Good decision. My mind was going down a dark path after reading the first half of it.Schefter dumped his initial tweet, which felt the need to allude to Haskins’ struggles to emerge in WSH and PIT.
My man!
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View: https://twitter.com/JosinaAnderson/status/1512815665392013315?ref_src=twsrc%5Egoogle%7Ctwcamp%5Eserp%7Ctwgr%5EtweetSchefter dumped his initial tweet, which felt the need to allude to Haskins’ struggles to emerge in WSH and PIT.
My man!
Agreed, I don't think there's an intent to injure here. If I had to guess, I'd say that he had competing impulses working on him at once and slipped up.I believe Schefter is neurodivergent and doesn't intentionally keep doing things like this.
Yeah this is an old man and he doesn't sound like he's all there. Maybe some kind of dementia? Can't believe he would knowingly say things that callous.Very sad news.
And WTF Gil Brandt? I know nothing about Haskins but that’s a tragic way to die, and way, way too young.
Edit: Didn’t realize Brandt was 90, might be time for him to stop doing live radio interviews.
Dementia doesn't turn you into an unmitigated asshole. It makes you forget things.Yeah this is an old man and he doesn't sound like he's all there. Maybe some kind of dementia? Can't believe he would knowingly say things that callous.
It makes you say wildly inappropriate things because you have no filter.Dementia doesn't turn you into an unmitigated asshole. It makes you forget things.
I'm less inclined to give that asshole a pass for what he said than you are, I guess.It makes you say wildly inappropriate things because you have no filter.
I should’ve been more clear, I don’t think Gil Brandt has dementia, I do think he’s just an absolute asshole, and it’s beyond me how someone could think saying something like that is even close to being okI'm less inclined to give that asshole a pass for what he said than you are, I guess.
What he said is gross. If he has dementia, which he doesn't, he shouldn't be on the radio. But he doesn't have dementia, he's just a heartless asshole who loves to spit on the graves of people who die tragically, I guess.
I wish that this were true. Having lost both parents to two different forms of dementia (Lewy Body Dementia and Alzheimer's), and my godmother to vascular dementia, and after much caregiving for them and being with dozens of others similarly afflicted, dementia does a host of terrible things to the brain and the soul, including, often, being an insensitive jerk and saying terrible things--sometimes to people who love you.Dementia doesn't turn you into an unmitigated asshole. It makes you forget things.
Does being neurodivergent make you get basic information wrong?So sad.
I believe Schefter is neurodivergent and doesn't intentionally keep doing things like this.
Nonsense. His statement was specific and purposeful.Yeah this is an old man and he doesn't sound like he's all there. Maybe some kind of dementia? Can't believe he would knowingly say things that callous.
That is the rumor flying around down here. Guys in the poker room last night who are friends with emergency personnel said that this is what they are hearing too. 3rd hand, 4th hand disclaimer and all that but that’s what the talk is down here. So senseless regardless of cause.The more I think of this the more to me it sounds like suicide.
Good on him but still waiting for Schefter’s apology to Watson’s victims.
Is this based on anything other than a hunch? Is there a report out there that the "ran out of gas" story is false? Because if not, that would be quite a coincidence.The more I think of this the more to me it sounds like suicide.
I’ve seen no evidence there was a broken down vehicle on the side of the interstate and many reports he was drifting around the highway. It doesn’t matter one way or the other, it’s beyond tragic.Is this based on anything other than a hunch? Is there a report out there that the "ran out of gas" story is false? Because if not, that would be quite a coincidence.
What evidence had you seen that he was suicidal or struggling with depression? I don't follow Washington or the Steelers, but I couldn't find anything.I’ve seen no evidence there was a broken down vehicle on the side of the interstate and many reports he was drifting around the highway. It doesn’t matter one way or the other, it’s beyond tragic.
Nevermind, I'll drop it. We'll likely never know the reason, and regardless it's irrelevant. Sorry for bringing it up.What evidence had you seen that he was suicidal or struggling with depression? I don't follow Washington or the Steelers, but I couldn't find anything.
Honestly, your post and HRB's come across as pretty gross. Maybe wait until some facts come out before wildly speculating, or provide links if you've actually have some factual information.
Thanks and agreed that regardless of cause, it's a tragedy. 24 is young.Nevermind, I'll drop it. We'll likely never know the reason, and regardless it's irrelevant. Sorry for bringing it up.
This stuff is usually sussed out over time. Personally, I'm just waiting for something which contradicts the initial reports of his rental car being on the highway before going somewhere else. At the very least, a place like TMZ would 100% provide an update like this.Nevermind, I'll drop it. We'll likely never know the reason, and regardless it's irrelevant. Sorry for bringing it up.
That should hopefully put an end to the suicide speculation.911 call from Haskins' widow reveals he had called her to say that he had run out of gas and told her he'd call again when he was back at his car. When she didn't hear back, she called 911. Link.
Just horrible.
the reports were he was trying to cross, some of the early reports say that the other side of the highway backs up to the airport outskirts, presumably he was trying to get to a gas station there.Not sure why he was in the middle lane of the highway, but a very sad incident for all involved.