Clemons taken to hospital
Eagles defensive end Chris Clemons has been taken to a Lehigh Valley hospital after leaving the field with heat-related dehydration.
Clemons taken to hospital
Les Bowen
Eagles defensive end Chris Clemons scared teammates and coaches when trainers had trouble bringing down his his body temperature, after Clemons left the morning workout with dehydration symptoms. Clemons eventually left Lehigh's A. Haigh Cundey Varsity House, where the Eagles dress and train, in the back of a white-and-blue City of Bethlehem Emergency Medical Sevices ambulance, which arrived with lights and siren running a little after 11:10 a.m
.Eagles officials forbade photographers and TV cameramen from shooting footage of Clemons being loaded into the ambulance, which was not running its siren when it departed at 11:27 a.m., preceded by a black unmarked police car. Clemons seemed to be conscious and sitting up on a stretcher, hooked to an IV, as he entered the ambulance, though reporters were kept about 40 feet away, across a road from the entrance to the fieldhouse.
Eagles coach Andy Reid and team security director Butch Buchanico followed the ambulance in a white SUV.
It wasn't oppressively hot during the morning session of Eagles training camp -- officially, temperatures were in the low 80s, under bright sun -- but at least a few players seemed to experience cramps or dehydration, Clemons most dramatically.
Clemons left the field on a motorized cart, with a tan ice-filled cooling cap on his head. When the cart got to to doorway of the fieldhouse, Clemons needed a trainer under each shoulder to get into the building. Eagles quarterback Donovan McNabb theorized that Clemons, 26, a free agent signee from the Raiders, was unaccustomed to the brisk pace of Eagles workouts.
"We're kind of adjusted to it," McNabb said at his scheduled news conference, minutes after Clemons was whisked away. "This is his first go-round."
McNabb said he knew little about the situation, beyond the fact that when McNabb came in from the field, Clemons was "just sitting there, they were throwing some cold rags on him."
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hope he is ok...— my2cents!- One week into camp and it seems like the wheels are falling off. Anybody left on the team that either isn't sick, hurt, or greedy?— MVKrum
- That sort of eliminates everybody in the NFL.— Bama
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- wait a minute...is that andy and butch following him or is it OJ... "Eagles coach Andy Reid and director of security Butch Buchanico followed in a white SUV."— my2cents!
- MVK: Check in with with Eagles Insider Dave Spaudauro. Wheels are not falling off. Some of his comments include: "Guys look good off the line". "This kids is a comer". "He bring a high motor" Spauduaro is already thinking about resting starters near the end of the season before the playoffs. Its great reading.— shoeshineboy
- Hey shoeshineboy, that's not nice. I am a great reporter! Not a good reporter, A GREAT REPORTER! And the Eagles ARE GOING TO NEED REST BEFORE THE PLAYOFFS! Are you a fool? What are they going to do when all those guys end up in Tampa tired? The Super Bowl might become a game! We don't want that! Life is great here in Lehigh... don't believe the hype... these guys would play for free if the NFLPA would let them. They LOVE the Eagles' management. Who wouldn't want to play on a team with this load of studs at WR? And our D-line? FORGET ABOUT IT! TAMPA HERE WE COME!— Dave Spadaro
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- Dave Spadaro WORKS for the Eagles; have you ever heard a bigger cheerleader? I hope this guy is OK. These intense workouts in the heat cannot be good for anyone.— chemlady
- Clemons should be fine. Sounds like the usual Camp Reid dehydration. Reid was probably going to stop for some funnelcake @ Dorney Park on the way back. Too bad he doesn't follow good lifestyle modification himself.— Bob1
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- You are all just nay-sayers. Just listen to me and Howard Eskin. Both of us are independent voices of reason. We'll tell you the facts.— Dave Spadaro
- Facts? Who wants to listen to facts? That's not the Philly way...— Russ
- Clemons dehyrdated...and an IV is put into him.... Reid Very Fat ... and many Genos steaks put into him...— Big Ragu
