2022 NFL Week 17 Thread: Mert is Slacking and the Titans are dead

[Tyche]

considering how long he was reportedly gone, would full brain function done the road even be a possibility or would the expectations be more like just hoping for basic motor functionality?

He's got everything that you'd want to have checked off working for him to regain a normal life. It was as best a case scenario as you could have hoped for, so if anyone could pull a nearly full recovery, it would be in this situation.

It was witnessed.
CPR was initiated immediately. And I'm assuming the CPR was high quality CPR since the people there are professionals. I do wonder if the football pads could have absorbed some of the compressions and taken some circulation away from his CPR, but that's impossible to know and they could have gotten those pads off quickly.
He's young and healthy.
Admitted to the best trauma center in the region

It was also reported that he was only administered CPR once at the stadium, it was a miscommunication that it was done again at the hospital.

Brain stem activity will be #1. That's where co2 stimulates the body to initiate a respiration. That's his ability to breathe on his own without mechanical ventilation.

Everything else is a bit of a crap shoot, kind of like what you see with strokes. It could be a wide range of symptoms depending on what parts of the brain were most affected, if at all, by a lack of oxygen carrying bloodflow.

There's a story on ESPN stating "doctors are trying to get him to breathe on his own". Now, that's from his uncle and his uncle has not been a good source of medical info and it's hard to parse what exactly he means by that statement. If I had to guess, they're maybe turning down his sedation, letting some CO2 build up, and changing the vent settings to see if he will initiate his own breaths. The vent can be set to where it'll do total control of respirations, where it'll only kick in if you don't initiate on your own, or it can even be set to a CPAP like mode where you have to do all the breathing on your own. That's usually the last mode we switch to before we pull the endotracheal tube.

[Rhyis.]

thats good. i assumed brain damage was almost a given

[Tyche]

I've seen drunk ass trauma victims get coded for 30 minutes, spend 2 weeks on a vent, and walk out of a hospital like nothing happened. It's far from the norm, but it's certainly possible he could return to a mostly normal life. I'd go as far to say that I wouldn't be even the slightest surprised if he was also able to do so. 24 year old bodies can handle some shit. For as fragile as we perceive life, humans are surprisingly resilient. I would be surprised if he plays another snap, but that's all secondary at this point.

[kuronosan]

considering how long he was reportedly gone, would full brain function done the road even be a possibility or would the expectations be more like just hoping for basic motor functionality?

Yes. Of course.

[Mertron]

that’s enough losing for this year

https://twitter.com/rapsheet/status/...gXSxV-2bsAh9Og

[Mertron]

(now say lane johnson is fine for the division round)

[Weltall]

https://twitter.com/tickets_buffalo/...e4Hla_5ojtL0qw

[Tyche]

https://twitter.com/tickets_buffalo/...e4Hla_5ojtL0qw

Damar Hamlin has a better chance to start this Sunday than this happening.

[Xno Kappa]

This is a real stat.

https://twitter.com/JGrayJets/status...8N4uI9T1LP41nQ

[Xno Kappa]

Commies to go back to Heinickie this week. The fifth round rookie Sam Howell will be the backup.

Sounds like Wentz isn’t even gonna dress lol.

https://twitter.com/JFowlerESPN/stat...w-inqJWbS0UDkw

I don’t think Ol’ Riverboat Ron is long for the WAS HC job.

[Xno Kappa]

Sounding like the popular option right now is for the Week 18 schedule to play out normally and then decide if Bills @ Bengal is even still necessary.

[archibaldcrane]

Is there any scenario where it wouldn't matter for seeding?

[Krandor]

I don't think so, it's super vital to both the #1 seed and AFC north race.

KC and CIN both losing would give BUF the #1 seed, but the game would still need to be played to determine who wins the AFC North.

[Melena]

If Baltimore loses this week and Cinci wins this week, would make the AFC North a moot thing as well as Cincy would get it. If Baltimore does win and Cinci loses this week, then it does become important for the AFC North.

[Mertron]

i think i found out the real reason the dolphins have lost 5 straight, they lied about removing the ping pong table months ago

https://twitter.com/davidfurones_/st...gXSxV-2bsAh9Og

[Rhyis.]

in a scenario where the bengals miss 1 game and lose another, the bengals could be 11-5 and ravens 11-6 but I think the ravens have the divisional tie-breakers. so if it didn't go to win percentage, instead of total wins, i think the ravens could win the north despite having more losses which would be weird.

[Boyiee]

They will probably just call the game a draw as it's the easiest thing to do even if it has some significant impact. I feel it would be worse to have any teams play extra and then go into the playoffs with shorter rest.

[kuronosan]

Is there any scenario where it wouldn't matter for seeding?

Both Chiefs and Cats would need to lose.

[Rhyis.]

i think bengals/bills is almost assuredly not happening at this point, and maybe even the bills/pats.

shit has the potential to be real weird

[Xno Kappa]

The only way I see it happening is if the NFL gets real weird with the schedule COVID-style for the postseason. And I doubt they’re gonna wanna do that with all the money involved.

You have the built-in bye week before the superb owl, lolprobowl, so they can technically run an AFC/NFC off schedule similar to what the MLB does with the AL/NL playoff games.

So yeah. Probably best to just chalk it up as a NC and let the chips fall where they may.