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cam newton has a broken rib

MarshallOnMontana : 8/25/2014 10:46 am
No link, saw it on espn. Still expected to go week 1 though

I am a huge fan of cam but this is shaping up as a rough year with all the extenuating circumstances. Offseason ankle surgery, depleted at wr where they werent strong to begin with (though ive heard good thinks about the fsu rookie). Now throw in this rib issue. He needed this camp with all their new recievers, and the ankle and rib have made it almost a lost camp

I am happy I  
Joe in Knoxville : 8/25/2014 11:15 am : link
To deangelo williams and Jonathan Stewart in my draft
Hey Joe.  
Big Blue '56 : 8/25/2014 11:18 am : link
There are many opinions on this, but I can't for the life of me understand the APPARENT increase in injuries since they cut back the camp workload per the CBA from a few years ago..

As I said, theories abound on this, but "at the end of the day" there's nothing that this fan can sink his teeth into..

Broken bones, ACLs, etc., can happen and have happened at any given time..But I've never seen, for example, the plethora of Hammy pulls that I have seen the last few years compared to the not so distant past.

Perhaps, with the escalation of social media and as it happens reporting, it's just a question of knowing more, being better informed, than we used to be; that we simply didn't know what the extents were as we do today..Perhaps not..I just have little clue

bb56  
MarshallOnMontana : 8/25/2014 11:30 am : link
Im always weary about trusting perceptions like that in the absence of objective data backing it up. There may or may not be something to it, but ive never seen a study comparing injuries over the decades, and such a study would be near impossible anyway because many injuries go unreported

Recently in the nba for instance, there was this perception that acl tears were way up after a few very high profile guys suffered them. Then I read a study someplace that basically compiled every reported acl injury over the last 25 years and pretty clearly showed that wasnt the case
RE: Hey Joe.  
BMac : 8/25/2014 11:34 am : link
In comment 11824251 Big Blue '56 said:
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There are many opinions on this, but I can't for the life of me understand the APPARENT increase in injuries since they cut back the camp workload per the CBA from a few years ago..

As I said, theories abound on this, but "at the end of the day" there's nothing that this fan can sink his teeth into..

Broken bones, ACLs, etc., can happen and have happened at any given time..But I've never seen, for example, the plethora of Hammy pulls that I have seen the last few years compared to the not so distant past.

Perhaps, with the escalation of social media and as it happens reporting, it's just a question of knowing more, being better informed, than we used to be; that we simply didn't know what the extents were as we do today..Perhaps not..I just have little clue


The most logical/reasonable explanation I've heard is that athletes are starting to exceed their body's physical limits. With the advances in training that result in 300+ pound guys who run 5-something 40s, the strains on joints, tendons, etc. has to be overwhelming.

Combine that with the incredible exertion and sudden movements required and injuries become almost inevitable. Note that I haven't included contact here, which adds yet another layer of risk.
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BrettNYG10 : 8/25/2014 11:36 am : link
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NFL says concussions, ACL injuries decreased - ( New Window )
re: the new CBA  
mattlawson : 8/25/2014 11:39 am : link
the players shot themselves in the foot. they knew they werent getting more money so they settled on less work.
RE: bb56  
Big Blue '56 : 8/25/2014 11:40 am : link
In comment 11824285 MarshallOnMontana said:
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Im always weary about trusting perceptions like that in the absence of objective data backing it up. There may or may not be something to it, but ive never seen a study comparing injuries over the decades, and such a study would be near impossible anyway because many injuries go unreported

Recently in the nba for instance, there was this perception that acl tears were way up after a few very high profile guys suffered them. Then I read a study someplace that basically compiled every reported acl injury over the last 25 years and pretty clearly showed that wasnt the case


Yeah, that's why i capitalized Apparent, as I just don't know
Carolina  
Jerry in DC : 8/25/2014 1:06 pm : link
is in for a rough year. I could see them being this year's Falcons/Texans. They lost basically all their DBs, several OL, and their WRs are probably the worst in the league.

That offense is going to be terrible - it's just going to be Cam running around hoping guys get open and then scrambling. The front 7 is still great, but not good enough to carry the rest of the team.
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