The last couple seasons have been rough. Dozens of injuries on defense especially, The Strength & Conditioning coach/staff are mostly unchanged the last 10 years and we didn’t have issues before.
Dan said we are not doing any joint practices this season and called them counter productive. I’m guessing that our injuries played a role in that decision also.
The team had 26 Hamstring/Groin injuries the last 2 seasons. All of them at home games or in practice. Something needs to be adjusted to correct that. 12+ per season is awful and just those alone will destroy every season.
Some are just random like Hutch’s leg or older guys like Davenport are expected but piling up non contact injuries either means it’s S&C staff, practice or diet related.
Honestly the sample size is small enough overall I still think it’s just rotten luck, but man have we had a lot of them the past couple of years. Some of the most starting-minutes-lost this century (and, as I often bring up, the only two teams in the top 20 to have winning seasons).
Soft tissue injuries can be incredibly difficult to trace back to a single cause. However, in my experience, I’ve noticed a pattern: muscle strains or pulls often seem to occur the night after having a drink—not excessive drinking, just a single one. Over time, I learned that alcohol can contribute to dehydration, and without proper rehydration, muscles may be more susceptible to strain or injury. I would hope that professional athletes are mindful of this, and it’s likely that many of them are, given the level of care they typically devote to recovery and performance.
But, they’re also young and rich. Which can lead to some foolishness at times.
we take more chances on previously injured players
we have rotten luck as @Thats said
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Did he really call practices with other teams counter-productive? I missed that. If so, he seems to be admitting “practice” was at least part of the issue.
League wide there is a lot of injuries and I attribute most of it to players not getting enough time to rest. Pushing through an injury is going to cause the body to compensate. On some level you HAVE to push through and I get that. But an extra 2-5 days of rest that they could strategically use throughout the season with smarter scheduling would make the world of a difference.
I am a weightlifter so I know what 3 days off does for me. I couldn’t imagine an extra 2-5 days off for those guys with all the amenities and staff they have for recovery.
The NFL can’t keep paying these massive contracts out for these star players just to have them all on IR or extremely injured come playoff time. It ultimately hurts their business. People don’t want to watch Vaki in the playoffs. They want Gibbs.
I’m with you dude I drink and I get injuries like these and then I drink to recover from injuries like these.
Ask my golf buddies about our up north trip where it literally took me 10 minutes to walk across the restaurant because after a nice spring day above 65°, 36 holes and a lot of beers when you finally get to Boone’s and order the 22 oz prime rib. By the time that thing comes and you’ve been sitting down for the drive up there and then the wait for the food? Yeah buddy your hammies lock and are not straightening out until maybe one in the morning. The table of 12 guys cheering at me and then clapping for me as I made it to the bathroom which was maybe 50 ft away after 10 minutes didn’t help and the rest of the people in the restaurant had no idea what the hell is going on
I did eat that whole damn thing, Meat Mountain is what we call it. Not sure what hurt worse, my hamstrings, my pride, or my gut from my belt digging into it after that meal
Ohhh the Hamstring cramp and lock is just brutal. Went out for drinks and dinner with our neighbors and awhikle a dinner I somehow triggered a hammy attack. Man I looked all sorts of ridiculous they way I contorted and writhed in my seat at the table…trying to straighten out my leg. Quite the scene.
