BREAKING: Torrey Smith's brother passed away last night (1 Viewer)

[King of the Jungle]

EDIT TO ADD: Just read that he has 6 younger siblings. I change my mind. I think he will play and he will play for them. He has to be the role model in that family. I think he will play.

Good call here. He helped raised his siblings, had to be the man of the house from age 7 on. He lost a little bro, but for him it's almost like he lost a son. I had a feeling he'd come up big but didn't want to say anything - hell, nobody would have thought any less of him if had a crap game or decided the team would be better off without him for one game.Dude is hurting big time, it's just the worst thing - and he was huge last night. Dude is a warrior.

I think it is sad to lose anyone close to you, very much so.But I have to say, because no one else is, why would he not be with my family just hours after losing a loved one and not playing a football game. Playing in a WK3 game seems a little less important than being with the family, I now cue all the owners of Torrey and anyone who does not understand what I mean to lash out.

To me the real respect comes from being with the people who need you, not pay you.

I wonder if Torreys mom needed the oldest of her kids last night, where was Torrey? Playing a game that he would have been allowed to miss. just my thought, but however, no one should have to experience a loss like this, but many of us do.

Well, from 1:30 a.m. when he got the call until 4 p.m. when he came back to Baltimore, her oldest son was there with her and his siblings in northern Virginia. Then he went back to be with his other family.I've lost my mom last year and I was worthless at work for weeks. I guess Torrey is built different than me.

Just seems like an odd post to criticize Smith for setting the example that you stay strong and carry on.

Everyone deals with adversity and tragedy in a different way. Torrey may have felt he needed to be out on the field for his team and his brother and he came through in an amazing performance. This man has a big heart and is a very special person.

Maybe that is the case, but remember that was just my take.

I believe there was mention that his family encouraged him to go play the game because that is what his brother would have wanted.

 

[BobbyLayne]

EDIT TO ADD: Just read that he has 6 younger siblings. I change my mind. I think he will play and he will play for them. He has to be the role model in that family. I think he will play.

Good call here. He helped raised his siblings, had to be the man of the house from age 7 on. He lost a little bro, but for him it's almost like he lost a son. I had a feeling he'd come up big but didn't want to say anything - hell, nobody would have thought any less of him if had a crap game or decided the team would be better off without him for one game.Dude is hurting big time, it's just the worst thing - and he was huge last night. Dude is a warrior.

I think it is sad to lose anyone close to you, very much so.But I have to say, because no one else is, why would he not be with my family just hours after losing a loved one and not playing a football game. Playing in a WK3 game seems a little less important than being with the family, I now cue all the owners of Torrey and anyone who does not understand what I mean to lash out.

To me the real respect comes from being with the people who need you, not pay you.

I wonder if Torreys mom needed the oldest of her kids last night, where was Torrey? Playing a game that he would have been allowed to miss. just my thought, but however, no one should have to experience a loss like this, but many of us do.

Well, from 1:30 a.m. when he got the call until 4 p.m. when he came back to Baltimore, her oldest son was there with her and his siblings in northern Virginia. Then he went back to be with his other family.I've lost my mom last year and I was worthless at work for weeks. I guess Torrey is built different than me.

Just seems like an odd post to criticize Smith for setting the example that you stay strong and carry on.

Everyone deals with adversity and tragedy in a different way. Torrey may have felt he needed to be out on the field for his team and his brother and he came through in an amazing performance. This man has a big heart and is a very special person.

Maybe that is the case, but remember that was just my take.

Like I said, I could not have done what Torrey did. I would have stayed with my family.If someone that reports to me at work needs bereavement time, they get three days and whatever else they want to take out of vacation/personal. I've had people come right back to work and tell me that's what they want to do - stay busy and work. Obviously not directly related to a professional athlete, but my take as a officer of the company is everybody is different - if you need one day or two weeks to get over a loss, I'm not going to criticize.

That's my take on Smith - whatever he decides, that is what is right for him.

 

[VA703]

he tore it up last night.. can we expect this same performance or was flacco trying to feed him the ball more than usual..

didnt see the game only him sitting on my bench with 30 points.. (i still won)

 

[BobbyLayne]

He's a beast (especially when the refs give him the Michael Irvin treatment), but week to week I'm not sure he will get the targets to warrant being a WR2. For comparison sake, I consider him my WR3 with Welker and Nelson as my top 2, so I play Torrey versus DeSean Jackson based on matchup.