49ers player passes away

[Leafs_Fa_Life]

49ers offensive lineman Thomas Herrion collapsed in the locker room and died Sunday morning, shortly after a preseason game against the Broncos. He was 23.

Full Story (http://sports.yahoo.com/nfl/news?slug=ap-49ers-playerdies&prov=ap&type=lgns)

RIP Thomas

It's always extremely sad when somebody so young passes away.

[J.R.]

:(

Really unfortunate to hear.

http://members.aol.com/puckguy14/herrion.gif

(Talk about home field advantage.)

[PDO]

Cause of death was...?

RIP

[J.R.]

Cause of death was...? The last I heard, it was still undetermined. Heat stroke is the easy factor to point the finger at, but it was cool last night in Denver (mid 60's I heard). I think it could have something to do with having trouble adjusting to the Mile High air. I heard he played a lot of minutes last night, so perhaps he didn't have the oxygen mask on often enough and his heart could just have shut down. This is such a sad story just weeks away from the start of the season.

[Bob burns]

That's really unfortunate. You hear stories of this happening from time to time it seems. Really sad. I feel bad for his family and friends.

[J.R.]

The NFL Network was planning on showing a replay of the 49ers - Broncos game today, but have pulled its original plan for obvious reasons and is now showing the Eagles - Ravens game from Saturday.