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<blockquote data-quote="HardRightEdge" data-source="post: 835840"><p>The NFL claims sharp reductions in concussions from 2017 to 2018:</p><p></p><p><a href="http://www.nfl.com/news/story/0ap3000001013041/article/nfl-sees-significant-drop-in-concussions-during-2018-season" target="_blank">http://www.nfl.com/news/story/0ap3000001013041/article/nfl-sees-significant-drop-in-concussions-during-2018-season</a></p><p></p><p>Now, this covers preseason and regular season, not practices. The numbers are too large to chalk up to random variations from season to season. We must attribute these reductions largely to the rule changes. It should then stand to reason that the fewer full contact practices the fewer concussions will be incurred.</p><p></p><p>Reducing concussions is the A1 NFL priorty in injury reduction while protecting QBs from all manner of mayhem is A1A. Whether that leads to a total net reduction in injuries is questionable. If defenders are targeting helmets less often, and players on both sides of the ball are leading less often with the helmet, and defenders are more often wrapping up and driving to the ground (but not the QB!) or targeting low from the knees down to the feet, is the result more shoulder, knee and ankle injuries? Possibly. Too soon to tell, and so far as I can tell the NFL does not release full injury stats, only concussion stats, so we may never know.</p><p></p><p>One thing is clear. The NFL is way more concerned with getting to the start of the season with as many marquee players possible, and then once the games start reduce concussions. Dislocated shoulders, torn ACLs and high ankle sprains don't draw $1 billion class action settlements. Injuries can't be eliminated, but if they are the inevitable cost of doing business then the NFL says let them not be concussions, and especially not spinal cord injuries. Future retiree medical liabilities for a knee replacement is far less costly than treatment for a protracted case of dementia or a lifelong quadriplegic.</p><p></p><p>That's the NFL approach to injuries today. It's actually pretty obvious. The merits can be debated but it ain't gonna change. I don't see fans taking to the streets and picketing stadiums and the league office with placards saying, "More Violence!" or "Free Vontaze Burfict!"</p><p></p><p>I do have to say, though, data aside, that the idea that more contact practices get guys in better "contact condition" thereby eliminating some early season injuries might have some validity. But that applies only to the guys that would make it to week 1. It stands to reason there would be some kind of offset for the increased number of guys who wouldn't make that first game as as a result of those practicies.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="HardRightEdge, post: 835840"] The NFL claims sharp reductions in concussions from 2017 to 2018: [URL]http://www.nfl.com/news/story/0ap3000001013041/article/nfl-sees-significant-drop-in-concussions-during-2018-season[/URL] Now, this covers preseason and regular season, not practices. The numbers are too large to chalk up to random variations from season to season. We must attribute these reductions largely to the rule changes. It should then stand to reason that the fewer full contact practices the fewer concussions will be incurred. Reducing concussions is the A1 NFL priorty in injury reduction while protecting QBs from all manner of mayhem is A1A. Whether that leads to a total net reduction in injuries is questionable. If defenders are targeting helmets less often, and players on both sides of the ball are leading less often with the helmet, and defenders are more often wrapping up and driving to the ground (but not the QB!) or targeting low from the knees down to the feet, is the result more shoulder, knee and ankle injuries? Possibly. Too soon to tell, and so far as I can tell the NFL does not release full injury stats, only concussion stats, so we may never know. One thing is clear. The NFL is way more concerned with getting to the start of the season with as many marquee players possible, and then once the games start reduce concussions. Dislocated shoulders, torn ACLs and high ankle sprains don't draw $1 billion class action settlements. Injuries can't be eliminated, but if they are the inevitable cost of doing business then the NFL says let them not be concussions, and especially not spinal cord injuries. Future retiree medical liabilities for a knee replacement is far less costly than treatment for a protracted case of dementia or a lifelong quadriplegic. That's the NFL approach to injuries today. It's actually pretty obvious. The merits can be debated but it ain't gonna change. I don't see fans taking to the streets and picketing stadiums and the league office with placards saying, "More Violence!" or "Free Vontaze Burfict!" I do have to say, though, data aside, that the idea that more contact practices get guys in better "contact condition" thereby eliminating some early season injuries might have some validity. But that applies only to the guys that would make it to week 1. It stands to reason there would be some kind of offset for the increased number of guys who wouldn't make that first game as as a result of those practicies. [/QUOTE]
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