NewsBruin
03-20-2013, 10:43 AM
"To lose one parent, Mr. Worthing, may be regarded as a misfortune; to lose both looks like carelessness."
I wanted to ask your opinion/knowledge of our training, strength, and medical staff versus the rest of the league.
In a few other threads, we've mentioned "the injury bug" or bad luck with IR'd players compared to other teams, but how much credit/blame should go to our medical staff? In an SI.com column, I think Peter King, discussing Jennings' signing, it mentioned the Vikings as having an excellent training staff. That hurts to read, especially if the hernia diagnosis/treatment put a sour taste in Jennings' mouth.
Players will get hurt playing football. I think by the end of the third reg-season game, the only people who aren't injured are kickers and third-string QBs. And it's not always bad to keep players out or shut them down, if the alternative is to keep them numb on Toradol until they pull an RGIII on the field and risk career-limiting injury.
So, while I understand injury is luck-of-the-draw and can't always be measured in sheer games not missed, I think we're hoping too much for better luck and not discussing how much the support staff plays in this aspect. MM says training and treatment methods will be addressed every offseason, but I remain skeptical.
I wanted to ask your opinion/knowledge of our training, strength, and medical staff versus the rest of the league.
In a few other threads, we've mentioned "the injury bug" or bad luck with IR'd players compared to other teams, but how much credit/blame should go to our medical staff? In an SI.com column, I think Peter King, discussing Jennings' signing, it mentioned the Vikings as having an excellent training staff. That hurts to read, especially if the hernia diagnosis/treatment put a sour taste in Jennings' mouth.
Players will get hurt playing football. I think by the end of the third reg-season game, the only people who aren't injured are kickers and third-string QBs. And it's not always bad to keep players out or shut them down, if the alternative is to keep them numb on Toradol until they pull an RGIII on the field and risk career-limiting injury.
So, while I understand injury is luck-of-the-draw and can't always be measured in sheer games not missed, I think we're hoping too much for better luck and not discussing how much the support staff plays in this aspect. MM says training and treatment methods will be addressed every offseason, but I remain skeptical.