Sometimes you remind me of the Benedict Cumberbatch iteration of Sherlock Holmes. From time to time he needs to be prodded by Watson to let him know when he is totally failing to understand or take into account normal human emotion/sentiment. Although I guess Sherlock doesn't really ask for an explanation like you just did, he just accepts that he doesn't understand such things.

If you don't understand why people would take exception to Tony Dungy calling a gruesome leg injury a blessing in disguise, even if true from a purely football perspective, then I don't know what to tell you. I didn't hear what Dungy said, I am taking your report at face value. But even the way you reported it made me cringe for Dungy... and I've always liked Tony Dungy.

The way Dak is being treated sounds a bit like the way humans treat the recently deceased. We generally dwell on what was good about them and even portray them as better than they actually were. Its the way we are. Why? I couldn't explain it, but I do the same thing.

I'm not a medical doctor, but I think you might be understating the seriousness of the injury. A kid on my high school soccer team had a compound fracture of the tibia and fibula and was never able to run normally again. He literally has never been able to play competitive soccer after that injury. Maybe Dak's injury is no worse than torn ligaments or other common soft tissue injuries as you imply, but maybe it is much worse. I haven't heard any updated prognosis for his recovery.