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Photographer Fractures Spine While Taking Matthew Stafford's Picture At Rams Parade
© Kirby Lee-USA TODAY Sports
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During the Los Angeles Rams's rally after their Super Bowl parade on Wednesday, NFL photographer Kelly Smiley was on stage setting up to take a picture of Matthew Stafford when she fell off the stage and fractured her spine. The fall was caught on video and does not show her landing...
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According to her website, Smiley is a full-time photo editor for the NFL, in addition to working LA Kings games and doing freelance work. A GoFundMe was quickly set up to cover her "growing medical expenses" and buy new camera gear...
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(The Big Lead)
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gpttigers32 months
How can you not care about another human who had an accident right in front of you. What the f is wrong with him? At least his wife has her head screwed on straight.
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Mike da Tigah32 months
Indicative of everything truly ugly in this world.
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TigerFanatic9932 months
Quote from Stafford: "If she dies, she dies."
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Water Mocassin32 months
F Stafford. What a pos. Just remember Matty, what goes around comes around.
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PeleofAnalytics32 months
He could have probably played it off as though he was asking for help when he turned away but he started pounding that water (maybe something else) bottle the second he turned around.
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Zoso32 months
The winning QB in the Super Bowl. Endorsements coming your way. Maybe Im just old school and out of times, but this isn't going to look good.
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MojoGuyPan32 months
Play stupid games. Win stupid prizes. She's leading the 2022 Darwin living award. Good luck having kids with that bad fn back, fn hunchbacked ginger.
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Grit-Eating Shin32 months
Eat shite.
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TigerLord202032 months
Mojo did she frick your wife?
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GregMaddux32 months
You never know what you’re gonna get in the sports lite comments.
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BGLAVI232 months
I'd rather a Go Fund Me for Aaron Donald to put his fricking shirt on. C'mon.
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JoeNelson32 months
Joe would never
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OGTiger32 months
Anyone who thinks it’s ok how Stafford reacted probably wears skinny jeans. frick the man up and jump down there and help the lady. We’ve raised a generation of pussies.
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ALhunter32 months
I don't expect him to superman off the stage and rush her away... the guy was probably super hungover and has 0 medical training so he would honestly just get in the way (never move someone with a potential back injury), but saying "oh shite" and just walking off ain't great either. Calling attention to it so she gets appropriate help would be the move IMO.
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ExpoTiger32 months
Wow Stafford just turned and walked off. That is a really strange reaction in my book. Didn’t even ask her if she was ok. Just turned away? He clearly knew she took a real spill because u can see him react verbally to his wife.
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Chanman832 months
and his wife was actually concerned at went to the edge to at least see if she was ok.
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ncinthenext332 months
Yikes. Stafford's gonna get blasted. Whoever set up the stage, is gonna get sued.
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kywildcatfanone32 months
That's sad.
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NPComb32 months
Not a good look for Stafford, who I like btw. He literally does an about-face while his wife was the only one worried about the lady who fell. It looked kinda fricked up that he did that but there wasn't more video so it's hard to be judgemental.
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TigerStick32 months
and yet here you are.. Dude just won a Superbowl. It's okay to be a little selfish. The lady was tended to.
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Nix to Twillie32 months
So you're an a-hole, to be sure. She broke her back, guy. It's called common courtesy. A simple "you okay?" would have been acceptable.
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PeleofAnalytics32 months
Just for future reference, what can those of us who likely won't be winning superbowls need to do so we can ignore people who are injured right in front of us? If I see somebody get hit by a car, I would like to be able to say something like "Wow that looks like it hurts. So look man... I recycled all of my aluminum cans this past week so I get a free pass to just head home now. That guy over there saw it and he will probably call an ambulance so... later !"
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