Bills place Everett on waived/failed physical list

By Neal Coolong  |   Thursday, May 15, 2008  |  Comments( 4 )

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Buffalo placed TE Kevin Everett on the waived/failed physical list with the NFL on Wednesday, ensuring medical benefits will be paid to the third-year player who suffered a serious neck injury last season. Everett collided with Broncos' return man Domenik Hixon in Week 1, severely dislocating his third and fourth vertebra. Doctors originally...
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 No.1
 08:56 AM
05/15/2008
A very classy move by the Bills and our prayers will always be Kevin and his family!

The Bills should come up with a year end award named after him--"The Kevin Everett Perseverance Award".
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8and8Forever		 11:25 AM
05/15/2008
what the heck does "for the life of his injury mean" ??? sounds like insurance weasel-wording to me...
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everending		 03:36 PM
05/15/2008
If only more teams were willing to remember the humanity in their players and reward hard-work and dedication. Sports are still careers, and in a sense, injured players still need to live. And unlike a lot of jobs, injuries sustained in football can completely change a player's life. Yes it's a risk you are aware of when you sign up, but at the same time, no one ever truly expects it.
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