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The Random Thought Thread
- Thread starter The Greek
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has completely knocked all the wind out of me - completely dismantled my evening and mood
and literally glued to my seat and laptop at this point
Ludy51
Hall of Famer
Shotgun in the truck with the garage door shut
ndub
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Not really all that funny my man but I get you. Not looking too good but we will survive
JoeyFlex5
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No I wont, I’ll be sure of that.
UPennChem
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I used to buy the idea of "freak" injuries, but I've really soured on that idea. As you may have noticed I have many times over the last like 3 years made comments that American football is fundamentally flawed in terms of it's demand on the body as evidenced by the ravaging issues of injuries league wide. I get freak things do happen, but when you consider the number of season ending non contact knee injuries that happen each season, you can't call it freak. In fact it's quite consistent. I'll do a little investigation and report back, but idk. I come to the same conclusion each time which is it's just sad for the players and the team. Sad for the fans too. Sad day
i mean there's nearly 3000 players practicing on rosters during training camps - it doesnt seem that far-fetched to me that you would get this many "freak" non-contact injuries purely based on the number of players and practices that happen in July, August and early September
QuothTheRaven
Veteran
Can't believe the secondary is Tavon Young's knees away from a crisis.
UPennChem
Hall of Famer
I totally agree with you! I guess all I'm saying is I don't think these are freak injuries. I don't know that there is anything that can be done. Does it make sense to reduced practice demands? Reduce the number of reps, reduce the number of injuries? I don't think it's that simple, but maybe small changes should be considered. Just really unsure honestly.
why dont you think they're freak injuries?
what im saying is that there's so many players in camp every year that statistically it's likely that these freak injuries are likely to happen - there's just more players than in most other sports so it feels like it's happening more often (because there's more players it can happen to)
UPennChem
Hall of Famer
I'm still agreeing with you. I guess what I'm saying is not clear and that's because it's nothing more than semantics. I have the exact same analysis on the situation as you as to why it's happening. It's clearly statistical.
Each individual injury is yes, a freak injury, but the process that leads to these injuries is clearly not freak, but rather pretty deterministic.
That's why I'm so interested in potentially investigating ways to make the game safer.
Dom McRaven
Hall of Famer
Despite my #SIIE in the Raiders thread, I might have a stroke if Jimmy or Tavon get hurt again.
JO_75
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If you haven't lost your enthusiasm for the kickoff game... join me here in the discussion thread.
https://purpleflock.com/threads/4212/#post-290600
https://purpleflock.com/threads/4212/#post-290600
ravenslord
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Gotta say I don’t think we can lose this much talent , along with injuries to offensive line and receivers and expect much from the offense .
Yes losing Peters really hurts but I still think our D can beat up teams.
Our offense could be quite pathetic , particularly early on .
I could easily see us not making the playoffs now this year and expect to get beat by the Raiders .
Yes losing Peters really hurts but I still think our D can beat up teams.
Our offense could be quite pathetic , particularly early on .
I could easily see us not making the playoffs now this year and expect to get beat by the Raiders .
ravenslord
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Well Jimmy is injury prone. Hell we haven’t even started the season yet
i mean tbf the OL isnt missing anyone anymore