Donald Parham Injury from TNF--One of Worst I've Seen

[SCBills]

Christian Eriksen collapsing during the World Cup was probably the most uneasy I’ve ever felt watching someone go down during a sporting event.  
 

This was scary to watch, but it was pretty obviously a reaction to being knocked out.  Still, brain injuries are not anything to mess around with. 

[Captain Hindsight]

5 hours ago, Bubba Gump said:

Joe Buck is a complete jackass. He said maybe his hands were shaking because it was cold out for LA. They're in a stadium that is covered with open areas, but come on, how cold could it be in LA? And Parham was obviously still unconscious at the time. 

 

 

When I had a concussion my hands shook like that, but it was likely from shock more than being cold. At best, he was trying to find some "good" news, at worst, he looks like an idiot

 

[NewEra]

Hank gathers.  I cried.  He was my favorite college ball player.  I shot one my first FT lefty in each varsity game that year.  

[Hapless Bills Fan]

4 hours ago, QCity said:

I watched the game and I didn't hear this. What exactly did you hear?

 

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/joe-buck-makes-one-of-the-worst-calls-in-sports-history-regarding-donald-parham-jr-s-serious-injury/ar-AARV5pJ

[Jeffbigalls]

No head hit to the smallest of blows can lead to serious brain injury or death. 

[SirAndrew]

Honestly one of the strangest ugly injuries I’ve seen from a guy just diving for the ball. My first reaction was to criticize him for not making the catch, after realizing what happened we can only hope he makes a quick recovery. 

[PolishDave]

 

[Coffeesforclosers]

8 minutes ago, SirAndrew said:

Honestly one of the strangest ugly injuries I’ve seen from a guy just diving for the ball. My first reaction was to criticize him for not making the catch, after realizing what happened we can only hope he makes a quick recovery. 

 

I thought the same thing.  When he rolled sideways, went ridgid and got alligator arms, I knew something was very, very wrong and my heart dropped.  And you know it's really bad when they leave the helmet, but unscrew the facemask.

[LeGOATski]

13 minutes ago, Jeffbigalls said:

No head hit to the smallest of blows can lead to serious brain injury or death. 

[RJ (not THAT RJ)]

4 hours ago, strive_for_five_guy said:

Yeah, I don’t know who’s a bigger tool, Joe Buck or Chris Collinsworth…

 

They're both terrible, but neither is a tool. Tools are occasionally useful. 😉

[Sharky7337]

I'll take Alex smith's shin for 1000 alex.

27 minutes ago, PolishDave said:

 

So LT is the reason I had to listen to bad football commentary?!?!?! 

[CorkScrewHill]

A doctor went through the whole event in great detail. Definitely informative.

 

 

[May Day 10]

It looks like he jammed his neck a bit on the super slo-mo.  Hoping he didnt suffer any neck/spine trauma.

 

 

But this one is as gruesome as any.  I think the way the camera gets close immediately after, the player is unconscious and so rigid.  

 

Then he never appears to gain consciousness again as he is getting wheeled off.  

[Patrick Duffy]

9 hours ago, Nextmanup said:

 

 

 

This was one of the ugliest and scariest incidents I've ever seen in a game.

 

Parham pretty obviously never regained consciousness, even as they were wheeling him off the field after a sustained delay...with his hands convulsing nervously.

 

IMO, Buck and Aikman deliberately refrained from saying ANYTHING as the scene was already more than gruesome enough.  

 

 

 

 

Yeah scary moment. Up there with the Kevin Everett injury. Wish him the best....

[BringBackFlutie]

1 hour ago, SirAndrew said:

Honestly one of the strangest ugly injuries I’ve seen from a guy just diving for the ball. My first reaction was to criticize him for not making the catch, after realizing what happened we can only hope he makes a quick recovery. 

 

Remember Aaron Williams diving for Edelman in the endzone?

Edited December 17, 2021 by BringBackFlutie

[The Frankish Reich]

26 minutes ago, CorkScrewHill said:

A doctor went through the whole event in great detail. Definitely informative.

 

 

Very informative, factual, and clear. Thanks for sharing this. 

[Paup 1995MVP]

8 hours ago, Bubba Gump said:

Joe Buck is a complete jackass. He said maybe his hands were shaking because it was cold out for LA. They're in a stadium that is covered with open areas, but come on, how cold could it be in LA? And Parham was obviously still unconscious at the time. 

 

I'm just glad to hear he is stable. Being he was in that fencing posture after he hit his head is not a good sign. Hope like hell he makes a full recovery. Def some scary *****

 

Its football.  Its a violent game.  Joe Buck wasn't making fun of him in the slightest.  Get a grip.

[Mark Vader]

3 hours ago, TheyCallMeAndy said:

The worst injuries in the NFL are often the least dramatic ones. 

Mike Utley

[ehfeuh57]

2 hours ago, T master said:

I was watching the game and saw that play but for the life of me i couldn't figure out what he did i thought at first he had hurt his elbow the way he landed and even during the replay it didn't look bad at all i have seen a lot worse landings than that watching the NFL .

 

I hope he is alright first and foremost i just wonder if something may have happened earlier on a hit or fall that could have started the injury but then that fall just finished it because as i said it didn't look as if it was that bad of a fall matter of fact it looked like he landed on his shoulder . 

 

His head hit the ground, nothing more to it

 

I dont have the stats but I feel there are more head injuries hitting the ground on turf than on grass

[RobbRiddick]

51 minutes ago, CorkScrewHill said:

A doctor went through the whole event in great detail. Definitely informative.

 

 

 

So nice that the doctor has a jersey sitting over a skeleton, I'm sure that's what people want to see when finding out how bad their favorite player's injury was.

 

Why not finish the scene with a wheelchair and coffin