Poll: Did UW fix Watson and/or Stokes?

[Patler]

Has Watson fixed his hamstring problems?
Has Stokes?
Both of them?
Neither of them?

[MadtownPacker]

How can we know if Watson hasnt caught a big TD pass yet? Seems that is when he has gotten hurt

[Joemailman]

Hard to know, but this is Kool-aid season . It does seem like lack of strength in the injured leg was a common culprit.

[sharpe1027]

What do you mean by fixed is the key here.

They probably lowered the odds of the injury reoccurring, but it's a fact there's no way to 100% prevent injuries.

[NewsBruin]

Usually they dock a bit of his ear before they release him back to his nest.

[MadScientist]

I hope they aren't fixed. We need players with balls on this team.

[bobblehead]

I'm happy that they both went to great lengths to do something about the issue instead of getting busted with 8 pounds of weed in their trunk during the offseason.

As sharpe said, no promises, but they addressed an issue if not the only issue. That can only help the odds.

[Patler]

Not expecting for no issues ever, the rest of their careers. Basically, last year Stokes contributed nothing, and Watson not much more. So I guess by "fixed" I mean available and able to contribute for most of the season without hamstring issues.

[sharpe1027]

Not expecting for no issues ever, the rest of their careers. Basically, last year Stokes contributed nothing, and Watson not much more. So I guess by "fixed" I mean available and able to contribute for most of the season without hamstring issues.

Sure, but it's still just a game of chance, even for just one year.

They could have done nothing and not get injured or do all the right things and get injured in training camp.

[texaspackerbacker]

I voted yes on both, but without a whole lot of confidence. LUCK is the primary cause of injuries and thus could strike either or both again. The therapy or whatever probably nudged LUCK a little bit in the good direction, though.

[RashanGary]

The discouraging thing about Watson is he’s had quite the string of hammy issues. It’s starting to inch into Clay Matthews territory.

The discouraging thing about stokes is he hasn’t really played since half way through 2022 and he wasn’t an above average player even at 100%. He’s starting to inch into David Bakhtiari territory as far as taking a really long time and having setbacks. But he’s not the caliber of player Bakh was so I don’t know how much less than 100% he’ll be able to succeed with.


I give Watson a better chance than Stokes. I truly have no clue.

Probably the most interesting aspect is going to be seeing if UW starts showing an exciting new ability to get these situations going in the right direction. It’s brand new. I’d love for it to be the next new thing that advances injury prevention for our team. But I’Ve become increasingly crusty like Cleft Crusty and I doubt all this new age foo foo shit.

[bobblehead]

Diet and daily routine plays a pretty big role in injury as well. Guys who don't eat right, and spend too much time on the couch playing video games when not on the practice field get injured more. Just the way it is.

[texaspackerbacker]

I can say personally, that's bullshit, the "eating right" thing. In addition to my own experience, though, I will cite the era of Max McGee, Fuzzy Thurston, etc. who ate and drank whatever they damn well pleased. Even less wild and free type players in those days didn't follow the diet crap like now, and were there more injuries? Hell no. At worst, it was the same level then as now, and probably there were less. Those also were the days of probably less good safety equipment and obviously less of the stupid safety crap in terms of rules.

[sharpe1027]

Injury rates were higher back then.

[texaspackerbacker]

hahahaha One of the "usual suspects" chimes in. How old were you during the Lombardi era? (negative numbers are acceptable)

HELL NO there were far less games missed for injuries in those days (if that's wrong, I challenged somebody to prove it).