Sometimes, it’s not obvious — the pain of playing in the NFL for those who hurl themselves into the breach in a series of human car crashes over and over and over again.
The toll of it all, regardless of paycheck, wreaks health-related havoc.
Rich Ohrnberger rewinds to an October night in 2014 as the Chargers played the Broncos at Mile High Stadium. A herniated disc in his back short-circuited his system in front of 76,907, causing the center to lose control of his own body.
“I had this momentary paralysis down my right leg,” Ohrnberger said Tuesday.