Palmetto Proving Grounds

I was at game and just held my hand over my mouth in awe for a good 2 minutes straight. I watched it when I got home not to see the injury, just the hurt/love from his team/friends. Watching nick jones care for his friend, and miles crying on the field just lets you know the effect this young man has on people. I hate this for him, but it happened for a reason. He will learn that one day.

Skip that part of recording. I was at game and watched it on replay to reassure myself that the defensive player was just trying to tackle and not injure. I came away convinced he was not targeting Marcus. If Marcus was an easier tackle, then this might not have happened, but as everyone can attest the first person to engage Marcus does not usually bring him down alone. The linebacker was engaged but was beginning to slip down Marcus's body as do many first tacklers, the DB came up and was trying to take Marcus's feet from under him, but made contact at the knee at the same instant Marcus planted his foot to power himself through the first tackle. The result was something that will turn just about anyone's stomach to watch. I will not watch it again. And the first replays on the newscasts showed the entire video, I've had to turn away. They have since started cutting the moments after the hit and while still bad, it is not gruesome like the full replay is. If you want to see the injury, it ranks right up there with the Joe Theisman type of video. The movement of the leg is very unnatural and could make your stomach react violently....