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Video: The obligatory “skull-rattling hit that almost broke Willis McGahee’s neck” clip
Hot Air ^ | January 19, 2009 11:55 am | Allahpundit

Posted on 01/19/2009 2:51:42 PM PST by Ernest_at_the_Beach

One of the most vicious collisions you’ll ever see, posted here because I know most of you watched the game and are wondering how he’s doing. Miraculously, despite “significant” neck pain, he’s “neurogically intact” with movement in all his limbs. No diagnosis yet but presumably it’s whiplash and/or a concussion.

So brutal was this that, after watching the replay, I was hoping he was “merely” paralyzed and not actually dead on the field. Click the image to watch.

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KEYWORDS: football; nfl; nflfootball; nflplayoffs; ravens; steelers
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I thought he might be out for ever...it was an instant KO....
1 posted on 01/19/2009 2:51:42 PM PST by Ernest_at_the_Beach
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To: Ernest_at_the_Beach

I just read that he’s OK - thank God - but he may be seeing stars for a week or two.


2 posted on 01/19/2009 2:56:16 PM PST by Tucsonican
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To: Ernest_at_the_Beach

Vicious. Cheap, and vicious.


3 posted on 01/19/2009 2:56:28 PM PST by Per-Ling
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To: Ernest_at_the_Beach

I’m sorry, but it’s just not worth it. Especially that we are learning so much more about the permanent and cumulative effect of Traumatic Brain Injuries.

He might seem okay now, but I’ll wager those closest to him will be seeing undeniable effects in the days and weeks to come.


4 posted on 01/19/2009 2:56:30 PM PST by sinanju
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To: Ernest_at_the_Beach

I saw that happen on a kickoff at a high school game when I was a kid.

One of them DIDN’T get up. Paraplegic.


5 posted on 01/19/2009 2:57:42 PM PST by RonF
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To: Ernest_at_the_Beach
I saw this hit when it happened and many times afterward and while it was a hard hit, I would not describe it as 'brutal'. It was not an intentional helmet to helmet hit. The Pittsburgh player led with his shoulder and tried to avoid hitting McGahee with his head. There was contact between the helmets but it was far below the level of hit that Jack Tatum laid on Darrell Stingley. THAT was an intentional missile launch that was intended to injure.

The good thing for McGahee was that he saw it coming. The body tends to deal better with impacts like this when that happens.

6 posted on 01/19/2009 2:58:54 PM PST by Bloody Sam Roberts ("The good of the people is the highest law." - - Cicero)
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To: Ernest_at_the_Beach
"...it was an instant KO...."

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7 posted on 01/19/2009 2:59:25 PM PST by skimask (Never argue with an idiot, they will drag you down to their level and beat you with experience)
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To: Per-Ling

I wanna see rollerball.

No penalties. No substitutions.

Yeah baybee! Now THAT’s a mans sport!


8 posted on 01/19/2009 3:00:30 PM PST by RobRoy (Islam is a greater threat to the world today than Nazism was in the 1930's.)
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To: RobRoy

“Jonathan....Jonathan...”


9 posted on 01/19/2009 3:01:24 PM PST by Bloody Sam Roberts ("The good of the people is the highest law." - - Cicero)
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To: Bloody Sam Roberts

I would agree with you on the hit. Not intentional at all. Both are going full steam ahead and in fact McGahee lowered his head at the time of the hit.

Glad to hear they both are okay.


10 posted on 01/19/2009 3:02:22 PM PST by VicVega (Muslims are cowards)
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To: Per-Ling

Vicious, yes. Cheap? Hardly! Go cry in your beer as the Steelers get their 6th Vince Lombardi tropy, loser!


11 posted on 01/19/2009 3:02:58 PM PST by Longhair_and_Leather (The new presidential mantra--"Obama let babies die")
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To: Bloody Sam Roberts

I saw the remake. It was beyond bad. The original is a classic and has some great social implications.


12 posted on 01/19/2009 3:03:35 PM PST by RobRoy (Islam is a greater threat to the world today than Nazism was in the 1930's.)
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To: Bloody Sam Roberts

In fact, the original movie Rollerball is one of the reasons I have NEVER been a pro sports fan. I see it as a business. Nothing more.

But I love to PLAY sports.


13 posted on 01/19/2009 3:04:36 PM PST by RobRoy (Islam is a greater threat to the world today than Nazism was in the 1930's.)
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To: VicVega
Glad to hear they both are okay.

Indeed. As are we all, I'm sure. I got a real sick feeling in the pit of my stomach when I realized that McGahee wasn't moving. Then I saw him move his legs and was greatly relieved.

14 posted on 01/19/2009 3:05:32 PM PST by Bloody Sam Roberts ("The good of the people is the highest law." - - Cicero)
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To: RobRoy
I saw the remake.

I read one review and have not bothered to see it since. Never will. The original needed no improvement.
I wish I could say the same for "Dune" but that's off topic and a thread for another day.

15 posted on 01/19/2009 3:07:41 PM PST by Bloody Sam Roberts ("The good of the people is the highest law." - - Cicero)
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To: Ernest_at_the_Beach

There’s a rule that needs to be changed. I don’t think the hit was intentional but it positively should have been a personal foul.

The rules evidently allow for helmet to helmet contact for a ball carrier, but if McGahee had been a quarterback that hit would have sent the Steeler to football suspension hell.

Players are too big, strong and fast to allow that sort of hit to continue.


16 posted on 01/19/2009 3:07:57 PM PST by Colonel_Flagg (You're either in or in the way.)
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To: Ernest_at_the_Beach

I never thought I’d see my Baltimore Ravens, of all teams, so physically beat up. Those Steelers just play like maniacs on meth, every play.


17 posted on 01/19/2009 3:08:18 PM PST by Travis McGee (www.EnemiesForeignAndDomestic.com)
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To: Ernest_at_the_Beach

McGahee is a resilient SOB. I believe that was the guy who shredded both knees in his last game. Total rebuild in both knees, his agent (Drew) convinced someone to use a first round draft choice on him, and he ended up being darned good. His body has remarkable repair ability.


18 posted on 01/19/2009 3:13:30 PM PST by Paradox (When the left have no one to villainize, they'll turn on each other.)
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To: Ernest_at_the_Beach

Uff-da. I stopped watching pro ball a couple of years ago, so I’d have missed this otherwise. That’s a hit.


19 posted on 01/19/2009 3:15:49 PM PST by SoDak (Molon Labe)
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To: Per-Ling

It’s football. It wasn’t intentional, and it looked like both braced just before the impact for the hit as they knew it was going to be harder than expected.


20 posted on 01/19/2009 3:17:42 PM PST by kenth (I got the brain cloudy blues.)
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