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Originally Posted by Oling_Roachinen
Mind expanding on this for me? I can't reconcile those two versions of the incident.
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The two versions I'm hearing from you (please feel free to correct):
1. He was keeled over and looked up and was surprised to see him and they just kind of collided (paraphrasing his immediate post-game) - which doesn't appear fully accurate based on the poor video we have, in terms of being 'keeled over' and 'looking up' (if you take this to mean with his entire head, not just his eyes) just before impact, however I think the sentiment of what he is saying is that he was surprised to see him and just reacted. There are several places he could have been looking: wincing/watery eyes, looking down, looking at the play that was now coming towards him, or looking directly at Henderson's back and plotting to accidentally-on-purpose rock him. I'll put my money on any of the former rather than the last possibility, which would support the 'looked up and we collided' statement.
2. The second story is that he dazed/woozy/foggy and doesn't really remember or only has a vague idea of what happened. Firstly, I don't think we've had any concrete statements directly from Wideman, and everything related to this has been purplemonkeydishwashered through media talking heads (I haven't read the transcripts yet, so I'm sure there is clearer evidence there, but to this point all discussion has been based on speculation). If you accept the first premise that "he looked up and they just collided" then we are talking about 1-3 seconds of action. As his been discussed, nobody in the building thought this was any more of a deal than any other collision throughout the game. Would you expect him, or any player for that matter to have a crystal clear recollection of every incident each game? I would expect a vague remembrance, likely largely influenced by seeing it on video in the days to come.
Your point seems to be that he is a liar and guilty because statement one and statement two are not identical. I would say they match up and support each other pretty well.
An anecdotal example: early today (ie. 6 hours ago) I slipped an fell on a super icy uphill sidewalk on my way home from the grocery store. I knew it was super slippery and was being careful and paying full attention, but still slipped and fell. I have a pretty vivid recollection of what happened, but it's still hard to make a totally cohesive and accurate statement. I know my right knee got slightly tweaked because I can still feel it a bit, but I can't give many other details with full confidence. Was it my right or left foot that slipped first? I'm pretty sure it was my right hand that hit the ground...but there is doubt in my mind now thinking about it. I must have gotten up and proceeded super carefully without any more trouble through that horribly slippery section, but I don't really remember that after being taken aback by the fall. Ask me tomorrow, next week or next month what happened, and I could very well think I was at a different intersection or walking downhill, not up.
And as I said, I was paying full attention and aware of my slippery situation; it seems likely that Wideman wasn't 100% aware or focused, concussed or not.