PatsFanInVa

Ladies and gentlemen, I submit for your respectful consideration the possibility that the Pats' avoidance this year of the injury bug may not be coincidence.

It happens that we're having our first relatively injury-light year in recent memory, during the first year on FieldTurf instead of mud. So far so good, and far be it from me to jinx anything.

But what if there is a causal relationship?

The teams from 01-04 won 3 out of 4 Super Bowls while absolutely depleted by injuries.

Fast forward... 07 is a special year for many reasons, and we may never look upon its likes again.

But it seems to me there is reason to believe we will see relatively healthy teams late into the season more often.

Oh, and we're not built to be "small, fast, and swarming..." so there's another possibility shot to sh**.

Okay, just wanted to share my latest quasitriumphalist observation before going to work and getting my ego squashed

PFnV

Pat the Pats Fan

Didn't realize we worked at the same place......

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A sarcastic Bill Belichick on Tom Brady's finger injury, "It's not life threatening."

xmarkd400x

I don't quite get how the title matches up with the body of your post.

The Patriots went to field turf and now have less injuries. This may or may not be a coincidence.

How is this "oh-oh" for the NFL?

Ootball

"How is this "oh-oh" for the NFL?"

Well, speaking on behalf of the NFL, I can tell you that the lack of injuries on the Patriots just makes this year more of a wash for the rest of us, since most of the other teams - already nowhere near the Pats - have been hit by the injury bug.

We'll make sure never to punish you again. Break any rule you want, and we'll just let it slide. After all, no matter what it is, I'm sure "everybody does it."

We don't want incur this kind of karma again. We'll be good.

godef

Quasimodo who?

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CTPatsFan

It is quite a coincidence, but it may not be far off. The grass field was allowed to get to that state, it could have been kept pristine if that were the desire. I'll never second guess BB on the football field but when it comes to turfgrass management...

As a grass guy that's kind of the pisser, the Field Turf became a necessity because of the poor maintenance and grow-in practices. But everything is/was in place for a natural grass field that could have performed every bit as well as the Field Turf does. It never had a chance. Thanks to an ideal playing surface, though, the Pats seem to be reaping the benefits.

Ironically I have the Fall '07 N.E. Sports Turf Mgr. Assoc. magazine on the top of the pile on my desk and the cover story is how the Gillette field crew laid sod over the Field Turf (because many teams refuse to play on artificial surfaces) for the early and quarter-final games of the Gold Cup back in May and June. The plan was to lay sod, use it for 2 weeks, discard it and lay more sod. Instead the field super convinced them to let him try to keep the initial install down for the full 4 weeks and did so successfully. They did the same thing Sept. 10-13 for another international match and got it all cleaned out and ready to go for the Chargers game on the 16th.

I'm one that jokes about football being meant to be played in the mud and dirt but the fact is the field should never be allowed to get to that level.

O.K. off my grass rant.

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Plunk It

The "Fall '07 N.E. Sports Turf Mgr. Assoc. magazine"? Wow.

CTPatsFan

Exciting stuff!

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Lloyd_Christmas

Being a computer guy by trade, I was certain we had the monopoly on nerds. Apparently a few escaped to other trades.

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JJDChE

Isn't this the 2nd year with the FieldTurf?

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