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Bills Kevin Everett (1 Viewer)

redman said:
This was awful to see.
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Agreed - I didn't see the game, and NBC Sunday Night w/ Costas, etc. didn't show it during the highlights. So I went lookin' for it and saw it on the nfl.com game video recap. Laying facedown with his shoulders twitching is one of those things that's hard to 'unsee'. Seemed like he was trying to roll over but with movement only from his shoulders up, just couldn't do it...I may be wrong, but I suspect we won't see any more replays of that play (Sportscenter, etc.) until we know whether or not he's permanently paralyzed.
 
mad sweeney said:
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GroveDiesel said:
ATC1 said:
bb7278 said:
Sad:

Cervical (neck) injuries usually result in full or partial paralysis. Depending on the exact location of the injury, one with a spinal cord injury at the cervical may retain some amount of function as detailed below, but are otherwise completely paralyzed.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spinal_cord_i...rvical_injuries
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It can also depend on the immediate care he was given by the medical staff. There are things that can be done to decrease the damage that is done. Prayers and best wishes.
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You mean like not moving him to the sidelines just so that they can keep playing?
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I'm not sure if this is a reference to a previous incedent or what happened with Everett today. But he was not moved off the field until he was stabilzed on a backboard and taken off the field by ambulance. As a NYS Certified (and practicing) EMT, they did it exactly how it should be done. If it is a c-spine injury, there can be respitory involvement, and time is of the essence. It took them about 15-20 minutes to get him strapped to the backboard and into the ambulance. There was no undue or negligent rush job.Again, I don't know if you're referring to this situation or another, but I just wanted to take the time to throw this out there.
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He's probably sarcastically referencing a poster named Homer that was #####ing and whining in the game thread that they should've moved Everett off the field before loading him up so the game could get going quicker. He hated having to wait 15 minuted to get the gu off the field. Pretty classless jerk.
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Let's keep him + his family in our prayers.

 
I was at the game....it was gruesome when he was laying on the field for 15 minutes. Especially when the entire Bills team huddled up for a team prayer while he was laying on the field.

Sad.

 
Illegal Pants Downfield said:
redman said:
This was awful to see.
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Agreed - I didn't see the game, and NBC Sunday Night w/ Costas, etc. didn't show it during the highlights. So I went lookin' for it and saw it on the nfl.com game video recap. Laying facedown with his shoulders twitching is one of those things that's hard to 'unsee'. Seemed like he was trying to roll over but with movement only from his shoulders up, just couldn't do it...I may be wrong, but I suspect we won't see any more replays of that play (Sportscenter, etc.) until we know whether or not he's permanently paralyzed.
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They showed it a couple times on ESPNews (right after they announced that he was going into surgery) although that was about an hour and a half ago. I got sick to my stomach the first time they showed it and the twitching afterwards. Absolutely horrible. I REALLY hope Everett can come out of this okay.
 
The Bills radio guy on ESPN just said that he has slight feeling in his extremeties. And that he never lost consciousness once. Couple of positives there.

 
FWIW, I'll give my opinion on what happened. I've worked with patients with similar injuries.

Note: Only speculation on my part

The apparent type of fracture he has is called a burst fracture. What happens when a player leads with his head down, as in this case, a very large amount of force is loaded directly onto the vertebral bodies of the spine, also known as axial loading. For those of you who have played football, this is one of the reasons they teach you to tackle with your head up and not down. The high amount of force is absorbed in the vertebral body and can sometimes cause the vertebrae to fracture or burst. The extent of the injury typically depends on the amount of damage done to the spinal cord by the bony fragments.

They just said he has some feeling back and it appears to be incomplete. That's good. Here's an article describing some various cervical injuries, including this one.

http://www.emedicine.com/orthoped/topic370.htm

 
I hesitate to be too optimistic, but feeling in his extremities is very VERY good news. Sending good vibes. He's going to be fine.

 
I saw the hit and at first thought he just got knocked out. I've seen worse and this is the reality of things (Dale Earnhardt crash for example). I was hoping it was one of those 'it looks worse than it is' but it definitely looks that bad. I'm hoping he can walk again, such an awful thing to happen to the kid.. :confused: :yawn: :no: :no: :no: :no: :no: :no: :no: :no: :no:

 
just terrible news that cast a pall on opening weekend...

he will definitely be in the thoughts & prayers of a lot of people on the boards (& around the nation)...

wish i could say i was optimistic... if he doesn't make a complete recovery, than hopefully he can regain some mobility if not all...

* as far as precedents, it happens a few times a year where a player is immobilized & carted off, maybe even loses feeling for a time... but how often do they have cervical spine surgery on the same night?

david pollack broke a cervical vertabrae, i think, but not sure when he had his surgery... he had to wear the halo for a while, but has made a pretty complete recovery...

 
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Buffalo radio report this morning said a source close to the situation said that Everett had 2 vertebrae removed in surgery :bag:

 
ESPN is reporting that his agent said that he has sparse movement right now in his extremeties. Members of the Bills were told that he had bone chips removed during surgery.
 
flapgreen said:
FWIW, I'll give my opinion on what happened. I've worked with patients with similar injuries.

Note: Only speculation on my part

The apparent type of fracture he has is called a burst fracture. What happens when a player leads with his head down, as in this case, a very large amount of force is loaded directly onto the vertebral bodies of the spine, also known as axial loading. For those of you who have played football, this is one of the reasons they teach you to tackle with your head up and not down. The high amount of force is absorbed in the vertebral body and can sometimes cause the vertebrae to fracture or burst. The extent of the injury typically depends on the amount of damage done to the spinal cord by the bony fragments.

They just said he has some feeling back and it appears to be incomplete. That's good. Here's an article describing some various cervical injuries, including this one.

http://www.emedicine.com/orthoped/topic370.htm
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This is correct. Him being a TE, I wonder just how much tackling he does in practice. I know they don't hit in special teams, and while the he is with the offense, the defense practice tackling technique. Good news that he is having some feeling and motion. Because of the surgery to remove parts of the spine, he probably will never play again.

 
ATC1 said:
flapgreen said:
FWIW, I'll give my opinion on what happened. I've worked with patients with similar injuries.

Note: Only speculation on my part

The apparent type of fracture he has is called a burst fracture. What happens when a player leads with his head down, as in this case, a very large amount of force is loaded directly onto the vertebral bodies of the spine, also known as axial loading. For those of you who have played football, this is one of the reasons they teach you to tackle with your head up and not down. The high amount of force is absorbed in the vertebral body and can sometimes cause the vertebrae to fracture or burst. The extent of the injury typically depends on the amount of damage done to the spinal cord by the bony fragments.

They just said he has some feeling back and it appears to be incomplete. That's good. Here's an article describing some various cervical injuries, including this one.

http://www.emedicine.com/orthoped/topic370.htm
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This is correct. Him being a TE, I wonder just how much tackling he does in practice. I know they don't hit in special teams, and while the he is with the offense, the defense practice tackling technique. Good news that he is having some feeling and motion. Because of the surgery to remove parts of the spine, he probably will never play again.
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I just heard on the radio that it is very iffy if the kid will walk again. The feeling he has is sparse. Whatever the case he has a long tough road ahead. I wish him the best.
 
Is there enough known yet to compare Everett's injuries with guys like Darryl Stingley, Marc Buonaconti, Mike Utley, or Dennis Byrd? Of those four, I know Byrd was back walking with canes after some time. The late Stingley and Buonaconti did not/have not walk/ed after their injuries. Not sure about Utley ... I believe he is still a paraplegic (waist down).

 
Jauron presser this afternoon

(Chris Brown is from BuffaloBills.com)

Today Posted By: Chris Brown | Time: 10:17 AM ET | Link

**** JAURON PRESS CONFERENCE: Bills head coach **** Jauron will hold his weekly Monday press conference at 1pm this afternoon. It's then that we anticipate getting an update on Kevin Everett's condition. At 4:30 pm there will also be a press conference from team medical director Dr. John Marzo who will provide more information. Buffalobills.com intends to carry that press conference live. ---
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I just heard on the radio that it is very iffy if the kid will walk again. The feeling he has is sparse. Whatever the case he has a long tough road ahead. I wish him the best.
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Things can look good or bad at any point in time, and the road will certainly be long and tough. There is hope, however. If I were Everett and his family, I would reach out to Dennis Byrd and ask about his experiences and his battle back to mobility.
 
I was watching the game... and he looked OUT. Right after he made the play, he just layed there, motionless. I was like, DAMN he is OUT but as it progressed I realized it was something much worse.

I felt like the Bills enver really gave this guy a chance. WGR reporters said in training camp they rarely practiced and used the TE... so that kind of left Everett out to dry and play specail teams.

My prayers are with him and his family. Tough way to start a season...

 
Awful news. I really thought he had a lot of promise and had him on a couple of dynasty rosters. I even had him started this week in one of them and got 1.25 pts for that fateful tackle. Forget football - hopefully he can get healthy and live a semi-normal life.

I haven't seen the hit, and honestly not sure if I want to either. Not tackling with your head down is taught from pee-wees on, so saying that he "wouldn't know that" as a TE isn't right... but freaky things happen, and these kinds of things are amplified in open-field, full-speed situations like kickoff coverage.

Thoughts and prayers go out to Kevin and his family.

 
I don't think it was a full head on hit, and that is the scary part of it. I looked like a normal football hit that you see 100 times a game.

 
My prayers go out for Kevin and his family. This really puts everything back into perspective, and is just a very unfortunate and sad thing.

 
Some ####### in the game thread was annoyed that they took their time getting Everett off the field.

 
Just wrapped it up.

Everett's not likely to recover fully, and might not walk again.

He's still on a respirator and heavily sedated in a coma-like state.

Also, they're not out of the woods yet and he could still die within the next 72 hours if the spinal swelling doesn't go down. Sounds like his career is definitely over....let's hope he can still live his life.

 
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redman said:
Grigs Allmoon said:
Doctor's press conference on ESPN News now...Crazy stuff. Hope this gets posted online.Kudos to the Bills staff, EMS, etc.
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Can you summarize?
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In a nutshell (this is by memory, so some details may not be 100% correct), they immobilized him, and as soon as they got him into the ambulance they immediately used IVs to cycle cold fluids through his body to lower his body temperature. They took him to the hospital did a cat scan to look at bone damage, an MRI to see the spinal cord damage. It was not severed. He talked to his mom, and then went into surgery. It was through the front to remove the spinal compression. The dislocated vertebae was put back into place, a couple discs were removed and a plate and 4 screws were inserted. He then had surgery from behind where something else was removed, and another plate was put in with a couple rods and screws. They then did another test of some sort to look at the injury.He is currently in a drug enduced state somewhere just above a coma so they can regulate his bodily functions, and temperature. He is still on a respirator.They said even before surgery he could feel touch all the way to his feet. Post surgery he was able to move a couple muscles a bit. (Legs, pelvis area, I think.)While this sounds promising the doctor said his chances of recovery are very small, and he is not even out of the woods in terms of survival.
 
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Steve Tasker for Prez said:
Just wrapped it up.

Everett's not likely to recover fully, and might not walk again.

He's still on a respirator and heavily sedated in a coma-like state.
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:confused: They're keeping him in a coma to reduce movement in an effort to protect the damaged spinal cord.

That's just awful, awful news though.

 
Steve Tasker for Prez said:
Just wrapped it up.Everett's not likely to recover fully, and might not walk again.He's still on a respirator and heavily sedated in a coma-like state.Also, they're not out of the woods yet and he could still die within the next 72 hours if the spinal swelling doesn't go down. Sounds like his career is definitely over....let's hope he can still live his life.
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:confused:
 
Steve Tasker for Prez said:
Just wrapped it up.Everett's not likely to recover fully, and might not walk again.He's still on a respirator and heavily sedated in a coma-like state.Also, they're not out of the woods yet and he could still die within the next 72 hours if the spinal swelling doesn't go down. Sounds like his career is definitely over....let's hope he can still live his life.
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:confused:
 
The doctor described the pre-surgery phone call between him and his mother, and how Everett told her to tell everyone he loved them. The radio guys seem pretty shocked too....a sad sad day.

 
Grigs Allmoon said:
redman said:
Grigs Allmoon said:
Doctor's press conference on ESPN News now...

Crazy stuff. Hope this gets posted online.

Kudos to the Bills staff, EMS, etc.
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Can you summarize?
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In a nutshell (this is by memory, so some details may not be 100% correct), they immobilized him, and as soon as they got him into the ambulance they immediately used IVs to cycle cold fluids through his body to lower his body temperature. They took him to the hospital did a cat scan to look at bone damage, an MRI to see the spinal cord damage. It was not severed. He talked to his mom, and then went into surgery. It was through the front to remove the spinal compression. The dislocated vertebae was put back into place, a couple discs were removed and a plate and 4 screws were inserted. He then had surgery from behind where something else was removed, and another plate was put in with a couple rods and screws. They then did another test of some sort to look at the injury.He is currently in a drug enduced state somewhere just above a coma so they can regulate his bodily functions, and temperature. He is still on a respirator.

They said even before surgery he could feel touch all the way to his feet. Post surgery he was able to move a couple muscles a bit. (Legs, pelvis area, I think.)



While this sounds promising the doctor said his chances of recovery are very small, and he is not even out of the woods in terms of survival.
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I hope he gets better.
 
Why do they keep calling it a helmet to helmet hit? He clearly plants his head on the numbers of Dixon's shoulder pads. Their helmets might have touched on the side but it was after the initial hit. Nowhere near helmet to helmet.

 
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