[CBFF] Vikes come clean on Harvin's migraines | ProFootballTalk.com

[Victor Waldron]

Putting aside the fact that Harvin's issues are Harvin's issues, I
agree with Tom that I'd like nothing better than for this whole thing
to blow up in the Vikings collective faces. Harvin is dangerous, and
if he decides whatever it takes (short of self-destruction) to not
suit up on Sundays all the better for us. Farve and Co. pulled the SF
game out of their a**, but without Harvin's 101-yard TD return they
wouldn't have been in position to win to begin with.

That all said, if the migraine issue or any other health issue is
merely a coincidence, fine.......but......you......never.......know.

V

On Thu, Oct 1, 2009 at 9:37 AM, Phil DeNomme <pdenomme at gmail.com> wrote:
> yea, Tom!
>
> Puff puff pass!  geez.....
>
> On Thu, Oct 1, 2009 at 8:36 AM, Kenny Claxton <kenny.claxton at gmail.com>
> wrote:
>>
>> Let it go man......
>>
>> :)
>>
>> On Thu, Oct 1, 2009 at 8:30 AM, Tom Shannon <tshanno at gmail.com> wrote:
>> > Smells fishy to me.  Since when are migraines the result of prolonged
>> > drug addiction?
>> >
>> > ;)
>> >
>> > Tom S.
>> > --
>> > Vikes come clean on Harvin's migraines
>> >
>> > Posted by Mike Florio on October 1, 2009 7:22 AM ET
>> > Last week, Vikings coach Brad Childress was coy regarding the illness
>> > that knocked receiver Percy Harvin out of practice for Thursday and
>> > Friday.
>> >
>> > Word eventually emerged that Harvin was suffering from migraines.
>> >
>> > A week later, Chilly came clean.
>> >
>> > The head coach said Wednesday that the Vikings did "extensive due
>> > diligence" regarding the situation prior to picking Harvin in the
>> > first round of the 2009, according to the Minneapolis Star Tribune.
>> >
>> > Per the Star Tribune, Harvin attempts to control the migraines with
>> > medication as soon as they start, but there's an unpredictability that
>> > applies. Also, the Vikings have been "proactive" in helping Harvin
>> > seek improved treatment for the prevention and control of the
>> > migraines.
>> >
>> > That's fine.  Great, actually.  But they did Harvin a disservice last
>> > week by doing nothing to knock down speculation arising from his third
>> > illness since May, which ranged from swine flu to a marijuana-induced
>> > stupor.
>> >
>> > Of course, the marijuana theories arise from a report -- unrebutted by
>> > Harvin or his agent -- that Harvin tested positive for the substance
>> > at the Scouting Combine in February.  But if that positive test landed
>> > Harvin in the league's substance-abuse program, he's surely not
>> > smoking anything other than bubble gum cigarettes now, since he's
>> > subject to multiple unannounced tests, each and every month.
>> >
>> > So against that background, Childress should have acknowledged the
>> > problem last week.  Failure to do so only triggered new doubts about
>> > Harvin.
>> >
>> > Which, of course, were erased with his one-cut dash to the end zone as
>> > part of a 101-yard kick return on Sunday.
>> >
>> >
>> > http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2009/10/01/vikes-come-clean-on-harvins-migraines/