I honestly believe the changes in the CBA limiting contact in practice is the reason why injuries are up league wide.
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Since the injury debacle of 2011 and 2012 I think, the Packers are dead league average for injuries and games lost. The sports science guys brought one magical year of healthy starters, but even when it inevitably dipped, they dipped to average not horrific.
When was that Cardinal playoff loss with the double Hail Mary? That year it was all at WR.
The weird thing about the last two years is how it seemed concentrated in the secondary.
cardinals was 2015, and WR, yes.
2013 was Rodger's Shoulder I, 2014 his calf (was 2014 the magical injury-free year? If so, what happened to Clay in the NFCC game?). 2017 is Rodger's shoulder II (the hard reboot), DB, some running back and O-line. Last year was DB and ....
cardinals was 2015, and WR, yes.
2013 was Rodger's Shoulder I, 2014 his calf (was 2014 the magical injury-free year? If so, what happened to Clay in the NFCC game?). 2017 is Rodger's shoulder II (the hard reboot), DB, some running back and O-line. Last year was DB and ....
Of course some of our injury issues lately were because one or two positions got hit hard. In 2016 corner got decimated. This past year it was the tackle position along with corner yet again.
https://twitter.com/MySportsUpdate/s...72933139771392
If this happens and Ansah does hit the market, you pony up and do whatever you need to do to sign him.
Getting a healthy Ansah would be great; It's far from a sure thing he'd stay healthy, though.
Stephen Jones down here in Dallas has some choice words for Dez. Questions rising about if he's gonna be around next year. If Dez is released, anybody interested in him as no.2 behind Davante? Obviously the money would have to be low enough. But as a possession guy, Dez might be interesting with Aaron tossing him the ball.
Does anyone have numbers on injuries overall for the League over a number of years?
Because I kinda doubt its much higher than prior to the new CBA.
I've aggregated it before from pages like this: https://www.pro-football-reference.c...7_injuries.htm
Dez is a premier receiver and physical specimen. I'd take him if he's not a yank off of the field. Look at who's throwing him the ball!
Dez would definitely be better with Aaron throwing him the ball. He was high on the 'targets' list this year too but Dak just wasn't that accurate. I think Dez could put up numbers here as a no.2, but I just wouldn't want to put up with his attitude. Not Packer People
Dez is only 29 and made 16 starts this year. I like the fit.
He's still great at beating press coverage (a weakness of ours)
He's still great at competing for contested balls (nice to have when nobody can get open see: Finley, Jermichael)
His best route is the back shoulder thing (happens to be a Rodger's special)
He gets away with tons of OPI
Knows how to set a guy up and get deep without needing to win a race