Some fun here. Edwards-Helaire rushed for 1,415 yards and 16 touchdowns as a junior .. all-purpose yards -- receiving (55 receptions, 453 yards) and kick returner (KEY) 10 returns, 214 yards pic.twitter.com/3Duq1jjy6J
Holy offense Bat Man. I love Clyde Edwards-Helaire. He is best Rb in the draft. Watkins and Hill deep. Kelce in the middle. And Edwards-Helaire underneath. Good Luck defenses.
Brett Veach told Andy Reid to watch some Clyde Edwards-Helaire film and told Reid you’ll see Brian Westbrook. Reid watched. Then got back to Veach and said he’s better than Westbrook.
He wasn’t able to practice basically all of training camp/preseason… not sure why the Chiefs thought he’d be able to just turn it on at the start of the regular season. [Reply]
Originally Posted by Otter:
So, he shot a criminal, saved his own life and most likely his best friend and is living perpetual boogie man world because?
Just offing someone and having no remorse, no issues or PTSD issues is called being a sociopath. [Reply]
Originally Posted by FloridaMan88:
He wasn’t able to practice basically all of training camp/preseason… not sure why the Chiefs thought he’d be able to just turn it on at the start of the regular season.
I don't think they did. They picked up Perine and put him on the NFI list. This was all pretty much expected.
I've turned a corner on Clyde. I still don't think he is good, but I was really not happy when he missed the first parade for a fashion show. But he's always been a good teammate otherwise. All of his teammates love him. Then with the 2nd parade and how he protected a child during the parade. Shielding him from any potential bullets and then meeting back with him after all of the other commotion to make sure he was okay. That is a good dude. I'm willing to give him more time after what we learned he went through in college. [Reply]
Originally Posted by Otter:
So, he shot a criminal, saved his own life and most likely his best friend and is living perpetual boogie man world because?
Everything about your post and account tells me how much of a faux-macho douchewad you probably are. [Reply]
He missed portions of training camp and the last two preseason games while dealing with unspecified injuries and an ongoing battle with post-traumatic stress disorder stemming from a incident during his career at LSU.
Last month, he posted on his Twitter account the reason for his absences and talked in detail about his experiences.
"Sometimes I'm admitted into the hospital, something like I can't stop throwing up and it's just, I [don't] know [anything] pretty much to stop it,'' said Edwards-Helaire, the Chiefs' first-round draft pick in 2020. "Real bad dehydration ... but it's really just mentally just not being there. It is one of those things where early on guys who kind of pay attention like Travis [Kelce] and Kadarius [Toney], at times they can even, they'll know ahead of time like, 'OK, Clyde's not laughing, he's not giggling, he's not himself.'"
He said the exact date of the beginning of his PTSD was Dec. 22, 2018, after what he described as a "self-defense situation" in college at LSU.
Two LSU football players were trying to sell an electronic device on that date when one of them fatally shot an 18-year-old man trying to rob them, Baton Rouge, Louisiana, police said at the time. The police didn't identify the players, but The Associated Press reported that Edwards-Helaire was one of them.
"I would say that's probably where a majority of things stem from,'' said Edwards-Helaire, 25. "I wouldn't necessarily say everything stemmed from that. I have best friends that passed away at young ages from gun violence and just not being in the right places at the right time and just knowing that I have people that are close to me or around me who ... could be in the same spots that I am.''
One of his coping mechanisms is being open about his condition.
"I feel like talking is a big thing," he said. "Being able to know that honestly, just everybody goes through things good and bad. It's a steppingstone. I'm just 25 years old and trying to live the rest of my life healthy.'' [Reply]
Feel bad for him but we should probably just cut him. Despite seemingly being a good person and teammate, he still ****ing sucks and is taking up a roster spot for a position where we are light on. We need a JAG who can come in, be available and lighten the load on Pacheco. [Reply]