Wow…Poyer drives to game due to not medically being cleared to fly

[sherpa]

I expect it wasn't simply a cabin altitude thing.

Typical cabin altitude for a 767, which is what they charter, is around 6000' at cruise altitude in the mid 30's.

While the airplane climbs at around 2000'/min and descends at upwards of 3000'/min, the cabin pressurization schedule is about 500'/min during climb, and 300'/min during descent.

 

What would be a major problem for a weakened lung is a rapid depressurization event, which can ignored as a possibility.

That would instantly put the cabin at cruise actual altitude, and it takes a few minutes of very rapid descent to get to a habitable altitude of 10,000' or so.

Not something a bad lung would want to go through.

[Solomon Grundy]

8 hours ago, HappyDays said:

 

Bye week came at perfect time. Rest up Pro Bowl Po!! 

[Donuts and Doritos]

9 hours ago, Simon said:

Not a chance

 

And my question is, what kind of rib injury precludes you from flying?

 

Collapsed lung.

 

That guy is tough as nails & super loyal. Would love to pay & keep him. (Davis, Oliver, Edmunds contracts may preclude that).

[Manther]

11 hours ago, TailgateChef said:

I hope he had a buddy drive.  Hell, even an Uber would be no biggie for a guy making $6+ million/year.

I would think the team hired him a driver?

 

Its great he made the trip via car though!

[Captain Caveman]

11 hours ago, Simon said:

Not a chance

 

And my question is, what kind of rib injury precludes you from flying?

 

And not only that, precludes you from flying but not from playing in a football game?

[colin]

jeez, this guy is a monster.

 

i figured we'd walk him cuz he's older now, but my gosh is he a stud.

[Just Jack]

10 hours ago, HappyDays said:

 

 

We have a couple of those for work vans.  Definitely nice vans, you can easily stand up inside.  I've seen some limo companies use them also as small party buses.  We had one for my wedding.  Here's the link to it...

 

Sprinter — American Limousine

[Freddie's Dead]

I did the drive from Rochester to Branson, MO once.  Not exactly the same, but boring AF up to St.Louis, and looonnnggggg.  Props to JoPo for gutting out that nightmare.

[NewEra]

Stud

[Beck Water]

1 hour ago, Just Jack said:

 

We have a couple of those for work vans.  Definitely nice vans, you can easily stand up inside.  I've seen some limo companies use them also as small party buses.  We had one for my wedding.  Here's the link to it...

 

Sprinter — American Limousine

 

TBN reporter Katherine Fitzgerald tweeted that it was equipped to lie down (maybe a convertible bed?).

 

3 minutes ago, Freddie's Dead said:

I did the drive from Rochester to Branson, MO once.  Not exactly the same, but boring AF up to St.Louis, and looonnnggggg.  Props to JoPo for gutting out that nightmare.

 

I don't want to minimize Poyer's dedication, which is formidable.  But he had a professionally-driven van likely equipped with WiFi, TVs, snacks and drinks, space for toys and games, space to nap, and his wife and daughter with him.   As long as he was willing to "play with the Barbies" on request, it was likely All Good.

[NewEra]

2 minutes ago, Beck Water said:

 

TBN reporter Katherine Fitzgerald tweeted that it was equipped to lie down (maybe a convertible bed?).

 

 

I don't want to minimize Poyer's dedication, which is formidable.  But he had a professionally-driven van likely equipped with WiFi, TVs, snacks and drinks, space for toys and games, space to nap, and his wife and daughter with him.   As long as he was willing to "play with the Barbies" on request, it was likely All Good.

15 hours straight in any type of vehicle would suck imo.  

[Just Jack]

3 minutes ago, NewEra said:

15 hours straight in any type of vehicle would suck imo.  

 

My wife's family, twice in the last 8 years I've known them, do a week vacation in the Outer Banks, NC.  Driving down, we will split the trip in two days, but the drive back, one day, between 10-12 hours with minimal stops. That's hard enough, I can't imagine adding on another 5 hours.  Back in my 20's though, I did do two long trips, both overnights.  One was Syracuse to North Carolina to see a friend run her last collegiate cross-country race.  The other was Syracuse to Indianapolis to finally meet a girl in person that I had been talking to for months. 

[Freddie's Dead]

16 minutes ago, Beck Water said:

 

TBN reporter Katherine Fitzgerald tweeted that it was equipped to lie down (maybe a convertible bed?).

 

 

I don't want to minimize Poyer's dedication, which is formidable.  But he had a professionally-driven van likely equipped with WiFi, TVs, snacks and drinks, space for toys and games, space to nap, and his wife and daughter with him.   As long as he was willing to "play with the Barbies" on request, it was likely All Good.

 

It's still 16 hours in a tin can, God there's got to be a better way.....

[Just Jack]

14 minutes ago, Freddie's Dead said:

 

It's still 16 hours in a tin can, God there's got to be a better way.....

 

You can at least stop and get out, walk around, etc.  I once spent 20 hours in a plane going to China.  That was bad.  

[Beck Water]

17 minutes ago, Freddie's Dead said:

 

It's still 16 hours in a tin can, God there's got to be a better way.....

 

On the way there, they said he left after Fri practice, I dunno when that finishes up but, given that the rest of the team is flying out Sat afternoon I wonder if they stopped overnight somewhere?  If practice and post-practice treatments wrap up at (say) 3 pm, they could get in 7 hrs, knock off around 10 pm, hit the road around 7 am and still probably make it to KC about the same time as the rest of the team.

Edited October 17, 2022 by Beck Water

[NewEra]

15 minutes ago, Just Jack said:

 

My wife's family, twice in the last 8 years I've known them, do a week vacation in the Outer Banks, NC.  Driving down, we will split the trip in two days, but the drive back, one day, between 10-12 hours with minimal stops. That's hard enough, I can't imagine adding on another 5 hours.  Back in my 20's though, I did do two long trips, both overnights.  One was Syracuse to North Carolina to see a friend run her last collegiate cross-country race.  The other was Syracuse to Indianapolis to finally meet a girl in person that I had been talking to for months. 

Brutal.  I hope it was a good time in Indy!
 

my father hated flying but he LOVED Florida.  We’d drive from New Paltz Ny to Florida every spring break.  24 hour drive.  No stopping in a hotel, dad would drive the whole way.  
 

I made the cross country drive from New Paltz to Vegas, Vegas to New Paltz and again, new paltz to Vegas.  44 hours each time.  
 

nowadays, I won’t even drive from Vegas to LA.  2-3 hours is the longest drive I’ll sign up for. 
 

 

[Beck Water]

34 minutes ago, NewEra said:

15 hours straight in any type of vehicle would suck imo.  

 

It does.  But I'd love to have the opportunity to determine the degree to which a well-equipped van and a driver would reduce the suckage.

 

5 hours ago, Sherlock Holmes said:

I seem to recall a quote from Jordan Matthews...🧐

 

Clean it up, dudes, their young daughter was with them.

Edited October 17, 2022 by Beck Water

[BillsShredder83]

5 hours ago, Sherlock Holmes said:

I seem to recall a quote from Jordan Matthews...🧐

Did anyone notice Jordan having weak knees yesterday 😆

[NewEra]

1 minute ago, Beck Water said:

 

It does.  But I'd love to have the opportunity to determine the degree to which a well-equipped van and a driver would reduce the suckage.

 

Clean it up, guys, their young daughter was with them.

You WANT to have someone drive you 15 hours so you can go to work?  Yes, I’m sure it’s MUCH more comfortable than driving yourself, but still not an experienfe I would ever care to go through 

[Just Jack]

Who was the Bills player that lived in Canada and had someone drive him every day to practice and games?