Thread: National Football League: 2011-12

Apparently Packers fans voted for him so he would get the Madden Curse or something. He trounced Rodgers in the semi-Finals.

I'm guessing he goes down with a torn acl running on a treadmill during preseason.

Former Patriots linebacker Junior Seau found dead in apparent suicide


Death and the 1994 Chargers (8 dead before the age of 45.)


• Five months after that Super Bowl, LB David Griggs drove his car off a freeway ramp and slammed into a sign pole. Subsequent tests would show that his blood alcohol level was twice the legal limit.

• In 1996, RB Rodney Culver and his wife were aboard ValuJet FLight 592 from Miami to Atlanta when it crashed into the Everglades, killing all on board.

• In 1998, LB Doug Miller was struck by lightning while camping in Colorado. CPR was being performed on Miller when he was struck again by a second bolt.

• In 2008, C Curtis Whitley was found dead in his trailer in Texas. Whitley had a history of substance abuse and had twice been suspended by the NFL, and toxicology results pointed to an accidental overdose.

• Also in 2008, DE Chris Mims was discovered facedown on the bathroom floor of his Los Angeles apartment. An autopsy revealed an enlarged heart, and Mims weighed 456 pounds at his death.

• In 2011, DT Shawn Lee died from cardiac arrest brought on by years of complications with diabetes.

• Also in 2011, Lew Bush suffered a heart attack at his home in San Diego. Since retiring in 2002, friends say he had struggled with his weight.

• Today, Junior Seau, an all-time great, dead at the age of 43.

On a happier note...

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Originally Posted by Bacchus

Former Patriots linebacker Junior Seau found dead in apparent suicide


Death and the 1994 Chargers (8 dead before the age of 45.)


• Five months after that Super Bowl, LB David Griggs drove his car off a freeway ramp and slammed into a sign pole. Subsequent tests would show that his blood alcohol level was twice the legal limit.

• In 1996, RB Rodney Culver and his wife were aboard ValuJet FLight 592 from Miami to Atlanta when it crashed into the Everglades, killing all on board.

• In 1998, LB Doug Miller was struck by lightning while camping in Colorado. CPR was being performed on Miller when he was struck again by a second bolt.

• In 2008, C Curtis Whitley was found dead in his trailer in Texas. Whitley had a history of substance abuse and had twice been suspended by the NFL, and toxicology results pointed to an accidental overdose.

• Also in 2008, DE Chris Mims was discovered facedown on the bathroom floor of his Los Angeles apartment. An autopsy revealed an enlarged heart, and Mims weighed 456 pounds at his death.

• In 2011, DT Shawn Lee died from cardiac arrest brought on by years of complications with diabetes.

• Also in 2011, Lew Bush suffered a heart attack at his home in San Diego. Since retiring in 2002, friends say he had struggled with his weight.

• Today, Junior Seau, an all-time great, dead at the age of 43.

Seems like something otherworldly has it in for the Chargers. Usually their teams always fall short of the Super Bowl. And then the one year they do make it a quarter of the roster from that year dies.