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<blockquote data-quote="HardRightEdge" data-source="post: 835851"><p>That doesn't surprise me. It would stand to reason getting defenders to lower their tackling targets would just transfer injury incidence from concussions to the lower body parts. It's also instructive to remember that the lowering of the helmet rule also applies to offensive players. The NFL backed off on that rule in the box, but it applies at the second level and beyond. The rules induce ball carriers and receivers to stay high with impending contact in space instead of lowing the helmet while the defenders are targetting lower. And I do think lack of "contact conditioning" might be a factor once the money games begin.</p><p></p><p>In the context of the discussion of whether fewer contact practices (camp and regular season), fewer preseason games, and fewer starter snaps in preseason reduce injuries, a year-over-year comparison is not helpful. You'd have compare to prior to the 2010 CBA when contract restrictions were introduced. Even then there have been so many intervening changes as to make a meaningful assessement of what causes what nearly impossible. Still and all, common sense would indicate less contact prior to Game 1, Snap 1, would result in fewer injuries up to that point.</p><p></p><p>On its own merits, the Football Outsiders data provides an incomplete picture. First, it appears to exclude missed games as a result of PUP or IR, even IR games arising from injuries during the season, focusing exclusively on the weekly injury report. Further, it does not address attrition through injury prior to Game 1, Snap 1, whether resulting from PUP or IR or the many guys on the bubble where the difference between making the roster and getting cut might hinge on a minor injury incurred in camp or preseason.</p><p></p><p>Of the many, many players with borderline talent who anonymously filter in and out the bottom of rosters and the league every year, who never sniff vested status, a meaningful percentage of those can attribute their lack of survival to injuries, both minor and major, at the 53 man roster cut down. The compensations through talent and experience is simply not there for even minor injuries. Of course, the league cares little about these players unless the injury presents a potential meaningful future liability (concussion, spinal cord). And if we are honest with ourselves, neither do we except in rare moments of reflection such as this.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="HardRightEdge, post: 835851"] That doesn't surprise me. It would stand to reason getting defenders to lower their tackling targets would just transfer injury incidence from concussions to the lower body parts. It's also instructive to remember that the lowering of the helmet rule also applies to offensive players. The NFL backed off on that rule in the box, but it applies at the second level and beyond. The rules induce ball carriers and receivers to stay high with impending contact in space instead of lowing the helmet while the defenders are targetting lower. And I do think lack of "contact conditioning" might be a factor once the money games begin. In the context of the discussion of whether fewer contact practices (camp and regular season), fewer preseason games, and fewer starter snaps in preseason reduce injuries, a year-over-year comparison is not helpful. You'd have compare to prior to the 2010 CBA when contract restrictions were introduced. Even then there have been so many intervening changes as to make a meaningful assessement of what causes what nearly impossible. Still and all, common sense would indicate less contact prior to Game 1, Snap 1, would result in fewer injuries up to that point. On its own merits, the Football Outsiders data provides an incomplete picture. First, it appears to exclude missed games as a result of PUP or IR, even IR games arising from injuries during the season, focusing exclusively on the weekly injury report. Further, it does not address attrition through injury prior to Game 1, Snap 1, whether resulting from PUP or IR or the many guys on the bubble where the difference between making the roster and getting cut might hinge on a minor injury incurred in camp or preseason. Of the many, many players with borderline talent who anonymously filter in and out the bottom of rosters and the league every year, who never sniff vested status, a meaningful percentage of those can attribute their lack of survival to injuries, both minor and major, at the 53 man roster cut down. The compensations through talent and experience is simply not there for even minor injuries. Of course, the league cares little about these players unless the injury presents a potential meaningful future liability (concussion, spinal cord). And if we are honest with ourselves, neither do we except in rare moments of reflection such as this. [/QUOTE]
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