Now i am concerned, losing our best offensive lineman, what say you?

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Trey is an elite talent. I hate it for him and his family. Sometimes when things like this happen it forces new leaders to step up. Trey was the alpha on the line so it'll be an adjustment. The spread on the game actually was bumped just bc of Trey. All you can hope for is the line as a unit bands together and steps up. We still have a lot of football left and I just want to see the continued progress of the team. There's 11 players and although Trey was an important piece I don't think it puts out of not possibly winning 2-3 more games.

I'm out of the loop on the long term view of TS's playing status/career. I recall them saying if that football doesn't affect whether or not his clots happen...so if they go away would he try to play or is it just too dangerous now? He has NFL talent and I hate it for him. GBO.
 
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TC 83 said:
... I'm out of the loop on the long term view of TS's playing status/career. I recall them saying if that football doesn't affect whether or not his clots happen...so if they go away would he try to play or is it just too dangerous now? He has NFL talent and I hate it for him. GBO.
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You can’t be on anticoagulants and play contact sports. You would be an endless, massive bruise, plus run the risk of internal bleeding after hard hits, bleeding into joints, etc. Every time you got hit (or bumped into the corner of the dresser), you would start bleeding under the skin, or worse, and keep bleeding.

It’s not that football makes him throw clots; it’s that the meds he needs to control the clotting make it too dangerous to play football. And if he has a genetic disorder causing him to throw clots (a common cause), he probably needs to be on anticoagulation for life.
 
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I was concerned when I picked SC to win in the pickem but trey dropping out can only help...oh you meant Vols chances of owning the line of scrimmage sorry. All things considered they may play better knowing he’s not in the line, they’ll have to pick up their game or get shredded.
 
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VolNExile said:
You can’t be on anticoagulants and play contact sports. You would be an endless, massive bruise, plus run the risk of internal bleeding after hard hits, bleeding into joints, etc. Every time you got hit (or bumped into the corner of the dresser), you would start bleeding under the skin, or worse, and keep bleeding.

It’s not that football makes him throw clots; it’s that the meds he needs to control the clotting make it too dangerous to play football. And if he has a genetic disorder causing him to throw clots (a common cause), he probably needs to be on anticoagulation for life.
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Hate it when you try to block a defensive lineman and get shoved into a dresser..lol..JK. VolNExile obviously knows med conditions and meds. I feel bad for one of the potentially best OL to ever come through the system. This could mess with his football future, but who knows what the good Lord has for him otherwise?
 
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indian rick said:
I am a little concerned now about our offense after losing Trey Smith does this hurt our chances for a bowl game. What say you
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Time will tell how much it hurts, but I seriously doubt it helps them..............
 
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I hope Trey gets well soon. Sounds like his clotting condition is not improving. This will hurt us. Not only now, but I imagine for the future as well. A talent as special as his doesn’t come along very often.
I feel so bad for this kid.
 
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We just played Bama, Auburn and Georgia. I don't want to take anything away from SC, but the talent level between them and those other three teams is real. I think losing Trey hurts, but losing Kennedy hurt too and we got past it.

All that to say, perhaps the caliber of opponents we have from here out will equalize things a bit and we don't see as massive drop-off from where we were. I really don't know, though... just trying to be optimistic. The real tragedy here is the risk to Trey's personal future and I think we'd all take an 0-12 season to give that back to him.
 
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I hope he can get healthy again. We'll definitely suffer some at his position as we already were suffering with this line. Gives somebody a chance to step up if we have anybody that can.
 
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Does anyone have the total grading of our linemen this year. I've heard Richmond had graded higher than people thought and others graded lower than expected. I can't find the up to date 2018 grading. Hopefully they can get a group together with some chemistry for this last 5 games. So we can play a 6th.
 
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On short yardage plays we always run behind TS. now the other team will have to guess were the run is going
 
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First, thoughts and prayers to Trey Smith. Get better big guy! Now to the topic at hand. I think this hurts us a lot. In fact, I am a little less bullish on making a bowl with him out of the lineup. We may need to sincerely go with Cryst at this point only because he showed in the Bama game he can make quicker decisions and get rid of the ball just a little more quickly than JG.
 
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