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(01-28-2022, 07:24 AM)StrictlyBiz Wrote: The general wisdom is that CTE is not the result of a single hit, but man the eyeball test and gut feeling is that it is the case here. 
The guy had ego and personality issues before the hit, but they went nuclear after. There's a clear line. It will be interesting to see how it plays out. My guess is that they will be able to examine ABs brain sooner rather than later, if you catch my drift. 

CTE, by definition, is caused by repeated head trama, so I agree AB has more brain damage then just that one hit.

But whether it be in the news, a court room or a chat room, that one replay will represent his condition. It's not entirely accurate to boil down a career of hits to just one, but this stands out from any other player. As you said, this hit was the clear line when his behavior turned. And it happened in the prime of his career while he was still a top performer and heavily involved with media and social media.

Every other confirmed cause pretty much followed the Mike Webster model of making through the NFL relatively normal and then getting depression, mania and dementia 10 years later when no one is paying attention. I know Chris Henry was diagnosed at 26, but his behavior was more in-line with being a drunk idiot then CTE. It's hard to measure how much CTE played a role with him because he seemed perfectly normal when sober and focused on football.