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Greg Olsen Talks About Injury to Friend Kevin Everett

Posted by Brandon Mendelson

September 12, 2007 |

The entire NFL community is reeling over the catostrophic spinal cord injury suffered by Buffalo Bills tight end Kevin Everett. The injury could leave him paralyzed.

While many of us are saddened and horrified over the event, for those who are friends with Kevin, like Chicago Bears player Greg Olsen, the event is even more tragic.

Greg posted this statement on Chicagobears.com:

We had a good relationship and I just hope for the best. We’re all keeping our fingers crossed and praying that everything works out as well as it can. Everyone’s definitely thinking about him.

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It’s just unbelievable. You never think something like that is going to happen. That’s an injury that you don’t stop and think about. Knees, ankles, shoulders and hands—that kind of stuff is what people think of when they think of football injuries. They don’t think of life-threatening, long-term injuries like that. It’s unbelievable that he has to go through it. We all feel for him and his family. We’re just keeping our fingers crossed that things go better than the doctors think.

As a football player, you can’t think about those types of risks. The chance is always there, but you can’t think about it because it’ll ruin everything.

For a full update on Kevin Everett’s condition, visit the Buffalo Bills site on Content Quake.


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