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Originally Posted by KSigkid
It's interesting - I was looking at the list, and they link steroids to at least a couple of those (Courson, Mike Webster). The list also notes that a number have died due to heart and kidney failure. You don't want to immediately blame it on steroids, as there could have been other issues (like over-medication or alcoholism to deal with post-football injuries).
However, you hear stories about the Raiders teams of those days, and steroid use being rampant around the NFL, and you have to at least consider it as a factor.
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I was thinking about the amount of head injuries/concussions each may have suffered as a possibility. At least Terry Bradshaw comes right out and says that he had nothing to lose!