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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Heyjoe4" data-source="post: 1093086" data-attributes="member: 13032">Yeah that was the reaction I had as well.  And the report, or the reporting on the report, is confusing - "MLF's respect for players" dropped, or was it "players' respect for MLF".  And why no comments from the players?  Just not a well done survey IMO.Not that it should be dismissed out of hand, and the issues with training sound more valid than the nebulous comment on MLF.  But I thought the Packers had one of the better training facilities in the league.  Too much uncertainty around all of this.Finally, a lot of people correlate strong training programs with lack of in juries.  Personally, I never saw that correlation as very strong.  These guys are very well-conditioned athletes and injuries still happen.  Injuries happen and are usually the result of being in the wrong place at the wrong time - I'm thinking of Kraft getting accidentally kicked by a teammate, or no good reason at all - Parsons' getting an ACL tear on a non-contact play.  Bakhtiari tearing his ACL in practice.  Jordy Nelson tore his ACL on a non-contact play in PS quite a few years ago.Rarely, if ever, does an NFL player get hurt from not being in shape.  Just MO.</blockquote>

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