NFL Veterans On Stories of Shots, Pills; Shocked At Byron Jones Retirement & Injuries

NFL veterans Dexter McCluster, Daren Bates, and Jalen Collins, and former Memphis Tigers track standout Alex Sweet are floored at Byron Jones and share stories of taking shots and pills to stay on the field. Taken from Raw Room episode "Garfuel Part II (ft Dexter McCluster)": • Raw Room - Ep 143 - Bo...
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[@bigmick072]

My boy McCluster out here dressed like a wrestler from the 80s on his off day 😂

[@zaydagreat1500]

I'm dead

[@ronmexico1043]

Dean ambross.. hulk hogan in nwo

[@desmondcawthon8054]

😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂

[@jeffreyworthy5384]

😂😂😂😂😂

[@sonoftheallfather4215]

All he needs in a fanny pack🤷🏿‍♂️👊🏾

[@alexd9588]

This was a great video. Shoutout to Sweet for being a good podcast host too. He lets them boys talk instead of being ignorant just to get a word in. And then he asks good questions from the perspective of someone who didn't play in the NFL, like the rest of us viewers. Keep up the good work fellas

[@lamadesurvivor5216]

It’s been hella players say this! Megatron being one of them. They basically telling y’all how the nfl does them!

[@jacorybenson]

Thank y’all for this conversation 💯 needed it

[@taligokrazii8365]

He finna be smokin heavy

[@a_real_one2000]

Respect to Byron Jones for being honest to the realities of being NFL player. Team doctors/trainers should be making decisions for the longterm health & success of the players. Players have to feel comfortable that the health professionals around them has their interests at mind & the organization interests. That includes informed consent over all treatment possibilities. Example taking this shot can get you back in the game but slow the recovery process & have you out longer. This is why the player union & CBA exist.

[@majr72]

Look at the great Earl Campbell and what he’s gone trough

[@kevinlance4382]

+ it was an honor and a privilege. Staying on point as always Darren Bates

[@donald___johnson]

I was making sure I wasn’t the only one that heard that too ! That boy on point

[@tyrelnunley8683]

Man this podcast is 🔥🔥 keep it up Bates. I watch an episode everyday

[@prince_of_rage618]

My man’s Dex out here lookin like Booker T nephew

[@ScoutMeNowRecruitMeLater]

#ByronJones bless ya heart Those injuries seem to set in every off season so players tend to feel the true pain when they are at their natural self in the new seasons to come

[@jordanalford4410]

Where was the “it was a honor and privilege” line at in the post

[@blessedbetit665]

Living an extraordinary life comes with extraordinary costs.

[@jumahbrady670]

Facts 💯

[@KE-YONIC]

"I iii and forgot the ball"🤣

[@dZ0647]

Man wanna know how I figured out nfl/ncaa players was gettin high or takin pills before games? High school football, smokin blunts w starters before the game, seein them pop vikes (before percs became the thing) before games and at halftime, like it at first blew my mind then not even a cple yrs later and you start hearin about toradol and players comin out tellin they stories….if u was on a public HS football and weren’t naive, you got the picture almost right away.

[@letters4t8]

They gave Mahomes something during halftime in the Superbowl for a fact

[@CarltonTheFreshPrince]

😂😂😂😂😂😂 "i cant feel my chest" Ed Reed was that man💪🏾💪🏾 layed the wood to that guy, pause. 😂😂😂 i dont know how nobody laughed when he said that, yu know they all felt his pain tho, from a fan perspective and high school football standout myself i know he dead serious too. Ravens defense back then was #1 in yards given up multiple years straight!💯

[@Mr-ti6jm]

Man I was fan of Dex bro out of Ole Misd

[@jayvoeverywhere]

Bruh please talk bout the catch in the superbowl…”MOVE YO LEG” 😂😂 I think that skit was from RCDC?

[@johncrowley3322]

Rdc?

[@redick04clay]

Ray Lewis knowing knocking the ball out my hand lol

[@tyrecedickson7661]

Aye cuh I know u ain't gone see this shit but I don't know how and the fucc any of these other casts is over you this gotta be "the dopest football podcast on the planet"...by farr you shittin on these boys...keep pushing homie

[@imichaelhubbard]

Should be in the collective bargaining agreement. Less pills/shots, more weeks rehab to get healthy, with pay.

[@CRH__xv]

“Side effects feel better” 😂😂😂

[@deshawnvalera5104]

Aye let’s get my dawg Alex a title y’all 😂

[@ScoutMeNowRecruitMeLater]

Can the agents get some sort of agreements in the contracts as a clause to deny any chemical treatment for player performance and keep the player to compensating due to abnormal medical procedures? Is this shot indoctrinated into the leagues health policy?

[@IncogNegroGaming]

"Now that you mention it. I think I'm bleeding inside my chest"

[@joyrdrick7643]

Jc played two years talking about I think it’s the year we went to the Super Bowl 😂😂

[@seelzonwheelz69]

E-D Reed boy the best safety you’ve ever seen boy.

[@SHOOTERSHEED]

Got me thinking about BLITZ THE LEAGUE 😂😂👁️

[@EddykanejrjrGaming]

Ayy Raw Room, let's gooo

[@AndreRogers412]

Alex sweet - Raw Room 🤣🤣

[@btggtv4881]

That viddy shot impacting them harder

[@alexs.2414]

I’m so glad I was average in football and never went college, much less pro. God is wise

[@PuzzleGotti]

Alex be trying to hold that accent in but it be sneaking out

[@cowboyninja9002]

i miss DB eatn doritos and gummi peach rings thruout the show😅😅😊

[@jayduncan758]

I'm glad he's okay but if you would have took that video to a choreographer that would have been the new dance crave. What's so funny I saw this on big hits on youtube a month ago lol but thank U God he was able to get up an walk off the field on his own.

[@yekwol757]

Football isn’t the only dangerous job, ppl never talk about xgames/ extreme sports but with these dangerous jobs ppl know the risks. And an adult has a right to choose what they want to do

[@vicmagnificent8304]

Construction

[@drethebest100]

​@@vicmagnificent8304 otr truck driving

[@cgray7847]

This is a podcast by football players about football. Why would they talk about xgame?

[@olliesmith4997]

Professional wrestling one of the dangerous and physically, sometimes mentally challenging forms of sports and athletics. Even though it’s scripted but the injuries and toll it takes your body is very real. Watch under the mat or watch any interview from any former professional wrestler and you’ll have a new found respect for professional wrestlers and what they do

[@H8er-Maker]

If you asked a vet player if they would play football if they were young again. 99% would say yes the other 1% were already rich before football.

[@Txion661]

Y’all boys talk about friendly fire

[@Ab00gie]

Frfr they need to talk about they giving these guys percs and shots on a regular they can literally got to the team doctor and get a script for oxy or watever else and that’s serious stuff thoes are opids megatron talked about it in his Interview he was taking oxy before games and everything

[@smileyr]

Meanwhile Julian Edelman is calling every nfl player today soft and a bitch for not playing through injuries. Meanwhile he takes all kinds of injections and shots and ended his career abruptly.

[@paidslave1217]

Toradol in ass, back in action!

[@robertcooper7808]

Varsity Blue’s

[@ronniesnakehissiii9413]

The team bad-mouths you if you don't comply! ask San Antonio Kawhi!

[@kanyewest6539]

blue collar workers who also have broken bodies, didnt get offered any pills, and have to keep going till they are 60 all collectively REEEEE with me

[@kanyewest6539]

REEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE

[@jamesgordon7040]

As a 27 year old man who had dreams of going to the NFL as a kid/young adult, I knew all the risks of playing & would’ve gladly given up future health for an opportunity to play in the league. These players know the risk that comes with playing this sport. I’m glad they’re taking the precautions and changing the rules to help the players and make it more safe, but these guy ls don’t care and will gladly risk it for the biscuit lol

[@tdmidas289]

Then you can't enjoy the fruits of your labor bro. But i understand the love something we can't shake

[@gvvmbino043]

I’m 28 and same

[@tchoopee5143]

Not everybody is willing to pay that cost. Health is wealth and if you lose your health trying to gain wealth, you end up losing both

[@Poly_Trucker]

no money or fame is worth your health , i rather be able to play with my kids and grandkids than people who dont know me, praise me for a game. Life> money.

[@Poly_Trucker]

@@tchoopee5143 agree

[@STANKYCHEEZEMAYNE]

Dirk Nowitzki also notoriously has severe mobility issues due to his knee problems in the league so this def a multisport issue but obviously diff sports have diff nuances for example contact sports are gonna give you way more injuries or if you're NBA tall (not likely in other sports) your body is gonna have issues period even if you don't play a sport purely off the strength of you being tall as hell and the mechanics required to get ya ass around lol but yeah shit all the way fucked up and all sports need to take much better care of their players cause even if you look at it from an evil sterile robot economic standpoint it still makes sense that the better you treat your "commodity" the better it performs lol idk what's so hard bout that for folk fr

[@marcusrangel8250]

Wow

[@SirLawson]

Ed reed boomed his ass

[@mwnemo]

If you can’t play they will find someone who will. Sucks

[@obasiokeke3629]

Love the podcast. This game is not worth it. They don’t get enough money to destroy their bodies like that. And they are really too young to make long term decisions about their health, in the heat of the moment

[@jeremiahpatterson6486]

Wtf 😂😂😂 don't get enough money 😂 Aint no way you believe that.

[@QueenofWheels]

they don't get as much as baseball or basketball but it damages their body more@@jeremiahpatterson6486

[@335wide]

They get enough bread u bugging

[@erneststewart5718]

I wish more Black players would retire early. The NFL don't give a damn about the players its a business

[@OneOut1]

Why just the black players then? Why don't you wish that for all the players ?

[@trevorswier9377]

@oneout it's probably some extremely stupid reason like he probably only cares about the black players and assumes all white people are racist.. or that the nfl is ran by white people who are don't care about black people..

[@deeznutz8320]

​@@OneOut1 Cause he only cares about himself

[@cjowens102985]

Because we have to racialize everything it's weak

[@jalendashaun3352]

yooooooooooooooooooooooo

[@OneOut1]

Quality of life? Whats the best quality for most of these young guys who have been on a pedestal since high school ? Make millions for a few years and deal with aches and pains and sometimes worse? Or graduate from high school and work construction for 30 years and have aches and pains and sometimes worse. I know they give up their bodies because I have problems after 1 year of college football. But I wouldn't trade it for nothing

[@ivylow5515]

This is why people say football players are the dumbest athletes. If yall make it a trend to take care of yourself, then you put the owners in a bind.

[@MrBojangles2020]

sweet being naive like these billion dollar companies dont know the loop holes

[@Himisfear]

Y'all ain't even mentioned the situation with Demar Hamlin just this past year. 24 yr old man who just suddenly collapsed on the football field for the buffalo bills. That could've been from those same injections and pills that Byron Jones was talking about. He can never play the game again.

[@dashawnsly6555]

They did in a previous episode

[@BaldiB704]

Eh. There’s been thousands of players who have taken those injections and pills and haven’t collapsed during a game.

[@Himisfear]

@@BaldiB704 So what your saying is that everybody's bodies are all supposed to reaction the exact same way?

[@Himisfear]

@@BaldiB704 I'm not talking about every other player I'm talking about one specific player

[@Himisfear]

@@dashawnsly6555 I'm talking about this episode

[@RodGRoy]

I didn't.... But anyone thought they was gonna talk about liquor and drugs