Artie Burns Says he has CTE

BadwordLebeau · Dec 16, 2017

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I hope he is wrong , but if he feels he has it then that is a problem . Football is not a game that can be played correctly with doubt or fear . His mind set probably has a lot to do with his poor play . Our style of D requires the CB to play down hill a bunch and to make violent contact . I wish him the best , but after the season we should trade him .

Best for him and for the Team maybe he can find a Zone first Team that uses the Safety spot as the force .Or he can convert to a Single High Safety in a scheme he plays the last line of Defense .

If we intend to keep him a move to a Single High Safety might work if Butler will use it ?
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Who is going to trade for a guy who has CTE?

Jim90 · Dec 16, 2017

MadtownDruankard said: ↑

Pretty sure he meant... Cant Tackle Either. CTE
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Or.. Causes Touchdowns Everyweek

SteelerGlenn · Dec 16, 2017

PWP said: ↑

He said he knows he has it . He is not a 10 year NFL Vet or a RB or a LB . His play shows that he is afraid of making a big hit. So I will take him at his word coupled with the way he plays . As I stated in the Defense the Steelers play he needs to be a physical CB. if he knows he already has CTE then he is in the wrong system or wrong position .

If I was a Coach and I had a 2nd. year player stating that,, knowing I expect that player to be physical then it makes sense to move him . As stated best for him and the Team .

I don't really like the statement about human beings are not meant to run into each other either . He signed a contract to do just that . His arm tackling proves he doesn't want real contact . So have a good career go to a system that he is a cover only CB or move to Single high away from the action or learn to kick or punt .
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As usual your totally missing the point.
He's basically reaffirming what Mitchell said.
It's a tough contact sport and people are not meant for that type of contact. He's saying knows what he signed up for.
He's basically saying yeah I got CTE and so what I'm ok with that since I'm being paid well and know the risks.

But somehow you got that he's playing scared and afraid to hit and needs to be traded.
And Enough already about Single high safety and everyone but the safeties playing it.
Your understanding of football may be the worst I've ever seen

D0bre Shunka · Dec 16, 2017

My suspicion is I've suffered a percentage of CTE just watching him play.

bleednblackngold · Dec 16, 2017

dobbler-33 said: ↑

I agree, he has a whatever and a so what if approach as he should... That's part of the req's to playing the sport.

Just the same as anyone else who does their jobs takes on a certain amount of down the road or immediate risk.

It's a violent sport, and there is no denying that there is cumulative trauma involved throughout a career. However, the truth is that it's sensationalized right now because it's serving an agenda. Study this, study that... The majority of old school players aren't dropping dead from brain traumas. The majority of them are having a harder time walking stairs than remembering things.

Just like the rest of what's going on around the world... Driving cars is bad, spanking kids is bad, teaching kids to stand up for themselves is bad, the textile biz is bad and DEADLY... It never ends and I could go on and on with limitless examples.

The NFL is in total liability cover their ass mode in a time of sue happy folks which has watered down the sport we love at the behest of some over the top heart felt athlete stories and so on and so forth.

If the amount of steroid related deaths mattered, then it'd be an automatic dismissal from the league. If a Burfict type individual continued to run wreckless against players, they'd be automatically excused as an employee. If getting tackled a certain way meant imminent death the league would be in shambles. Truth is, maybe 25% MAYBE... 25% of their BS explanations and I'm being kind, Is actually from the heart.

Apparently people can knock the **** out of one another in a heated skirmish away from the play vs a player on player good hit! Apparently people trying obviously to hurt other people vs **** happens in this game takes a precedent. If any of it was legit, a 10k fine on a 30 mil player that really messed someone up would be open to further debate. Or if a player who may or not may have raped somebody but was running around yanking tops off of women had any questionable character traits was actually looked at, then maybe I'd get it.

These guys don't give a ****, and a minimal amount of players don't give a **** that's why when A does what B does depending on their marketability they get treated like C! And C gets treated better than A or B depending on somebody's mood! Nits a ****ing joke...

Lot more to add a lot to debate. But, it's pretty safe to say that one team is not treated the same as the other 31... Nor is 1 player treated the same as another... Nor are any of these guys any more worried about player safety than they were 50 years ago outside of some sensationalized butt covering piece that comes out
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This is what I like to call a world class rant!

That's a compliment btw. I enjoy a good rant

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