Kansas City Chief's player commits suicide

[Freak Out]

If the guy was having issues with his health...plus was abusing drugs and booze..how do the Chiefs not see this? Was he in counseling that we know of?

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If the guy was having issues with his health...plus was abusing drugs and booze..how do the Chiefs not see this? Was he in counseling that we know of?

I think Quinn answered this in his comments. People ask, but aren't really interested in the answer. Diagnosing something this complex is not something teams are used to dealing with. With problematic players, it takes a string of incidents to get team's to wise up. I have not seen any mention of trouble with Belcher other than his health (recent concussion) during his pro career and his college coach said he had some non-specific immaturity issues. However, he graduated early from college so he must have turned that around (or it was not much of a hindrance).

Not sure there was enough for a typical NFL team to get a handle on. We may learn more.

I suspect, like in game concussions, teams's simply aren't equipped to act until its obvious and cannot be ignored.