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[quote=Giantone;1314790]So far from what I have read and I am just passing on information I've heard. He had run out of gas and was stepping out of the car to cross the roadway. I could be off on this .[/quote]

Thanks for the info.

Like many things, this is a definite wait and see deal. So hopefully patience rules the roost.

Just such a shitty situation.

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It doesn't make any sense at all. I assume the driver of the truck has talked to police as to what actually happened. It just seemed so avoidable.

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[quote=sdskinsfan2001;1314793]Thanks for the info.

Like many things, this is a definite wait and see deal. So hopefully patience rules the roost.

Just such a shitty situation.[/quote]

Just relaying info not sure of the accuracy of it.

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[quote=BaltimoreSkins;1314785]Classy Gil. Way to tie two completely unrelated events to demonize a young man.
[url]https://sports.yahoo.com/amphtml/ex-cowboys-exec-gil-brandt-apologizes-awful-comments-dwayne-haskins-death-212420207.html[/url][/quote]

Just a complete asshole. Fuck him

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[quote=Giantone;1314796]Just relaying info not sure of the accuracy of it.[/quote]

I know, you were included in my response as people that will wait longer to make any legitimate personal responses about what happened.

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I can't even imagine what his family is going through. It must be total shock. I still can't believe he died the way he did. Just so sad.

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[quote=Chico23231;1314797]Just a complete asshole. Fuck him[/quote]

I also wonder what people he has around him that thought it would be a good idea to stick a 90 year old in front of a mic to tell people what he thought about Haskins dying. I don't care how sentient any 90 year old is, I have a hard time believing they're all still there at that age.

Just saying Haskins dying feels weird. 24 years old. He literally was just a kid. Shame.

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Really have no idea what Shefter and Brandt were thinking. A young man just tragically lost his life and these morons show zero respect. His family and friends are hurting, have some common fucking decency. What's wrong with people?

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[quote=MTK;1314809]Really have no idea what Shefter and Brandt were thinking. A young man just tragically lost his life and these morons show zero respect. His family and friends are hurting, have some common fucking decency. What's wrong with people?[/quote]

People with a platform need to be especially careful. Even we should probably be careful and most of you are but I'm more willing to put my foot in my mouth.

Haskins made a lot of questionable decisions in his life. This was the final one. Those of us who are parents get this - you stop the car and your kid goes to get out - what's the first thing you do. Yell at them to wait and make sure nobody is coming because this is exactly what can happen.

I don't care if he was walking across the highway, or alongside it, or had just gotten out. Getting out of your car on a highway is a very, very bad idea. Unless you can pull 10 feet off and safely exit from the car with room to spare. Even then.

Shit happens and maybe his car failed or ran out of gas or whatever. Call roadside assistance, don't get out on the edge of the highway shoulder.

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Getting out of your car on a highway is extremely dangerous, no doubt. The time to second guess will come once we know more information.

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Rest In Peace Dwayne. Hope your family finds peace. He had a great natural smile.

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Thought I would drop this here too since we're talking about the unexpected and tragic loss of life.

Remember - life is a gift, and you never know when your number is going to be up. Also, please recognize that there are people, maybe someone close to you, who may be fighting demons - and it might not be all that apparent.

I challenge all of you to check in on your brothers and sisters - especially those whom you haven't talked with in a while. I just learned last night that a friend of mine, father of two boys (14 / 16) took his own life. I haven't really spoken much to him since about November. Our boys hung out, we would do happy hour in the back yard on occasion before we moved across town. I wish I had checked in on him more often. He was one of those dudes who you would NEVER expect to do such a thing. Seemingly had everything together, wonderful family, job, etc.

You just never know. Check in on your peeps...

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[url]https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/man-believes-he-saw-dwayne-haskins-on-fla-highway-minutes-before-death/ar-AAW5Z2J?li=BBnbfcL[/url]

I'm still gonna wait to draw a conclusion, but I think we're all in agreement walking on or next to the highway is a very dangerous game to play. He paid the price for it. Hope it wasn't intentional.

+1 Chief, normalize reaching out to your friends and loved ones just to check in. It doesn't hurt.

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[quote=Chief X_Phackter;1314823]Thought I would drop this here too since we're talking about the unexpected and tragic loss of life.

Remember - life is a gift, and you never know when your number is going to be up. Also, please recognize that there are people, maybe someone close to you, who may be fighting demons - and it might not be all that apparent.

I challenge all of you to check in on your brothers and sisters - especially those whom you haven't talked with in a while. I just learned last night that a friend of mine, father of two boys (14 / 16) took his own life. I haven't really spoken much to him since about November. Our boys hung out, we would do happy hour in the back yard on occasion before we moved across town. I wish I had checked in on him more often. He was one of those dudes who you would NEVER expect to do such a thing. Seemingly had everything together, wonderful family, job, etc.

You just never know. Check in on your peeps...[/quote]

Let us learn to show our friendship for a man when he is alive and not after he is dead. After that my own rule is to let everything alone.

-- from Great Gatsby.

Saw the Redford version Friday night and your post reminded me of this quote from the movie that had me thinking afterwards.

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@bepryor
When you think of Dwayne Haskins, think about his smile. Think of the positive impact he wanted to have on the people around him.

[URL="https://twitter.com/bepryor/status/1513505425366433798?s=20&t=bpi1A7hmRDgQoYTdgronOQ"]Our tribute from SportsCenter this weekend[/URL]

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[quote=MTK;1314809]Really have no idea what Shefter and Brandt were thinking. A young man just tragically lost his life and these morons show zero respect. His family and friends are hurting, have some common fucking decency. What's wrong with people?[/quote]

Schefter’s initial, since-deleted tweet read: “Dwayne Haskins, a standout at Ohio State before struggling to catch on with Washington and Pittsburgh in the NFL, died this morning when he got hit by a car in South Florida, per his agent Cedric Saunders. Haskins would have turned 25 years old on May 3.”

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I thought Schefter's tweet was fine. Hes a reporter and people reading his news might not know who Dwayne Haskins is.

Seems harsh to us bc we know who Haskins is and are football fans so it seems like info he didnt need to put in there but probably important context to someone who didnt know who Haskins is.

Cardale Jones tweet can include personals like "son, brother, husband, Buckeye brother etc .."

Schefter is a reporter and he sent out a news report type tweet.

Brandt's on air comments were insensitive. Guessing about his personal life and choices etc things Brandt doesnt know anything about.

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Is it really necessary to point out his struggles though? Just say ex Washington/Steeler QB. That's all that was needed.

Gil Brandt's comments though were way out of line and uncalled for.

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[quote=MTK;1314839]Is it really necessary to point out his struggles though? Just say ex Washington/Steeler QB. That's all that was needed.

Gil Brandt's comments though were way out of line and uncalled for.[/quote]

agree, easily could have said former starter at washington and now backup qb at pitt.

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What I remember most was the time he took that selfie w/ those kids when it was the end of the game. He got killed for it but I loved it. He got caught up in the moment a bit and went over to those kids and took that picture. The look on those kids faces was priceless. I personally just loved it. Thought the media made way too big a deal out of it.

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[quote=skinsfan69;1314844]What I remember most was the time he took that selfie w/ those kids when it was the end of the game. He got killed for it but I loved it. He got caught up in the moment a bit and went over to those kids and took that picture. The look on those kids faces was priceless. I personally just loved it. Thought the media made way too big a deal out of it.[/quote]

A lot of people did, not just media. Seems pretty small now doesn't it?

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Gil Brandt is old AF and needs to go retire.


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[quote=skinsfan69;1314844]What I remember most was the time he took that selfie w/ those kids when it was the end of the game. He got killed for it but I loved it. He got caught up in the moment a bit and went over to those kids and took that picture. The look on those kids faces was priceless. I personally just loved it. Thought the media made way too big a deal out of it.[/quote]

Agreed.

Dwayne was a good guy. His issues- if that is the term- were not too different from what most young men experience. I made lots of mistakes when I was that age, but I was not in the limelight.

RIP Dwayne. HTTR.

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[quote=JackLord;1314864]Agreed.

Dwayne was a good guy. His issues- if that is the term- were not too different from what most young men experience. I made lots of mistakes when I was that age, but I was not in the limelight.

RIP Dwayne. HTTR.[/quote]

I think we forget they are in their early twenties all these "men", i have interns in my office that sometimes it feels more like baby sitting then managing them.

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[quote=mredskins;1314865]I think we forget they are in their early twenties all these "men", i have interns in my office that sometimes it feels more like baby sitting then managing them.[/quote]

Exactly. Things were probably a bit different back in the day when a pro salary was usually NOT a key to becoming wealthy and the media was primitive compared to now.

In a way, Dwayne was bit like Tim Robbins' character in Bull Durham. Decent talent, but with the quest for "fun" that young men almost always have in abundance. And maybe Mike Tomlin was his "Crash" and would have steered him towards a respectable career.

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[quote=skinsfan69;1314844]What I remember most was the time he took that selfie w/ those kids when it was the end of the game. He got killed for it but I loved it. He got caught up in the moment a bit and went over to those kids and took that picture. The look on those kids faces was priceless. I personally just loved it. Thought the media made way too big a deal out of it.[/quote]

Its because he missed the following play and they had to send out a back up QB but it was a good pic and funny moment.

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[quote=skinsfaninok;1314896][url]https://twitter.com/andyslater/status/1513992046528376839?s=21&t=Sb9KfPKFo63pGk3xZfayyA[/url]


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Jeez. Sad but avoidable

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[quote=skinsfaninok;1314896][url]https://twitter.com/andyslater/status/1513992046528376839?s=21&t=Sb9KfPKFo63pGk3xZfayyA[/url]

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He was driving around with someone that was blacked out at 6-7 in the morning?

It's not easy to be out cold that far into the next day. Hard to believe he was sober himself then. Doesn't mean he wasn't sober. But the odds are he wasn't.

And he is married and the passenger wasn't his wife? Maybe he was just helping her out. So still lots to wait to hear about. But looks like it's heading towards multiple bad decisions that led to this.

Regardless of whatever it is, it's still a shitty end to a young man's life. Also, based on what we know so far, the driver that hit him needs some sympathy. I couldn't imagine hitting and killing someone (if it was sheer wrong place/wrong time).

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We should be careful before jumping to conclusions here

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[quote=BaltimoreSkins;1314912]We should be careful before jumping to conclusions here[/quote]

Yep, he could quite easily have picked up someone in a bad way and his car broke down in teh wrong place. So many explanations, but we always seemed drawn to the worst. :(

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Do we even know it wasn't his wife? I couldn't tell you if she was down in Florida with him.

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[URL="https://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2022/04/13/fans-are-donating-to-the-animal-rescue-group-supported-by-dwayne-haskins/"]Fans are donating to the animal rescue group supported by Dwayne Haskins[/URL]

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I have heard from some media friends that he was at a strip club, and drunk, so that woman is likely a stripper he picked up. Being at a strip club doesn't surprise me since that was the straw that broke the camel's back here in DC. Whatever ends up to be the true story, he unfortunately paid the ultimate price for his mistake.

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Yeah I see on latest news investors haven’t officially said why Haskins was on hwy so early.

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[quote=Chico23231;1314919]Yeah I see on latest news investors haven’t officially said why Haskins was on hwy so early.[/quote]

those damn investors.

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Does it really matter? He seem like a good young kid(yes kid) and died at the age of 24 way to early.

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[quote=Giantone;1314982]Does it really matter? He seem like a good young kid(yes kid) and died at the age of 24 way to early.[/quote]

Yeah at the end of the day it doesn't matter if he was with his side chick , Fiancé whatever . He's gone and like u said Way too young

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[quote=irish;1314918]I have heard from some media friends that he was at a strip club, and drunk, so that woman is likely a stripper he picked up. Being at a strip club doesn't surprise me since that was the straw that broke the camel's back here in DC. Whatever ends up to be the true story, he unfortunately paid the ultimate price for his mistake.[/quote]

I have worked in media for a real long time and have heard some things that I just don't want to repeat. I don't know if they're true or not and it really doesn't matter. It will come out eventually.

I just feel like it doesn't do any good. The guy died on the side of a highway at 24 and that is just sad. Whether he should've been there at that time and whom he was with is another story for someone else to tell.

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I see it very differently. The decisions you make that lead to the end of your life are a major narrative in your life story, and ultimately, who you were as a person.

Were you a victim of someone else? Did you put yourself in a situation that led to your death? Were you breaking a law when you died? Did you die through circumstances entirely outside of your control? This all matters greatly.

Some of these comments in here read like "Welp, everything happens for a reason." Yeah ok, but sometimes that reason is you're stupid and you make bad decisions.

We still need more facts to come out and they surely will, but F if I'm not going to judge him differently if he was a guy helping someone out who needed it, vs if he was drunk as F and decided to walk onto the highway and wave down a dump truck from the middle of the right lane.

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[quote=Schneed10;1314990]I see it very differently. The decisions you make that lead to the end of your life are a major narrative in your life story, and ultimately, who you were as a person...[/quote]

While that may be true in some circumstances, there are also circumstances where the decisions you make that ultimately lead to the end of your life may have absolutely nothing to do with who you were as a person.