It's hard to get your head around reports like this one by the St. Petersburg Times, which says that both Corey Smith, of the Detroit Lions, and Marquis Cooper, of the Oakland Raiders, removed their life jackets and floated out to sea, not long after their boat capsized in the Gulf of Mexico.

About his own son, who supposedly tried to swim for help toward a light he saw (or thought he saw), Bob said:

The interesting wildcard in all this is the potential for delusions given the seemingly hopeless circumstances as well as the effects of hypothermia setting in. Who had all of his wits about him? Who didn't?

Even Nick Schulyer, the lone survivor, showed signs of hypothermia and could have been hallucinating at any point, as referenced by Rey Sanchez, the cousin of Marquis Cooper.

I don't want to get too deep into this because no matter what happened, this is a tragic event. But something's just not right to me with this story. These were guys whose minds and bodies were used to, basically, torture. And they gave up after two to four hours?

Like I said, I won't get too far into it because I have no first-hand knowledge, and I don't have proof of anything else going on. Nor am I trying to accuse anyone of improper conduct. All I'm saying is this doesn't sound right.