Week 9 other games thread

[MadScientist]

WEEK 9

THURSDAY, OCT. 31

Cincinnati at Miami, 7:25

SUNDAY, NOV. 3

Kansas City at Buffalo, noon

Atlanta at Carolina, noon

Minnesota at Dallas, noon

New Orleans at N.Y. Jets, noon

Tennessee at St. Louis, noon

San Diego at Washington, noon

Philadelphia at Oakland, 3:05

Tampa Bay at Seattle, 3:05

Baltimore at Cleveland, 3:25

Pittsburgh at New England, 3:25

Indianapolis at Houston, 7:30

MONDAY, NOV. 4

Chicago at Green Bay, 7:40

Open date: Arizona, Denver, Detroit, Jacksonville, N.Y. Giants, San Francisco


The only game with 2 winning teams is the Packers - Bears on Monday Night.

Will the orange and black team win on Halloween or will the Dolphins smash the the striped pumpkins.

[denverYooper]

will the Dolphins smash the the stripped pumpkins.

That sounds dirty.

[MadScientist]

That sounds dirty.

Must have been thinking about the Ben-gals. Getting them smashed and having them stirpped would be a treat. (And boost the NFLN ratings).

[Fritz]

Yummy.

I'd like to see them stripped and stirpped.

[MadScientist]

Game ending sudden death safety. Don't see those every day.

[gbgary]

stupid decision not to take the fg by minn.

[Upnorth]

I feel wrong saying it but I want the queens to win. They aren't a threat and then the cowgirls are humiliated.

[gbgary]

I feel wrong saying it but I want the queens to win. They aren't a threat and then the cowgirls are humiliated.

me too. I'm a 'boy hater.

[gbgary]

wash threatening after a long run.

[gbgary]

wash td. hope they win.

[gbgary]

ponder is the man.

[gbgary]

buf adds to their lead. come on buf.

[George Cumby]

Having a real hard time caring about any of these games........

[pbmax]

This just in, Chiefs might be proving they haven't really played anyone yet. Down 10-3 to Jeff Tuel led Bills.

[gbgary]

horrible int by newton.

[gbgary]

Having a real hard time caring about any of these games........

it's my pick'm league at work for me. I can't force myself to got involved with fantasy fb.

[gbgary]

nyj aren't nearly as horrible as we thought they were gonna be.

[gbgary]

This just in, Chiefs might be proving they haven't really played anyone yet. Down 10-3 to Jeff Tuel led Bills.

yup...got fat on last place schedule. and buf's about to score again.

[gbgary]

lol...kc with a gift pick 6. 99 yds.

[gbgary]

ponder killed in the end zone. td dal.

[gbgary]

rg3 taking the read-option beating this afternoon.

[red]

I feel wrong saying it but I want the queens to win. They aren't a threat and then the cowgirls are humiliated.

i hope they win too, they aren't making the playoffs, so all they had to play for the rest of the year was a high draft pick so they can get a real franchise QB or a game changer like clowney

win out queens!!!

[red]

Having a real hard time caring about any of these games........

me too

the only game i can even start to care about is the queens-boys game, and well, i just woke up from the nap i've been taking since just after kickoff

[Guiness]

me too

the only game i can even start to care about is the queens-boys game, and well, i just woke up from the nap i've been taking since just after kickoff

Freeman a healthy scratch. I'm sure I don't know what they are up to there.

[gbgary]

another gift td for kc.

[red]

Freeman a healthy scratch. I'm sure I don't know what they are up to there.

i don't either. whats wrong with cassell? didn't they get their only win with him? sure he's not the greatest, but neither are ponder and freeman

[red]

yup, dez is the best, he's like finley, talks a big games and backs it up with a couple real nice drops per game plus a few non-drops that were the QB's fault for not throwing a perfect ball even though it hits him in both hands

at least finley never threw a fit on the sidelines of field like dez

asshole just cost his team 3 a chance at three points by committing the dumbest penalty you can get, taking off your helmet to scream at a ref

i think he just likes to take the thing off so he can show off his giant chunk of bling he has in his ear

[Joemailman]

Jets lead Saints 23-17 entering 4th quarter. A Jets win could have huge implications on NFC playoff seeding.

[gbgary]

boy that ten stl game is a good one.

[red]

nice drop by jennings

huge breakout game for jennings as a vikings, 5 catches for 50 yards no TD's and a drop

[gbgary]

Peterson lol

[red]

AP just broke a nice one for 50 some yards with a bad hammy

you mean guys can play with owwies to their hammies?

[Joemailman]

Jets lead Saints 26-17.

[gbgary]

nice drop by jennings

huge breakout game for jennings as a vikings, 5 catches for 50 yards no TD's and a drop

not quite the game he had the last time he was in that building.

[red]

big call in dallas

[red]

God damn, AP is just unreal

gutsy play call. minny down 3 at the dallas 10, 4th and inches. instead of tying it with a FG they run ap who drags a few guys with him after he was initially stopped at the 5 into the endzone

[red]

not quite the game he had the last time he was in that building.

not quite the player he was the last time he was in that building either

[CaptainKickass]

This waiting until Monday night REALLY sucks,

It sucks so bad that I may try to pass the time by attempting to sign up for ObamaCare. (And I already HAVE insurance!)

Here's a selfie of me looking bored and dazed as I wait...

http://afancifultwist.typepad.com/a_fanciful_twist/images/2007/10/28/img_0368.jpg

[Joemailman]

If Vikings win, everybody in NFCE will have a losing record.

[red]

LOL, then walsh misses the extra point

3 point game with 5:40 left and the girls about to get the ball

[red]

It sucks so bad that I may try to pass the time by attempting to sign up for ObamaCare. (And I already HAVE insurance!)


http://afancifultwist.typepad.com/a_fanciful_twist/images/2007/10/28/img_0368.jpg

don't even waste your time, it's as bad as you've heard

[red]

If Vikings win, everybody in NFCE will have a losing record.

*insert special olympics joke here

[gbgary]

sd making a game of it in wash.

[red]

it really must be nice to have a TE like whitten on your team

[red]

huge fourth down stop by the jets after a horrible play call by the saints

4th and inches and they run a slow developing end around that gets sniffed out and stuffed 10 yards behind the LOS

[Joemailman]

Falcons are going to be 2-6. Good thing they traded away a bunch of picks to move up to get Julio Jones a couple of years ago.

Looks like Panthers are going to be a serious contender for wild-card.

[red]

romo throws an int. first int by a queens CB all year. i'd make a joke here but we only have 3 as a team and our cb's might not have any for all i know

[red]

dez with his helmet off yet again on the sideline jawing away at everyone


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4UJYAQtNwwg

[digitaldean]

Bills gave their game away to KC. Bills D stopped KC all day. 2 turnover returns for TDs, JEESH! Flynn must really suck if Tuel played the whole game. He is awful.

[red]

TD dallas with with 37 seconds left

[digitaldean]

KFAN will be hot again today after the Queens D loses it. Boy the Boys are a pathetic looking division leader

[red]

uck, ponder just showed why he isn't an nfl QB

that was one of the uglier throws i've ever seen, almost picked off, then sacked and fumble on the next play, but he recovered

[red]

aikman, they're just trying to get it into position where they can take a shot at the endzone, they can't do it from here

no shit troy, ponder couldn't get it to the 50 from where they were (they were at the 35)

[red]

LOL

ponder throws the hail mary with all he had from the 50 and it bounces off the turf between the 5 and 10 way in front of everyone

queens lose a tough one

looks like jets will beat the saints (great for us)

[Joemailman]

Jets will win over Saints.

[Joemailman]

Chargers-Redskins going into overtime.

[red]

has atlanta just completely given up or what, they got destroyed today

[gbgary]

man I need wsh and phi to win dammit.

[Joemailman]

has atlanta just completely given up or what, they got destroyed today

Julio Jones and Roddy White out. Matt Ryan is no Rodgers when it comes to having success with the backup guys.

[digitaldean]

AWESOME! Saints lose to NYJ. Great chance for Pack to try and get back to #1 seed contention for playoffs.

[red]

man I need wsh and phi to win dammit.

washington's driving

i've never heard a pro football stadium so dead before

[digitaldean]

Chargers got a WEAK personal foul call. Looks like Wash will win this one.

[red]

AWESOME! Saints lose to NYJ. Great chance for Pack to try and get back to #1 seed contention for playoffs.

it would be nice this year now that we have a running game. just pounding the ball on the ground in january at lambeau in a snow storm with the needle around zero

just the thought makes me want to cream myself

[gbgary]

wsh win!

[red]

racist indian (feathers not dots) hating people win

[Joemailman]

Jets ran the ball for over 200 against the Saints. Saints are giving up almost 5 YPC this year. That is their achilles heel unless they're way ahead.

[red]

so does everyone have to watch the steelers-pats game, or is it just me?

i have 3 cbs channels and 3 fox channels

the only game available on any of them is the steelers-pats

[gbgary]

racist indian (feathers not dots) hating people win

lol

[gbgary]

so does everyone have to watch the steelers-pats game, or is it just me?

i have 3 cbs channels and 3 fox channels

the only game available on any of them is the steelers-pats

dtv season ticket...I have to to watch the Pack. where do you live?

[red]

100 miles above GB

i have local channels + the new york and LA channels

[gbgary]

great catch by cooper.

[digitaldean]

Great stop by Pitt D, then old Ben throws a pick. He's losing it.

[gbgary]

phi kicking butt. did chuck f up there?

[Guiness]

Jets ran the ball for over 200 against the Saints. Saints are giving up almost 5 YPC this year. That is their achilles heel unless they're way ahead.

If I hear anyone say Geno Smith has revitalized that team I might pee myself laughing.

He was 8/19 155yds, no TD, not INTs. That's not even a game manager, I'm not sure what it actually is. Talk about addition by subtraction with Sanchez leaving.

[digitaldean]

seachickens down by 14?!

[Guiness]

Josh Cribbs looking good on one of his kick returns today, brought it back for 42 yards. He's averaging 25yds/return over the past two games. I'm surprised no team picked him up earlier even if was just to return kicks.

[Guiness]

seachickens down by 14?!

put some context in there...to the Buccaneers! /anything can happen dept

[SMBASS]

I'm in central Iowa and the only game I can get right now is the Steelers - Pats game on CBS. Never had this happen before and I'm not sure what's going on but for some reason it's being broadcast in Spanish. WTF is that about? My crap cable provider is Mediacom.

[gbgary]

lol...sea

[gbgary]

too bad phi didn't play like this against dal...28-10.

[digitaldean]

I'm in central Iowa and the only game I can get right now is the Steelers - Pats game on CBS. Never had this happen before and I'm not sure what's going on but for some reason it's being broadcast in Spanish. WTF is that about? My crap cable provider is Mediacom.

Sometimes listening to Simms makes want to hear the Spanish version.

[digitaldean]

So either Nick Foles is the 2nd coming of Joe Montana or C-Wood's Raider defense REALLY sucks. SEVEN TD's??

[Joemailman]

Seattle within 24-17 and driving. Doubt Tampa Bay holds on here.

[George Cumby]

Tampa with the pick?

[George Cumby]

Tampa can't even get a first down. Lame.

[Guiness]

Seattle scores 10 in the 4th to bring it to a brand new game in OT. Bucs win the toss, but you can't like their chances now, they had the win and threw it away.

[denverYooper]

Figures.

[pbmax]

Falcons are going to be 2-6. Good thing they traded away a bunch of picks to move up to get Julio Jones a couple of years ago.

Looks like Panthers are going to be a serious contender for wild-card.

Not the worst thing for them. Lotta young talent plus a high first round pick. If their GM hasn't traded it away.

[pbmax]

Thanks for the help Schiano. :lol:

Patriots are simply overrunning the Steelers, on the ground and in the air. Brutal.

[pbmax]

If I hear anyone say Geno Smith has revitalized that team I might pee myself laughing.

He was 8/19 155yds, no TD, not INTs. That's not even a game manager, I'm not sure what it actually is. Talk about addition by subtraction with Sanchez leaving.

He's rookie year Sanchez. He has poise.

Poise plus great D will get you a playoff win.

[Harlan Huckleby]

The blockbuster story from today's games was that Tony Romo nudged a ball with his foot after it was spotted - perhaps as a joke - and didn't get a flag. That's a clear foul.

I know, very petty of me, but it bothers me that 99% of players would have drawn a delay-of-game penalty or worse. Did the refs give the pretty-boy, white, star QB a wink and let him off with a warning?

[channtheman]

Gary Kubiak falling over before halftime in the Houston game. Be interesting to see what they think happened.

Also, these personal fouls called on DB's for hitting defenseless receivers whether it is a correct interpretation of whatever the current rule is or not, are getting ridiculous. Some of these hits are so tame and still getting flagged. Just saw one in the Houston SNF game.

[Cheesehead Craig]

Just goes to show how flukey the Vikes season was last year. It took a superhuman effort from Peterson to get them to the playoffs. This year without AP completely destroying teams, they are shitty. No passing threat and a defense that is just horrible, I mean completely, utterly, and without-a-shred-of-doubt horrible.

Ponder is playing simply because they realize that Freeman is completely in over his head and was a wasted signing, and Cassell isn't their QBOTF so they aren't even bothering to play him, even though he's better than Ponder. At this point they are trying to build up Ponder's potential trade value (as low as it is). You won't see any of these QBs in MN next year, IMO. It will be a completely new set of bodies there. FYI, Ponder's home is up for sale.

[ThunderDan]

Gary Kubiak falling over before halftime in the Houston game. Be interesting to see what they think happened.

Also, these personal fouls called on DB's for hitting defenseless receivers whether it is a correct interpretation of whatever the current rule is or not, are getting ridiculous. Some of these hits are so tame and still getting flagged. Just saw one in the Houston SNF game.

The personal foul on Ed Reed seemed correct to me. The ball was 5 feet over the WR's head and Ed Reed took at least two steps before putting his shoulder into the WR's head and neck area. No need for this at all. Reed wasn't even the closest defender by a lot and the other two Texans just let the WR go without touching him.

[denverYooper]

Just goes to show how flukey the Vikes season was last year. It took a superhuman effort from Peterson to get them to the playoffs. This year without AP completely destroying teams, they are shitty. No passing threat and a defense that is just horrible, I mean completely, utterly, and without-a-shred-of-doubt horrible.

Ponder is playing simply because they realize that Freeman is completely in over his head and was a wasted signing, and Cassell isn't their QBOTF so they aren't even bothering to play him, even though he's better than Ponder. At this point they are trying to build up Ponder's potential trade value (as low as it is). You won't see any of these QBs in MN next year, IMO. It will be a completely new set of bodies there. FYI, Ponder's home is up for sale.

He probably wants to get the hell out of there ;).

[pbmax]

Wilde has an article that neatly explains (via Ron Wolf who apparently has moved back to GB from Maryland) why Ted doesn't seem so eager to claim to be a savant of building a winning team and it has to do with being lucky with getting a QB early in your tenure.

http://www.espnwisconsin.com/common/page.php?feed=2&id=10891&is_corp=1


Asked why Thompson might not take credit for his approach, Wolf’s response is simple.

“You can say what you want to say. I know I walk around with my chest stuck out because of Brett Favre,” Wolf says. “But if we didn’t have Brett Favre, I wouldn’t have had done diddly-squat. He probably feels he’s in the same situation with Aaron Rodgers. Without a key component like that, particularly in professional football, you don’t have a chance.”

Wolf is just magic with a quote. It might be hard to ever top he and Harlan at the helm of the franchise, even of TT/MM/Rodgers get another Super Bowl.

[pbmax]

Gary Kubiak's condition went from initially looking like to heart attack to what a team official last night called possible dehydration. Its now a possible stroke.


Adam Schefter ‏@AdamSchefter 1h
Gary Kubiak was given Tissue plasminogen activator (tPA), a protein that breaks down blood clots in people who suffer strokes, per sources.

Adam Schefter ‏@AdamSchefter 1h
Texans HC Gary Kubiak was treated with IV medicine designed to break up clots consistent with people who suffer strokes, per medical sources

[Guiness]

Gary Kubiak's condition went from initially looking like to heart attack to what a team official last night called possible dehydration. Its now a possible stroke.


Adam Schefter ‏@AdamSchefter 1h
Gary Kubiak was given Tissue plasminogen activator (tPA), a protein that breaks down blood clots in people who suffer strokes, per sources.

Adam Schefter ‏@AdamSchefter 1h
Texans HC Gary Kubiak was treated with IV medicine designed to break up clots consistent with people who suffer strokes, per medical sources

Or dude could just be faking it to get out of that mess down in Houston! You know, the team with Andre Johnson, Foster and JJ Watt that can't win a game?
:thank:

[pbmax]

Or dude could just be faking it to get out of that mess down in Houston! You know, the team with Andre Johnson, Foster and JJ Watt that can't win a game?
:thank:

The Fred Sanford Stratagem?

[channtheman]

Gary Kubiak's condition went from initially looking like to heart attack to what a team official last night called possible dehydration. Its now a possible stroke.


Adam Schefter ‏@AdamSchefter 1h
Gary Kubiak was given Tissue plasminogen activator (tPA), a protein that breaks down blood clots in people who suffer strokes, per sources.

Adam Schefter ‏@AdamSchefter 1h
Texans HC Gary Kubiak was treated with IV medicine designed to break up clots consistent with people who suffer strokes, per medical sources

I thought it might have been dehydration when watching. If they gave tPA than they are definitely saying it was a stroke. No reason to give it otherwise.

[Guiness]

The Fred Sanford Stratagem?

How could you post that without the requisite video clip???


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RnfflRNpwKA

[Patler]

Wilde has an article that neatly explains (via Ron Wolf who apparently has moved back to GB from Maryland) why Ted doesn't seem so eager to claim to be a savant of building a winning team and it has to do with being lucky with getting a QB early in your tenure.

http://www.espnwisconsin.com/common/page.php?feed=2&id=10891&is_corp=1



Wolf is just magic with a quote. It might be hard to ever top he and Harlan at the helm of the franchise, even of TT/MM/Rodgers get another Super Bowl.

Case on point, the Chicago Bears. Over the Wolf/Sherman/Thompson time frame, they have had some excellent defenses and some fantastic special teams. If Favre then Rodgers had been Bears, how much more successful might they have been?

Humility for each aside, maybe the genius of Wolf was not being afraid to go out and give enough to get Favre, and the genius of Thompson was "wasting" a first round pick on Rodgers when he was available. It was more than just luck.

[pbmax]

Humility for each aside, maybe the genius of Wolf was not being afraid to go out and give enough to get Favre, and the genius of Thompson was "wasting" a first round pick on Rodgers when he was available. It was more than just luck.

Absolutely. You must find one somewhere. However, reaching in the first round is perhaps the second worst way to go about it (Ponder, Gabbert, Locker). The worst would be spending huge FA dollars on damaged goods (Palmer). The best way would be for the guy to fall right into your lap (Rodgers, almost Favre for Jets and Wolf).

That is why I think smaller, running QBs will stick in the League regardless of the up or down future of the read option, inverse veer or any other play, concept or scheme. If you are a little bit creative in your O scheme, you can get a good QB later in the draft who will be effective.

[Guiness]

Absolutely. You must find one somewhere. However, reaching in the first round is perhaps the second worst way to go about it (Ponder, Gabbert, Locker). The worst would be spending huge FA dollars on damaged goods (Palmer). The best way would be for the guy to fall right into your lap (Rodgers, almost Favre for Jets and Wolf).

That is why I think smaller, running QBs will stick in the League regardless of the up or down future of the read option, inverse veer or any other play, concept or scheme. If you are a little but create in your O scheme, you can get a good QB later in the draft who will be effective.

That's the same thought process that made ZBS the flavour of the week for a bit...lots of undersized agile linemen out there later in the draft. That didn't work out so well, and I think Luck will be the QB from the last batch to find the most success. Strangely enough, I think CK will as well, SF's O seems to have moved away from him running.

[MadScientist]

I thought it might have been dehydration when watching. If they gave tPA than they are definitely saying it was a stroke. No reason to give it otherwise.
Dehydration could make you dizzy, but the replay showed his first reaction was to grab his head. That makes a stroke seem very likely especially with the tPA. Hopefully they got him to the hospital quickly enough and started treatment soon enough for him to have a good recovery. I would not be surprised to see him forced in to retirement over this.

[Fritz]

All the crazy games this week make me think the Bears are going to come in and play like crazy. Man, a Hester special teams touchdown, a defensive touchdown, and suddenly it's going to go down to the wire.

[pbmax]

That's the same thought process that made ZBS the flavour of the week for a bit...lots of undersized agile linemen out there later in the draft. That didn't work out so well, and I think Luck will be the QB from the last batch to find the most success. Strangely enough, I think CK will as well, SF's O seems to have moved away from him running.

Well, there is precisely one Luck in the draft every what, 5 years? 10 years? You cannot get that guy whenever you wish to. That's how Ryan Leaf gets drafted early. Or Alex Smith. Or Vince Young.

You need to try for the statuesque QB who can do it all, but need a backup option (pun intended). It costs less and if indeed the running QB gets injured, its less to costly to cut bait and sign someone else.

Its not a total overhaul like ZBS, its a question of QB depth and backups. And the read option numbers are down as an average, but the total number of plays are up. So teams think there is something here. And almost every franchise, even the Broncos with Manning, are using read concepts to gain a player advantage elsewhere.

The play may disappear entirely, but the idea behind it will last.

[CaptainKickass]

Its now a possible stroke.




http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LS-oyLm-_fg









Too soon?




:butt:

[ThunderDan]

Well, there is precisely one Luck in the draft every what, 5 years? 10 years? You cannot get that guy whenever you wish to. That's how Ryan Leaf gets drafted early. Or Alex Smith. Or Vince Young.

You need to try for the statuesque QB who can do it all, but need a backup option (pun intended). It costs less and if indeed the running QB gets injured, its less to costly to cut bait and sign someone else.

Its not a total overhaul like ZBS, its a question of QB depth and backups. And the read option numbers are down as an average, but the total number of plays are up. So teams think there is something here. And almost every franchise, even the Broncos with Manning, are using read concepts to gain a player advantage elsewhere.

The play may disappear entirely, but the idea behind it will last.

I'll give you Ryan Leaf and Vince Young but Alex Smith seems to have turned it around late in SF before the injury and now in KC.

Maybe he finally has coaches that tailor the offense to what he can do.

[channtheman]

Dehydration could make you dizzy, but the replay showed his first reaction was to grab his head. That makes a stroke seem very likely especially with the tPA. Hopefully they got him to the hospital quickly enough and started treatment soon enough for him to have a good recovery. I would not be surprised to see him forced in to retirement over this.

Luckily his "stroke" was witnessed and just being within the time frame to get tPA will drastically increase his chances of a favorable recovery. What I found odd was that he didn't have many of the typical stroke symptoms. No slurred speech or difficulty talking, no weakness on one side, etc. An interesting situation for sure and one I'm curious what really happened. I don't think he'll have to retire over this though.

[channtheman]

And now I just saw on the ESPN scroll, John Fox underwent heart surgery and will miss multiple weeks. If it was a cardiac cath with a stent placed I couldn't see him missing multiple weeks with that. Did he have open heart surgery? Crazy stuff going on with some of these coaches.

[red]

Case on point, the Chicago Bears. Over the Wolf/Sherman/Thompson time frame, they have had some excellent defenses and some fantastic special teams. If Favre then Rodgers had been Bears, how much more successful might they have been?

Humility for each aside, maybe the genius of Wolf was not being afraid to go out and give enough to get Favre, and the genius of Thompson was "wasting" a first round pick on Rodgers when he was available. It was more than just luck.

would the bears have been able to still have those defenses and special teams if they had to pay favre and rodgers the big contracts that those two guys got?

also, lets say they did have favre, would they still build that killer d , or would they have focused they money and draft picks on getting more weapons for favre?

i think the bears went bargain basement on the QB and offense and put all their focus on the D for the last 30 or 40 years

or they could have gotten a coach at some point that knows how to coach an offense

[Harlan Huckleby]

http://farm3.staticflickr.com/2854/10654210233_42132af520_o.gif

I like that Tony Romo doesn't take the game too seriously, has some fun. And that's how the mentions in the media are treating it - "that rascal Tony Romo." Would they say that about a defensive linemen kicking the ball? Romo should have been flagged.

Why didn't the refs look the other way when Terrell Owens autographed his football in the endzone? That was really funny.

[pbmax]

And now I just saw on the ESPN scroll, John Fox underwent heart surgery and will miss multiple weeks. If it was a cardiac cath with a stent placed I couldn't see him missing multiple weeks with that. Did he have open heart surgery? Crazy stuff going on with some of these coaches.

Fox had an aortic valve replaced.

[channtheman]

Fox had an aortic valve replaced.

Thanks. And yeah pretty extensive surgery there.

[pbmax]

Ian Rapoport ‏@RapSheet 44m
My report from last night on Gary Kubiak suffering a TIA, called a mini-stroke (tho not technically a stroke): http://www.nfl.com/news/story/0ap2000000276824/article/gary-kubiak-suffered-ministroke-during-texans-game …

I know something about this. Transient ischemic attack is caused by the same factors as a stroke, but the clot blockage either dissolves quickly or is broken up before more permanent damage can occur. The unfortunate part is as a diagnosis, its hard to pinpoint cause and preventative measures other than being hyper vigilant.

1/3 of people who have a TIA have a full stroke within a year.