Danny Amendola (hip) tore the adductor muscle; out 3-4 weeks

[Deus Irae]

Ah yes, the PatsFans doctors.

"I knew he would tear his groin because he broke his collarbone last year!"

They're the flipside of the Patsfans doctors who were assuring us all that "Amendola's injury history doesn't count, because they weren't soft tissue injuries."

 

[Sciz]

It doesn't matter why, the fact of the matter is he's ALWAYS hurt, small or big. I don't care that he's younger then Welker, taller and faster. Welker plays in every game. This guy would be lucky to get 6-7 games this season.

Welker does not play in every game. He has exactly as many season-ending injuries as Amendola does.

The "he's always hurt" makes no logical sense. For it to be logical, there would have to be a correlation between his injuries, and there's not. Tearing his triceps two seasons ago, breaking his collarbone last season, and tearing his hip adductor this season are all completely independent of each other and don't leave him any more susceptible to injuries in other parts of his body in future seasons.

 

[Deus Irae]

Welker does not play in every game. He has exactly as many season-ending injuries as Amendola does..

That may be the silliest thing you've ever posted.

 

[Mack Herron]

Welker does not play in every game. He has exactly as many season-ending injuries as Amendola does.

The "he's always hurt" makes no logical sense. For it to be logical, there would have to be a correlation between his injuries, and there's not. Tearing his triceps two seasons ago, breaking his collarbone last season, and tearing his hip adductor this season are all completely independent of each other and don't leave him any more susceptible to injuries in other parts of his body in future seasons.

Lack of physiologic correlation does not necessarily mean lack of correlation. One could argue that Lloyd figured out how to stay on the field.

 

[ATippett56]

Ah yes, the PatsFans doctors.

"I knew he would tear his groin because he broke his collarbone last year!"

Dispute the fact that Danny Amendola is injured yet again.

 

[Archeryaddict12]

I think we are extremely lucky Wes was only hurt in week 17 a few years ago. Have you seen the NFL today? It's amazing not everyone is injured. The more advanced the NFL becomes, the more injuries for players. Amendola isn't injury prone imo, just extremely unlucky. And bad things usually happen in 3's. this would be his 3rd injury to really take him out of playing.

 

[Sciz]

That may be the silliest thing you've ever posted.

Wow, a fact is the silliest thing I've ever posted. You must think a lot more of me as a poster than I think of you.

 

[Deus Irae]

Wow, a fact is the silliest thing I've ever posted. You must think a lot more of me as a poster than I think of you.

No, I don't. I think you routinely post silly things. This one is just more silly than normal. The fact that your followup to me deliberately ignores the context in, and of, your response just tells everyone that even you realize how stupid your post was.

 

[Marinlik]

Welker does not play in every game. He has exactly as many season-ending injuries as Amendola does.

The "he's always hurt" makes no logical sense. For it to be logical, there would have to be a correlation between his injuries, and there's not. Tearing his triceps two seasons ago, breaking his collarbone last season, and tearing his hip adductor this season are all completely independent of each other and don't leave him any more susceptible to injuries in other parts of his body in future seasons.

So you do not beleive that some people are more easily injured than others?

 

[Sciz]

So you do not beleive that some people are more easily injured than others?

Of course some people are. I, for example, had a ton of issues with my knees because I have terrible running form. Dowling had a hip imbalance that seemed to make him more susceptible to lower body joint issues. Thomas Davis, Terrell Thomas, and Danario Alexander all seem to be more susceptible to torn ACLs than most players.

People saying that they are not surprised about his torn hip muscle because of his past torn triceps and broken collarbone are far oversimplifying things, though.

 

[Kid~Brady]

Welker does not play in every game. He has exactly as many season-ending injuries as Amendola does.

What?

Whatever you're smoking, pleassssse pass it! Welker has always been on the field. He might've missed a couple games in the last few years, if that. Ambulance-dola has played a total of one season in 2 seasons!

 

[Fencer]

Of course some people are. I, for example, had a ton of issues with my knees because I have terrible running form. Dowling had a hip imbalance that seemed to make him more susceptible to lower body joint issues. Thomas Davis, Terrell Thomas, and Danario Alexander all seem to be more susceptible to torn ACLs than most players.

People saying that they are not surprised about his torn hip muscle because of his past torn triceps and broken collarbone are far oversimplifying things, though.

There COULD be a common cause. The Brandon Lloyd joke above points to the most obvious candidate -- some guys take more hard hits than others do.

And by the way, even injuries that happen without hits can have their genesis in earlier lesser injuries. I learned that as a teenager, when I sprained a toe in contact, favored it, and sprained the ankle on my other leg as a result.

 

[The Scrizz]

What?

Whatever you're smoking, pleassssse pass it! Welker has always been on the field. He might've missed a couple games in the last few years, if that. Ambulance-dola has played a total of one season in 2 seasons!

Welker was fortunate enough to suffer his season ending knee injury in week 16. If it was week 1 he would have missed the season. Let's not act like he's indestructible.

 

[Kid~Brady]

Of course some people are. I, for example, had a ton of issues with my knees because I have terrible running form. Dowling had a hip imbalance that seemed to make him more susceptible to lower body joint issues. Thomas Davis, Terrell Thomas, and Danario Alexander all seem to be more susceptible to torn ACLs than most players.

People saying that they are not surprised about his torn hip muscle because of his past torn triceps and broken collarbone are far oversimplifying things, though.

See, this is where me and people like you differ. I'm not going to sit here and call the guy "soft" and "made of glass", however, he's never on the field. I come from the world of finance, we like results, tangibles and production. This is the only way to measure the investment, and I have to say, this has been a bad one thus far. I never liked the signing. I know he's a good player, I know he has this and that, but what does it matter if he can't play?

Losing money.

 

[Kid~Brady]

Welker was fortunate enough to suffer his season ending knee injury in week 16. If it was week he would have missed the season. Let's not act like he's indestructible.

Yeah, yeah. We know.

He's still a million times more durable than Amendola. Stop kidding yourself.

 

[Brady_to_Moss]

Welker was fortunate enough to suffer his season ending knee injury in week 16. If it was week 1 he would have missed the season. Let's not act like he's indestructible.

Compared to amendola? yeah he is indestructible

 

[Kid~Brady]

Compared to amendola? yeah he is indestructible

Most people are.

 

[QuantumMechanic]

This guy's history told us he was going to be injured sooner or later

OK, doctor, please tell us exactly what in his history told us that.

 

[QuantumMechanic]

What?

Whatever you're smoking, pleassssse pass it! Welker has always been on the field. He might've missed a couple games in the last few years, if that. Ambulance-dola has played a total of one season in 2 seasons!

It was pure luck that Welker's "nobody touched me but my knee blew out anyways" injury happened in Week 17. It equally as likely could have happened in Week 1 (or preseason) and then he'd have missed 15 (or 16) regular season games in a single season.

That's why comparing how many games players missed, absent proper context, is stupid.

 

[Rob0729]

It was pure luck that Welker's "nobody touched me but my knee blew out anyways" injury happened in Week 17. It equally as likely could have happened in Week 1 (or preseason) and then he'd have missed 15 (or 16) regular season games in a single season.

That's why comparing how many games players missed, absent proper context, is stupid.

It wasn't all that lucky for the Welker injury. Losing Welker was a big reason why the Pats were one and done in the playoffs that year.

In some ways, I would have rather had lost Welker week one of the season so the Pats would have figured out a way to win without him. They didn't have an answer since the first game without him was a playoff game.