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06-08-2017, 03:05 PM | #51 |
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Re: Fairley has possible career ending heart condition
Originally Posted by Papa Voodoo
Wilfork? So he could drop dead of a heart attach on a nationally televised game and be the first casualty in the modern era of professional football?!?
Even Belichick let Wilfork go because of how much mass & ass he'd swole... Seriously, even without Fairley, we're looking at a talented, young rotation of Rankins, Davison, Onyemata, Zimmer and maybe Maybry - that's not too bad... We're not gonna find a free agent who could be an improvement over what we've got on the roster now... |
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06-08-2017, 03:21 PM | #52 |
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Re: Fairley has possible career ending heart condition
I agree we still have talent, but it appears Nick won't be on the roster. Wilfork came to mind then I looked at his numbers....the Texans D was good but he was not. Tony McDaniel?
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Might come down to this:
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06-08-2017, 04:06 PM | #54 |
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Re: Fairley has possible career ending heart condition
Post Mandatory Mini-camp will probably be the first time-frame that the Saints personnel decision makers even seriously assess the roster and have discussions if they need another 3-tech or NT...
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Re: Fairley has possible career ending heart condition
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The Hank Gathers scenario really isn't the same at all. As long as the condition is known it can be treated. Gathers' condition wasn't known until after his death. If they had known, measures could have been taken to allow him to play safely.
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06-08-2017, 04:57 PM | #57 |
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Re: Fairley has possible career ending heart condition
Originally Posted by AsylumGuido
Hank had a congenital heart defect called hypertrophic cardiomyopathy which was prescribed prior to his death. As for Nick, apparently he saw a doctor who discovered something either new or old that was concerning enough to keep him away from a football field & now hearing team mates not being able to contact via phone. Red flags ... I used Gathers name because he was a notable athlete who had heart concerns (enlarged heart/rhythm abnormalities).
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Re: Fairley has possible career ending heart condition
Probably misspoke when they said "enlarged heart." Enlarged heart is a general term that is most often the result of heart failure. Unlikely but not impossible.
They probably mean hypertrophied heart, in which the myocardium thickens past normal variance to the point where the it causes the chambers to reduce in size. The smaller heart chambers can't efficiently pump the amount of blood the body requires, so it tries to compensate by increasing the heart rate. Anyway, eventually it will wear out and/or could develop an arrhythmia trying to keep up with the demand. (Which at these later stages if left untreated will lead to heart failure, and subsequent "enlargement" of the heart.) Either way, not as easy to deal with as holes in the heart. |
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So Nick's career is over, do we still have to pay him?
Good luck staying healthy Nick, this doesn't sound good at all. |
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