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CLICK HERE to Register for a free account and login for a smoother ad-free experience. It's easy, and only takes a few moments.Would you rather (a) be hit by one or two guys that are one or two steps away, or (b) be hit by six or eight guys that you are not even looking at that have converged on you after sprinting from forty yards away?
Why do people thing ST is this stepchild of a meaningless part of the game? ST is a BIG part of football.
Would you rather (a) be hit by one or two guys that are one or two steps away, or (b) be hit by six or eight guys that you are not even looking at that have converged on you after sprinting from forty yards away?
It has nothing to do with the importance of special teams. It's just physics; the force, velocity and impact of a special teams play is so much greater than a typical pass play. A player is far more likely to get injured returning 100 punts than he is receiving 100 passes.
Thanks, doc, but Welker disagrees with you.At any rate this is not good news. How do you rehab an ACL tear with your arm in a sling? I wouldn't be surprised if he is out for the entire season.
There is a reason most special team players are backups that don't get paid a lot, there is a reason teams are always looking for a new return man.
They get hurt.
It's science.
Thanks, doc, but Welker disagrees with you.
"Welker believes that he will play"
Say he's overly optimistic if you like but obviously he can rehab his ACL, not to mention the report a couple of weeks ago that he was doing well for the early point in time.
No, I don't have any data related to football injuries occuring on special teams, but it's physics - and common sense. Do you think the likelihood and severity of an injury in a two-car accident traveling 15 miles per hour is going to be the same as that of a six-car accident traveling 50 miles per hour hour?A) Do you have any data to back up your "far more likely to get injured" assertion
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B) It's FOOTBALL!
I don't disagree, I'm on record as saying I expect him to be PUPed although he could be back Week 1 and he could miss the season. All I am saying is it is just as ridiculous to say he can't make it back as to say he will for sure. And to say the rotator cuff would make it really hard to rehab the knee (the clear implication in the post I replied to) is just silly or Welker wouldn't believe he would be back this year. I don't know when he'll be back - but those who act like they do irritate me to no end.I think it's important that we stay positive, but I certainly think they'll air on the side of caution. There's not much chance, if any, that he'll be rushed back in any way. I think we all have our own guess on his time frame, I will be very happy if we see Wes any time before November.
No, I don't have any data related to football injuries occuring on special teams, but it's physics - and common sense. Do you think the likelihood and severity of an injury in a two-car accident traveling 15 miles per hour is going to be the same as that of a six-car accident traveling 50 miles per hour hour?
On special teams play the opponent is running at or near full speed. Higher velocity creates a greater impact which results in more chance of an injury. It's not to say a player can't be injured when there is very low speed (such as Brady) or no contact (such as Welker); just saying the nature of a special teams play is such that there is more chance of an injury.
On the flip side there are far fewer special team plays than regular offensive plays. A player may return only one or two punts per game, but be on the field for 60 or 70 offensive plays. So overall his chances of being injured is more likely to be in one of those 60-70 plays than on one of those punts.
No ... the coordinators sucked and Belichick is clueless for letting them call the plays.
At any rate this is not good news. How do you rehab an ACL tear with your arm in a sling? I wouldn't be surprised if he is out for the entire season.
Does he require surgery for his rotator cuffs or can he just rehab it?
And to say the rotator cuff would make it really hard to rehab the knee (the clear implication in the post I replied to) is just silly or Welker wouldn't believe he would be back this year.