Chris Henry had the same Brain Condition that Benoit had..

[Droford]

A couple weeks old news but still..

As the football world has come to better understand the causes and effects of brain damage in its sport, three general assumptions about Chronic Traumatic Encephalopathy (CTE) started to take hold: It is a result of concussions, particularly multiple concussions It happens to people with long, contact-filled careers Its onset happens later in life Basically, the general consensus was that Mike Webster was the poster child for CTE. And then Chris Henry died, and now there's evidence that blows up all three of those assumptions. And that is just about the worst news possible for the sport of football. In fact, not only does Henry satisfy none of those three conditions, he doesn't even come close. Down the line: It is a result of concussions, especially multiple concussions: If Henry ever suffered a concussion, it was news to his teams; Henry never missed a game to head injury during his career at West Virginia or Cincinnati. It happens to people with long, contact-filled careers Chris Henry spent four years at West Virginia, then five in the NFL. But even those numbers are both somewhat inflated; Henry redshirted one of those four years at WVU, declaring for the draft after his junior year. Once in the NFL, Henry was suspended for half a year due to arrests--some of which included erratic, violent behavior. So of those nine seasons after high school, Henry was actually playing for just 7 and a half. Further, Henry played wide receiver, one of the least contact-intensive positions in sport. Yes, Colin Sandeman can surely attest to how violent the worst hits can be for wideouts. But the repetitious, incessant helmet contact that we've been led to believe (and not unfairly) causes CTE and that linemen, linebackers, and safeties face just isn't there. Its onset happens later in life Henry died at 26. And not only did he exhibit classic signs of CTE, his brain was already in advanced stages of decay: Finding CTE in a current pro football player wouldn't surprise Robert Cantu, whose Boston University research group has received funding from the NFL. "It also wouldn't surprise me that somebody as young as 26 would have it, either," Dr. Cantu said of Mr. Henry. "What would be a big surprise is if the amount of Tau protein. ... would be as excessive as it is in people who had much more lengthy careers and died at a much later age." "It didn't look like the brain of a 26-year-old," said Dr. Omalu, a former Allegheny County pathologist who first found CTE in an autopsy of Mr. Long in September 2005. A picture of the tissue study of Henry's frontal cortex, compared to that of a normal brain, is here. As one researcher put it, "you should never see" the red stainings evident in Henry's brain. One would expect them in an Alzheimer's patient.

Sounds like he snapped like Benoit did..Though I can understand how a 40+ year old Benoit got it but it is really puzzling how Henry got it if everything mentioned is correct.

[IC Champion]

I think you missed the point of the your own article.

[Nicky Fives]

Chris Henry & Chris Benoit have nothing in common other than both being dead.... that is all.....

[RoXer]

Lol

[Anybody Thrilla]

Fucking wow, bro.

[Droford]

Originally Posted by Nicky Fives Chris Henry & Chris Benoit have nothing in common other than both being dead.... that is all.....

Well they both had CTE of their brain.

Both first names were Chris.

Both killed themselves after a domestic dispute.

[SlickyTrickyDamon]

One was a Bengal and one was a wolverine. Also, they both wore uniforms with scratch patches on them.

[IC Champion]

Originally Posted by Droford Well they both had CTE of their brain. Both first names were Chris. Both killed themselves after a domestic dispute.

You're fucking moron, and I don't say that to be hurtful, I say it because it's blatantly obvious. Henry didn't kill himself. How much research did you even do? Did you even read your entire article, or just enough to post this ridiculous thread?

[Nicky Fives]

Originally Posted by Instant Classic You're fucking moron, and I don't say that to be hurtful, I say it because it's blatantly obvious. Henry didn't kill himself. How much research did you even do? Did you even read your entire article, or just enough to post this ridiculous thread?

exactly.... Henry fell out of a bed of a pickup truck... an accident... not suicide....

[McLegend]

What are you guys talking about? CTE is what Benoit had and some people believe that led to his violent behavior. I guess that's what Droford is trying to say. Was Henry violent behavior a result of head injuries or something else?


Also If he is only 26 and a history of no concussions what are other NFL players like? Or are Chris Henry and the few players examined just isolated cases?

This head injury stuff is really a huge story that not many talk about. It could really end up changing the landscape of football

[Razzamajazz]

we all know steroids are the real reason he died

[Droford]

Originally Posted by Nicky Fives exactly.... Henry fell out of a bed of a pickup truck... an accident... not suicide....

I read reports that he threatened to kill himself if she didn't stop the pickup truck.

Tonga's neighbor, Lee Hardy, was perched on a 15-foot ladder cutting back some trees when he saw the yellow pickup "zooming" up the Tongas' gravel driveway just a few yards away. Hardy said a shirtless black man clung to the top and side of the truck while standing in the bed, begging her to stop the vehicle. "He was banging on the top, on the doors, screaming at the lady, 'We need to talk,'" Hardy said. "He said, 'If you take off, I'm going to jump off the truck and kill myself.'" Hardy said she stopped, hesitating at the end of the driveway, and took off. Soon afterward, emergency dispatchers got at least two calls to 911. One came from a woman driving behind the truck. "I'm driving behind a yellow F-150, there's a black man on it with no shirt, he's got his arm in a cast," the woman said. "He's beating on the truck … I don't know if he's trying to break in it or something crazy."

I know that they have said that he "fell off" but I find it hard to believe that it was an accident with him yelling that he would jump off if she didnt stop.

[IC Champion]

Looks like we all owe Droford an apologie...