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Ben E Lou
10-09-2007, 08:24 AM
http://sports.espn.go.com/nfl/news/story?id=3054911
Lathum
10-09-2007, 08:26 AM
Thats a shame but better to find out now...
Ben E Lou
10-09-2007, 08:30 AM
Absolutely. I was just hoping for a Super Bowl win.
Tasan
10-09-2007, 08:42 AM
Similar injury ended the career of my favorite FB, Daryl Johnston.
MikeVic
10-09-2007, 08:52 AM
I remember drafting him in Madden multiple times. I liked him as a FB.
SnowMan
10-09-2007, 09:16 AM
Hall of famer? How do you put numbers to what he's done and meant for Seattle over the last 15 years?
Huckleberry
10-09-2007, 09:34 AM
Glad to see Moose has already been mentioned.

Mack Strong and Daryl Johnston would easily get my vote for the Hall of Fame if I had one. You can't compare them with running backs as far as stats go. You have to watch them. They were offensive linemen that could catch the ball when they had to.

Emmitt Smith's offensive linemen get a ton of credit when people talk about his accomplishments, as they should. But Daryl Johnston was just as important. Defenses needed more than one linebacker to fill the hole.
Toddzilla
10-09-2007, 09:36 AM
http://thefader.com/blog/files/craigmack.jpg
Say what?
Passacaglia
10-09-2007, 09:42 AM
I thought it would be about Kevin Mack.
korme
10-09-2007, 10:18 AM
Read this yesterday. I'll never forget the mayne event skit when Seattle players were talking about Mack Strong and his football name.

Something like "Mack Strong... he had to be a fullback"
Swaggs
10-09-2007, 10:23 AM
Wow... it seems like he has been around forever, but I was still surprised to see that he was a 15-year vet. That is incredible for a fullback or any type of running back, really.
sabotai
10-09-2007, 01:44 PM
I remember drafting him in Madden multiple times. I liked him as a FB.

Yeah, he was always the FB I went after anytime I played Madden. Sucks, but it's good to see him make the smart decision.
Dutch
10-09-2007, 03:04 PM
It's funny but I think the first time I said, "Damn, Mack Strong is still on the Seahawks", was 5 or 6 years ago. He's just one of those anomalies the NFL sees every once in a while.

Anyway, that's a lot of punishment for a lead blocker to take for that long. I hope the doctors are right and he does heal naturally without playing.

Mike Alsott had a similar issue and is on IR for it, hopefully he's thinking long and hard about coming back next year. Like Mack says, "There is more to life than football."
Ben E Lou
10-09-2007, 03:20 PM
The one thing worth nothing about the 15 years (not to take ANYTHING away) is that Mack's very young for his graduating class. He wasn't quite yet 18 years old when he played his first snap at UGA. 36 is doggone old for an NFL fullback, no question about that, though. ;)

Great video interview:

http://www.seahawks.com/home.aspx

Click on "multimedia."
Dutch
10-09-2007, 03:32 PM
Definately seems like an all-around good guy.
dawgfan
10-09-2007, 03:51 PM
Absolutely. I was just hoping for a Super Bowl win.
You and me both.

A huge "thank you" to Mack for everything he's done on and off the field during his time in Seattle - he'll be missed.
WSUCougar
10-09-2007, 04:38 PM
You and me both.

A huge "thank you" to Mack for everything he's done on and off the field during his time in Seattle - he'll be missed.

+1
Rizon
10-09-2007, 08:42 PM
One of the best football names of all time.

Oh, and Charlie Mack was the first outa tha limo.
Kodos
11-08-2007, 09:10 AM
If you get HBO, there's a nice segment on Mack Brown on Inside The NFL this week.
Pumpy Tudors
11-08-2007, 10:02 AM
If you get HBO, there's a nice segment on Mack Brown on Inside The NFL this week.
quoted for posterity
Kodos
11-08-2007, 10:22 AM
Mack Strong... Errrgh.

Sometimes what I'm thinking and what I type is not the same. ;)