Randy Thomas Risked it All!

Man we must be used to having nothing to talk about, we're arguing whether the coaching staff should have let him play.

Isn't the more important and interesting thing that the guy is healthy. I'd rather discuss whether he can return to form and pave the way for Portis than discuss whether he should have played last year.

I mean he played, he didn't get hurt, it's over. Let's talk about this year.

Also agreed with -- but there will obviously be hindsight after hearing of this. I just wanna know why somebody brought up Colt in here haha

After Shawne Merriman don't underestimate the stupidity of these guys.

Yeah. This Randy Thomas thing reminds of Lawrence Taylor's character in Any Given Sunday.

I love Randy and his toughness was never in doubt, even before this story came out. But damn dude. He's in his early 30's, already a multi-millionaire, and risked being paralyzed for the rest of his life to play a few more football games? That's stupidity more than toughness IMO.

Also agreed with -- but there will obviously be hindsight after hearing of this. I just wanna know why somebody brought up Colt in here haha

Don't you know that Colt is God?

The more I think about Randy's situation the less sense it all makes. I mean he was pretty compromised out there and it showed in his play...Buges could have given one of the young guys reps for experience sake. Especially since we've heard Rinehart began to regain his confidence toward the end of the season. Throw him in @ guard and let him get his ass handed to him a few times to bring out the mean streak, which I know he had in college as the majority of his opponents ended up on their asses.

...anyway this situation don't make sense and the FO/coaches should be prepared for Randy's retirement if anything goes wrong.

...not pissing on the guy though. He's been my favorite lineman for a long while...do ya'll remember how awesome it was to watch him pull to the outside or just mash the guys directly in front of him?

I can appreciate what he did, but I don't think a win on the football field is the equivalent to someone's life. He was blessed that nothing happened to him during the second half of the season, but what if something did? The blame would have to fall on Randy. After the whole Shawn Merriman incident at the beginning of last season, it is quite clear that the training staff only views the players as meat. You go out there, and play, you get injured, I patch you up good enough so you can continue to play, end of the season I let you go.

I'm glad he's doing better and I hope he performs to the best of his abilities this season.