Tennessee TE Delanie Walker left the game today after taking a brutal hit and suffering a concussion. Concussions are severe injuries, and as anyone who follows football knows, it seems as though we still have a ton to learn about how concussions should be handled. There’s no standard return-to-play estimate for concussions, as some players pass all test… Read More »
Nobody was too surprised yesterday when 49ers RB Marcus Lattimore announced that he was retiring from football. For those who might not be familiar with Lattimore, the surprising part is that he retired at the age of 23 and without ever playing in an NFL game. Lattimore shredded his knee (medical term) in a college game back in… Read More »
It’s been a funny little 24 hours for me. First, Nick Foles goes down with that injury that we later confirmed was a fractured collarbone. Second, I take to the blog-waves (that’s a thing) telling everyone that seven or eight weeks is the right sort of timeframe to be throwing around as a possible comeback. Look it up,… Read More »
I get this one a lot. Being a believer in the almighty power of a statistical database, I’m often accused of not seeing the larger picture. When I take to Twitter to rant about better injury estimates based on this historical comparison, I get criticism like this: @CraigZumsteg @Jeff_McLane @TheRealDGunnCSN you're annoying with this on every report. All… Read More »
There’s a little song and dance that plays out often enough in NFL reporting and I’m always amazed to watch it unfold. It typically goes like this: Step one, player gets injured. Step two, media needs to assign a return-to-play estimate. Step three, media finds one dubiously sourced early report and latches onto the most optimistic angle of… Read More »
Eagles fans seem to be all over my site tonight after I posted a quick rundown on what we might be looking at with QB Nick Foles’s collarbone fracture… if indeed it is a collarbone fracture. (Though early word is going that way, according to Jeff McLane). In fact, someone by the name of Dolomite was kind enough… Read More »
The sometimes-to-be-trusted early reports are that Eagles QB Nick Foles suffered a fractured collarbone on his left, non-throwing side. If this holds up to be the case, I have to admit, I’m pretty excited, as this is the same as the Romo/Rodgers injury that inspired this whole blog. Because of this, I have some pretty decent historical data… Read More »
Unlike most of the NFL experts, I don’t mind pointing out and admitting when I was wrong. In fact, that’s one of my cornerstones of blogging. It bugs the crap out of me when reporters and analysts fail to follow up later and admit how many of their reports were just garbage, so I feel like I should… Read More »
In the words of Ron Burgandy, “boy, that escalated quickly.” (Crap, I can’t take credit for that… Rotoworld used it lo lead their summary of Jones’ injury, and they nailed it.) Back on October 21st, word came out that Pats DE Chandler Jones would miss, “about a month,” with a hip injury. No details were given, leaving me… Read More »
As a rabid Pats fan, I must admit, I love me some Chandler Jones. He’s one of those high-motor defensive ends that just manages to be everywhere he needs to be. Okay, maybe that’s pretty biased. But he does have a great smile, and that counts for a lot. Given all that, it kills me to hear that… Read More »