OT: Jerome Harrison has a brain tumor
In his physical by the Eagles for the Harrison/Brown trade, they discovered a brain tumor. The attempted trade may have saved his life.
October 20th, 2011 at 1:06 PM ^
That is crazy. Hopefully it is not life threatening...but if it is, hopefully they detected it in enough time to treat him and he can recover to continue his career.
October 20th, 2011 at 2:08 PM ^
OFFICIALLY REQUESTING: we need a new "Never Forget" banner like the one made for Michigan DBs a while back.
- Mikel Leshoure (achilles)
- Jahvid Best (concussions)
- Jerome Harrison (brain tumor)
- Ronnie Brown (the Lion that almost was)
- Barry Sanders (retirement)
- James Stewart (shoulder)
- Kevin Smith (knee)
- Kevin Jones (foot)
October 20th, 2011 at 7:51 PM ^
pre-season injury when Mooch had him playing way too far into the game sucked real bad. He was a hard runner and had rusehd for 1,000 the prior year.
October 21st, 2011 at 9:31 AM ^
Why did it take the Eagles' staff to find the tumor. Brain tumors don't usually pop up over night. This makes me wonder about the quality of care Lions players are getting from the staff and goes hand in hand with Best being told to forgo the rest of the season by someone close to him (not the Lions themselves).
October 20th, 2011 at 1:08 PM ^
That is very bad news, although lucky that the trade happened and they were able to find the tumor and treat it early. According to the article, the prognosis is good. It should remind everyone that there are more important things than the game of football.
The Lions still need a running back, and unfortunately this means they couldn't get Ronnie Brown.
October 20th, 2011 at 1:35 PM ^
How is that worse?
October 20th, 2011 at 1:39 PM ^
I think he means it makes the football situation worse by adding to it, not by comparing it to a brain tumor.
October 20th, 2011 at 1:49 PM ^
That's fair enough.
October 20th, 2011 at 2:22 PM ^
yes, thanks - that's what i meant
October 20th, 2011 at 1:12 PM ^
Holy crap. As a Cleveland Brown season ticket holder I still remember Jerome going absolutely OFF in the last 6 games of the 2009 season and then completely disapearing the beginning of 2010 only to be traded soon after to the Eagles.
I hope he's ok.
October 20th, 2011 at 1:52 PM ^
Our beers froze before we could drink them. He was unhappy with how he was being used that next season and made it very well known. Those last 4-5 games were fun, I hope he gets healthy.
October 20th, 2011 at 1:21 PM ^
I wonder if it was only in the last 2-3 years (when concussions have become a huge issues) that NFL teams did head scans as part of a physical. My guess is they didn't - they probably just made sure your legs, arms, neck and conditioning were all in good working order and if so, you were good to go.
So, not only is he lucky he was traded, but traded during this new era of "brain health" in sports.
Best wishes to Jerome.
October 20th, 2011 at 1:24 PM ^
Hope it is treatable, thankful it was found. Best of wishes to you young man.
October 20th, 2011 at 1:26 PM ^
October 20th, 2011 at 1:35 PM ^
First- as to Harrison that is a crazy story. I hope all goes well for him.
If Best is also out we need to sign someone. I wonder if Tiki is still worth a look.
October 20th, 2011 at 3:51 PM ^
Tiki ain't happening. The only people I ever hear talking about Tiki joining a team is Tiki and fans. I don't think the Coaches of any team will sign him
October 20th, 2011 at 1:55 PM ^
thing about this...If Jahvid Best doesn't get injured, do the Lions even attempt to make the trade? Obviously we now know that without the trade, the tumor isn't discovered. This is proof that everything really does happen for a reason. Get well soon, Jerome!
October 20th, 2011 at 3:43 PM ^
The trade deadline passed I believe.
What free agents are out there? Maybe Mike Hart or Brandon Minor are going to have to come out of retirement because the Lions may literally have no one at RB if Best does shut it down.
October 20th, 2011 at 7:54 PM ^
is playing flag football out in Canton at HVS if anyone needs a RB.
October 20th, 2011 at 2:04 PM ^
Things definitely could've gone worse. My question is, how did the Eagles uncover this and the Lions not? There's no way he should've been on that field playing unless the tumor evolved after his physical before the season. Anyone have any insight on this? I'm assuming after the lockout ended one of the first things that took place was player physicals....
October 20th, 2011 at 2:06 PM ^
Obviously this is not good news that Harrison has a brain tumor and I wish him all the best. But how lucky is he that he plays professional football? How long would this have gone unnoticed if he were in most other fields?
October 20th, 2011 at 4:03 PM ^
Probably not until: A, a yearly physical (which to be honest, how often do people really keep up with those?). B, he collapses or goes to see a doctor complaining of major headaches constantly. or C, he hurts himself somewhere else and during his stay in the hospital has a scan.
He's very lucky indeed, and I hope this is treatable
October 20th, 2011 at 2:46 PM ^
It's very fortunate they discovered this for Jerome. Jahvid Best might not have much of a career in the NFL with trouble he is having wit concussions which is too bad. So far this year Detroit Lions running backs have a torn achilles, brain tumor, and multiple concussions which will probably end all of their seasons. Yikes.
October 20th, 2011 at 3:26 PM ^
Anyone know where Brandon Minor is? Lions should sign him!
October 20th, 2011 at 3:52 PM ^
October 20th, 2011 at 4:37 PM ^
Dang. I hope Harrison & Best get well.
October 20th, 2011 at 4:57 PM ^
Hopefully Harrison can recover and perhaps play again. Thoughts go out to him and his family - that has to be shattering news.
October 20th, 2011 at 6:25 PM ^
what a news to J Harrison
October 20th, 2011 at 7:06 PM ^
Very fortunate they were gonna trade him
October 21st, 2011 at 9:07 PM ^
Best of luck to him and his family. At least they caught it in time.