Before my time. I started watching the Chiefs the season of Super Bowl 4. They had already played the majority of their games by then.

Sounds like he has some EXTREME mental issues, something like manic or bi-polar.

Hope he gets treatment but it doesn't sound good.

n00b

I liked him as a player, definitely, I was saying that because I often wonder when we see people on this site beat up on Michael Vick or Pacman Jones or Heath Ledger just the other day... I often wonder if people would have the same exact reaction if these guys were Chiefs or were star players who were well liked.

We haven't really had any examples, Larry Johnson hit a woman, but I wouldn't say he's especially well liked as Chiefs players go. Jared Allen screwed up with his DWIs, and there were some people who said trade him, but to his credit he's cleaned up his act.

It seems like when it's someone else, we all want to string them up, but when it's one of our own we just refuse to believe that they can be human, and sometimes people are just not good people.

He definetly got hit in the head real good, he seemed like a real good guy when he was here in KC. Too bad...

Mr. Chochise
 

Mr. Chochise; I agree with you one hundred percent.

People are assholes and tough, esp on the internet.

MrBigRedChief
 

MrBigRedChief; I know about the addictions and such as being an excuse, believe me. I am on disability due to a botched discectomy in 1998 and have gone through withdrawal off the pain killers three times on my own, but have now been on disability the last six years and taking the killers. Even legally taking the killers can kill many other things besides the pain in ones life. In fact I'm going through a divorce right now due largely to the killers. Can I quit them again? Yes I suppose I could if I could take living in the excruciating pain that comes back as soon as I stop them, let alone the six to eight weeks of living in hell coming off of them. I have a time struggling with those who need the medications and those who choose the medications for a high. Those who need the medications do not get "high" from them, thus being the case perhaps with Heath Ledger. Joe Phillips it appears has chosen to become addicted for the high but none the less addicted. An addiction is a horrible demon for anyone to wrestle with and results can be similar wether (sp) done for the right or wrong reasons. Yes, he probably needs help. But he chose his path and thus has to live with it. My path was chosen for me but I also have to live with the consequences of my addiction.

Sometimes a man goes a little crazy. If he lives through it he'll probably get back to semi-normal. Not actually a noteworth story except for the $$ involved and him being an ex-NFL player. He wouldn't get much sympathy at all if he were a "regular guy".

I understand. I've done about every drug known to man countless times. I've got DWI's. Been there done that.

I still drink but I've been drunk like 2X in the last 12 years or so. Quit the drugs 17 years ago. Quit smoking the first time I tried to. But if you have seen pics of me on here it would be obvious that I'm not some super strong willed person. We all have our demons. My current one is buffets.:D

I blame Herm ****ing Edwards.




Sad story about Joe, one of my all time favorites.

This reminds me of the A/C D/C song, "Shoot the thrill".

American Idiot comes to my mind.

nothing like waking up in a hospital handcuffed to your bed with a sherriff there to ask you if you know what you did last night

So I take it nobody's made a Chief Lou Diamond Phillips reference yet. Because that's totally what popped into my head.