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1) The probability of injury is NOT independent of a player's injury history.
2) Amendola is not injury prone.
3) Dowling and Fletcher on the other hand are injury prone, as are Hernandez. Edelman and Gronkowski.
2) Amendola is not injury prone.
3) Dowling and Fletcher on the other hand are injury prone, as are Hernandez. Edelman and Gronkowski.
I don't understand how players such as Amendola can be labeled a "walking injury". I am not statistician but I'm pretty sure the probability of getting injured on any given play is independent of the players past history of injuries. When we say a person is prone to getting injured are we saying so out of complete superstition.
What are the factors that makes someone injury prone. Does anyone know any stats correlating football injuries to position, body size, history of injuries? If so do you care to share, I am curious. Do people think Amendola is injury prone merely because he takes a lot of hard hit or merely because he;s been injured in the past.
If what we call being injury prone is merely the inability to play through injury, it's hard to think anyone could play through the injuries that he;s sustained. Welker missed a whole season, Brady missed a whole season, does this make them injury prone?