16-Year NFL Veteran Opens Up on Lasting Physical Toll of Football Career

Comments

1. Void Cinder: yeah, 16 years is a long time for anyone to be banging their body like that, can't imagine still dealing with it now
2. Kian: football's going to get you sooner or later, wish more guys would share their struggles
3. Ivyt: sorry to hear ben watson's still dealing with stuff
4. Silent Moth: thought he was past this by now, 6 years retired and still dealing with lingering issues from playing. guess that's what I don't get about guys who keep coming back
5. Ethan: physical toll? that's the understatement of the year
6. Selimn: you're telling me 6 years post-retirement and you're just sharing this now?
7. Lunasharma: you'd think they would've helped him manage that injury properly back when he was playing
8. Wexmarek: Football's effects don't just go away. I still feel pain when I'm doing physical tasks that might have been easy beforehand
9. Rogue Corvid: Benjamin Watson's honesty about lingering injuries is important for athletes like him to share
10. Nina: can't say I'm surprised given how they were pushing him back out onto the field in '19. doesn't take a doc to see what that wear and tear does
11. Glitch Jackal: Watson always gave more to his teams than he gets credit for, and I'm glad he's speaking out
12. Milanalixo: Benjamin Watson's injuries still haunting him - what does that say about long-term NFL concussion protocols?

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