Rondale Moore

Just saw that. Holy shit!

https://www.wlky.com/article/nfl-wide-receiver-local-stand-out-rondale-moore-death-indiana/70448738

Self inflicted gunshot is suspected. Awful

That's far beyond tragic...and I hope they figure out what brought him that low, quickly.

That is absolutely awful. RIP Rondale Moore.

Oh my, this is just horrigle news. I never felt so bad for a player after an injury as I did for Moore after his latest. To go through everything he went through to get back from a season-ending knee injury the year before, only to have it all come crashing down AGAIN in his first game back. Poor guy couldn't catch a break. I hope we don’t find out the Vikings released him (or told him they planned to) before he took his life.

MaroonBells wrote:
Oh my, this is just horrigle news. I never felt so bad for a player after an injury as I did for Moore after his latest. To go through everything he went through to get back from a season-ending knee injury the year before, only to have it all come crashing down AGAIN in his first game back. Poor guy couldn't catch a break. I hope we don’t find out the Vikings released him (or told him they planned to) before he took his life.

Or maybe the docs determined at this point he couldn't come back physically? Who knows and obviously secondary to the big pix. 

I agree, it was really sad to see that last injury - especially when he worked so hard to get back on the field.

sad that so many people think this is the best or only solution to there problems  just sad .

Interesting Greenard says players see all the tweets. That's a scary thought, but he's probably right. 

I remember seeing Akayleb Evans on Twitter around the time he was drafted. He was super excited and really wanted to engage with Viking fans. When things started going south for Evans, there was a lot of disgusting shit directed his way. It's bad enough that half of internet traffic is bot-generated venom designed to enrage and divide, but much of the rest of them are just morons. You really want to explain to these players that the loser incels who are saying you suck tweet from their parents' basements, desperately seeking the esteem boost and endorphin rush that comes from trashing people who actually have lives. You're listening to THAT guy? 

On a side note, how long before "tryna" and "finna" are in the dictionary right alongside "gonna" and "wanna."

MaroonBells wrote:
Interesting Greenard says players see all the tweets. That's a scary thought, but he's probably right. 

I remember seeing Akayleb Evans on Twitter around the time he was drafted. He was super excited and really wanted to engage with Viking fans. When things started going south for Evans, there was a lot of disgusting shit directed his way. It's bad enough that half of internet traffic is bot-generated venom designed to enrage and divide, but much of the rest of them are just morons. You really want to explain to these players that the loser incels who are saying you suck tweet from their parents' basements, desperately seeking the esteem boost and endorphin rush that comes from trashing people who actually have lives. You're listening to THAT guy? 

On a side note, how long before "tryna" and "finna" are in the dictionary right alongside "gonna" and "wanna."

But remember the day when players talked about not reading the papers? Maybe it is time for them to just drop the SM, get an agent to curate their brands and stay off the toxic underworld.

greediron wrote:
Yeah, surprising, but not surprising. Social media is such a thing and they are trying to market their brand.

But remember the day when players talked about not reading the papers? Maybe it is time for them to just drop the SM, get an agent to curate their brands and stay off the toxic underworld.

Its a drug for everyone,  you get a dopamine hit when you use SM,  the apps are designed to feed our junky habits,  I dont know if its as easy as just dont do it,  especially for the younger generations that have been raised on it.  Their kids will likely have the need coded in their DNA.

JimmyinSD wrote:

Its a drug for everyone,  you get a dopamine hit when your use SM,  the apps are designed to feed our junky habits,  I dont know if its as easy as just dont do it,  especially for the younger generations that have been raises on it.  Their kids will likely have the need coded in their DNA.

Yah, wasn't saying it as simple as I made it sound.  But man, it is a plague on the younger generations.