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Yeah, sorry for including a ridiculous phrase like 'injury proneness' but I couldn't think of another way to say it. "Rate of injury" would have been more appropriate.
Either way, I agree that we're going in circles and should be hoping for better health. As I said though, I was curious as to what I deemed the "regular" yearly situations produced, and shared the results while admitting that I was purposely leaving out the injury ending season in week one of year three.
I realize that you don't care for this analysis, but it does answer the question of how many games he normally misses in years that don't have a season ending injury; and that number is less than I would've expected. For what it's worth, had he only played 2-3 years, I would find this exercise as ridiculous as you're suggesting, but since he's played 5 full years, I do not find it quite as bad as your insinuation.
Good stuff, but I've got to get some sleep, so let me leave on this one that I think is a good one for your side of the argument, and you'll be able to have the last word for tonight, if you choose:
"Yeah, he's missed a lot of time, but most of it came in one season. For the rest of his career, it's been pretty much just a game or two in any given season. That's not ideal, but we were spoiled by Welker, who was an iron man as a slot guy. Look at guys like Hawkins, Stokely, Edelman, Harvin, Cobb and even Troy Brown. Missing a game or two (or more) in a lot of years seems to be an occupational hazard for slot receivers in today's game."
P.S. I hope you didn't take my posts as trying to run you over. I was actually trying to avoid the 50 page Amendola highjack by getting everything out on the table. If it came off in any way unkind, smartass, or the like, my apologies, because that was not my intent. As I'm sure you know, I consider you one of this board's very best posters. And, on that note,
Have a great night.
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