Inside Junior's head

Now that the death of Junior Seau has been ruled a suicide, there will be a great degree of speculation of how he got to this point. Nobody can ever get into his head and thought process. He played in a charity golf tournament the day before. He was also planning a Hawaii surfing vacation with his kids.

There is some talk about his brain being examined by the Boston University brain study project. This is very important and must get done. During his career, Seau never appeared on injury reports with concussions. They didn't identify them back then. His ex-wife said he suffered from them.

What role did they play, if any? Did Seau ever take steroids or HGH? How was he able to play until he was 41? He was a physical freak, to be sure.

I have no doubt that Seau's brain will show signs of severe trauma. Did it predispose him to have suicidal thoughts? Nobody can be sure.

I hope Seau's family allows his brain to be examined. Something positive could come from it.