Stafford Not Injury-Prone

Neither of them are constants, so as a player waffles between that ratio, they go from being injury prone to not and back again?

Not buying it.

Plus, there’s all of college to consider.

and profiler this isnt necessarily a response to your post i just wanted to piggy back off the top.

That every single human being that has ever been born with maybe the exception of bill brasky is injury prone, joints, muscles, tendons, all prone to injury, Allow me to switch to other sports for what I believe is the real problem, is that quaterbacks typically do not know how to take a hit or fall correctly.

In volley ball they teach you to sprawl, (as well as wrestling), which is a falling technique that diverts high impact to important joints and ligaments wrists and shoulders and absorbs most of the impact through the chest and abdomen. Do this incorrectly or do not practice it to the point where it is second nature and I gaurantee your volleyball career wont last long.

Look how our QBs take hits, without fail everytime i watch a lion qb hit the dirt, the hit three spots to the ground first shoulder, hands, and hips….sorry for the rant, just my thought on the matter

and that is it.

given time, other teams will endure this type of situation.

I don’t think our pass protection is below average. I don’t think our scheme limits quick check-down options in the progression. I also don’t think our QBs are exceedingly greedy with time in the pocket. We don’t run 9 step drops since Martz left.

BTW, after watching how injuries determine so much now in terms of success, does anyone really want an 18 game season? with the new concussion protocols, i could see 1/4 or more of playoff teams down to backups at QB.

but the excuse that it was a tremendous hit doesn’t hold a lot of water. Lots of QB’s take hits with their arms wrapped like that, and many QB’s take more big hits than Stafford has. Sometimes they get hurt, but most of the time they don’t. I’ve seen plenty of QB’s take worse hits and be fine. Like I said, I hope these are just flukes, but I’ve seen David Carr take more hits in one season than Staff has his whole career and not be knocked out of the game as many times. Some guys do get hurt on plays other guys can take.

Shove out of bounds…

Cheap, real cheap.

http://www.footballoutsiders.com/stats/ol

I feel like our QB’s are still getting whacked pretty often even though the o-line gives them enough time to at least throw the ball away

We can generally only expect players from the top 3 rounds to be starters right away, and even then, yeah, there’s a learning curve. But let’s suppose we can get 2 starters and then some development/depth from the draft and 2 starters from Free Agency.

If we could just add solid starters at four positions
OLB
CB
OLB
#3WR

then we pretty much have a complete football team with no major holes on the roster. Of course we do have some veterans getting older who we’re going to need to find replacements for over the next few seasons (Backus, Raiola, Burleson, Vanden Bosch), but as far as next year goes, if we can fill just four positions or so, I don’t see any major weaknesses on the roster.

Kidding! Your a fan of Staff, clearly…..

There are many physical factors that could make one “injury prone” including skeletal size, bone density, strength and quantity of skeletal and connective tissues, muscle density, muscular build at the injury site, fast-twitch vs. slow-twitch fiber make-up, etc.. Many people have claimed one of the reasons Michael Jordan was such a great jumper is because he had an abnormally strong achilles’ tendon (this may or may not be true, I don’t know, but it is a possibility) those same types of features could make one person less likely to sustain injuries when subjected to these types of blows.

Is Stafford weak in a vital area like this? I have no idea, and it is hard to judge because these hits are not reproducable on other players to compare. He has had a number of injuries to his joints in these two seasons though, and I don’t know that he has taken more big hits capable of producing injury than most other players of similar build.

He is no more prone to breaking his hand than any other player in the whole freaking league. He is no more prone to getting turf toe than other player in the whole freaking league. He is no more prone to breaking his leg than other player in the whole freaking league. He is no more prone to getting athlete’s foot than other player in the whole freaking league. He is no more prone to getting a neck injury than other player in the whole freaking league. He is no more prone to getting a concussion than other player in the whole freaking league. He is no more prone to getting a broken rib than other player in the whole freaking league. He is no more prone to getting hoof in mouth disease than other player in the whole freaking league. He is no more prone to getting lupus than other player in the whole freaking league. Need I go on?

As for the shoulder…. yeah. If it doesn’t heal properly or there are long-term effects, sure… his shoulder might be prone to more injuries that the average player.

sick of hearing this shizzit too and what i say goes so listen up !

right!

Moving on. Lets see, Franchise QBs (which he is being paid like) commonly do in fact go years without getting hurt and missing time. Guys like Manning, Brady ect.