Marcus Mariota, Tyrod Taylor, Ben Roethlisberger, Le’Veon Bell, Matt Forte, Kendall Wright, and Antonio Gates. That’s a pretty talented pool of players that are all in some stage of rehab from MCL injuries. With this many MCL injuries being so front-and-center to football fans, it’s safe to wonder what’s going on. Why are we seeing so many MCL… Read More »
If you were following the breaking news of Green Bay WR Randall Cobb’s shoulder injury yesterday on Twitter, you’d be forgiven for being confused. Plenty of people, myself included, thought it had the look of a collarbone fracture. Then word came out that it was not a collarbone fracture. Then there was this weird period where a lot… Read More »
If you’re ever looking for some unbridled enthusiasm, Seattle coach Pete Carroll is always a good place to start. As far as NFL coaches go, he’s about as, “super-pumped,” as you’ll find, and he makes no attempt to hide it. When it comes to talking about player injuries, Carroll tends to either go full on optimistic or just… Read More »
With the NFL draft quickly approaching, we’re now starting to see all the usual reports, speculations, and shenanigans that we see every spring. Shenanigans, you ask? Oh yes, shenanigans, I say. The worst of these is typically when someone tries to raise illegitimate red flags about a draft prospect, presumably so that the player’s draft stock will plummet… Read More »
At some point, it might be easier to just ask which NFL players are not playing through muscle tears. In fact, this is starting to bug me. First it was Aaron Rodgers playing through a calf tear. Then it was Peyton Manning playing through a quad tear. Not to be outdone, Giants WR Odell Beckham just revealed that… Read More »
No doubt that by now you’ve heard plenty about about Aaron Rodgers and his calf muscle. If you have not (and I envy you) here’s the latest breaking news: Packers QB Aaron Rodgers’ calf muscle has a slight tear in it in addition to be significantly strained, per… http://t.co/EHDVeLczQv — Adam Schefter (@AdamSchefter) January 8, 2015 I’m used… Read More »
I’m always amazed at how often I find reporters painting an optimistic picture based on one interview or soundbite that could be taken either way. Such is the case today with Bengal’s LB Vontaze Burfict. (Side note, I love that name, he totally sounds like an awesome Muppet.) Burfict has a knee injury that sidelined him after week… Read More »
Nope, I’m still not ready to back down from my original pessimism over Robert Griffin and his dislocated ankle. Yes, it looks like there’s a chance that I’ll be wrong and that Griffin will come back and play at some point this season. But my reasoning at the time was solid… it just turns out that Griffin had… Read More »
Anyone been following Oakland LB Nick Roach lately? He’s pretty much off most people’s radar, unless they’re unfortunate enough to be a Raiders fan. Seriously, pick a new team already, people. There are 31 other teams out there, and at least 28 of them don’t punish their fans the same way Oakland does. Anyway, Roach suffered a concussion… Read More »
And so it begins. Only three weeks after Robert Griffin III suffered a very serious injury, people are already starting with the ridiculous, “will he or won’t he start,” talk. I guess I should be grateful that they’re not talking about week 5, but at least being (only) slightly more reasonable by referring to a possible week 8,… Read More »