By now you must have heard at least a quick mention of Chicago Bears defensive end Gaines Adams, and his untimely death from cardiac arrest at the age of 26. It’s an incredibly sad story, like all premature deaths, but there hasn’t been a lot of news on Adams himself, who had only been in the league for a few seasons and was not famous or infamous for his skill or outside life, besides admitting that he used marijuana the year he entered the NFL Draft. The fact that there isn’t a lot to write about him shows how young he was and how much of his career can never be played. There’s another part of this situation that I want to talk about too, however.
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