d love to see him come in & tear things up, but man, this just looks bad and I worry we’re going to see him get paralyzed on the field.
Edit: well this comic was poorly timed
Edit #2. Looks like the Doctors shut him down and told him not to play football, and he’s walking away. That’s the right choice, as sad as it is to see him go. Better to walk away than be wheeled away.
Peyton Manning’s neck issue was caused by the game, not by a (generally) congenital condition. It was weird that he kept playing, but now I can’t even imagine he ever was a Colt. Peyton is a medical miracle, just like Adrian Peterson. Other players shouldn’t have spinal fusion surgery and expect to be like Peyton when all is said and done. And that’s sad.
Part of it is a miracle, but part of it is just Peyton refusing to give up. Peyton had to re-learn how to throw the foorball and stem-cell the shit out of his neck in order to get back to full strength. He used his powers (accuracy, intelligence, awareness) to his advantage since he knew he wouldn’t have the strength or athleticism anymore.
still hella cool
I always have more respect for the players that makes the smart decision to hang it up than the players that keep going when incapable. Peyton Manning is the exception, not the rule. The game is violent enough on a fully healthy, functional body, and as far as we’ve come with joints like knees, spines are not far enough along yet in the world of medical science. I’m less afraid of what happens to Wilson onfield, and more on how disturbingly quickly his condition degrades after football, if he plays seven years with this repaired neck.
Two words for Wilson right here:
Trent. Green. Never the same after that last concussion with Miami in Week 5 of 2007 against Houston. Couldn’t even hack it when he went back to the Rams.
Don’t risk yourself any further, man, hang it up.
You jinxed it. Nice going, Dave.
“…and the kid had such potential (As we saw in the one glorious game when he schooled the Saints)…”
Let’s be fair here. That “schooling” was against the worst defense in the history of history. my fat ass could have had a hundred yard plus game against the 2012 Saints.
The ’07 Dolphins and ’08 Lions thank you.
You know this comic is funnier in hindsight with JPP laughing over a missing body part