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On 9/18/2019 at 3:16 PM, Billie said:

"He felt scared and vulnerable, and he wasn't sure what to do -- all he knew was that he couldn't return to the field. He needed to get away. ... In that moment, when he realized football was no longer his purpose, he was overwhelmed. So he trusted his gut to leave the field."

 

Classic fight-or-flight reaction to an anxiety/panic attack. Nothing else explains why he'd leave in the *middle* of a game. What's sad is, he scoffs at the "warrior mentality" of his teammates when he's the one who can't step out of that mentality to admit a mental health issue.

 

 

A telling scene in the video of him being traded to the Colts is his immediate thought to call his grandma.    That's usually not what a mentally tough adult would do, IMO.   

 

Still, his horror show of an upbringing is something 99% of this board has not lived through, so casting stones is pretty meh.  IMO...

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