The Lions played 4 games in 18 days between the 2 games before Thanksgiving plus the following Thursday. Add the 2 games following the mini bye. The bulk of our injuries happened in that 6 game stretch.
The player's union needs to step up and say NO to Thursday night games! Period! If the league goes to 18 games next season, there needs to be 2 bye weeks! This will cut down on injuries!! No doubt about it.
Hutch’s absence from the defense changed the play of the defense completely. Could argue the whole team play. The defense had to play harder, faster more aggressive. Thus increase chance of injury.
Just an insight, the Doctor said is it possible to practice to hard. The correct answer is YES. There are many UFC fighters who will tell you that they over trained for a fight. Over training leads to injuries and lowers your immune system. But this is also on the NFL. The Lions played 4 games within 18 days. That is absolutely insane. The NFL needs to extend the season and teams should have 2 bye weeks. This sport is a high impact sport. The human body needs rest and recovery to perform at its peak. It’s time for the NFL to make some changes. On top of everything the Lions also had a week 5 bye. That is also insane. With only one bye week in the entire season no team should have a bye week that early in the season.
I keep hearing people say "Get new conditioning coaches" but I don't understand how conditioning coaches could prevent the broken bones and torn ACL/MCLs. To me, that doesn't make sense. Most of the injuries were freaky or a result of a "football play"/playing hard
@@robertcorsini4399it isn't random to have 22 defense injured throughout the season. I think they broke some medical records this year along side the other positive records they reversed from years gone by.
Yeah it just happens and it hit our team harder. Conditioning coaches won't do anything. I think if anything they should be stretching more and more band work
These discussions are important and I appreciate the Docs candor. I think the main issue is pushing too hard and somewhat wreckless. Not pacing themselves. Also nutrition, diet, equipment and padding. Hard not to notice many injuries were in the first quarter. Perhaps they aren't warming up/stretching good enough? Many cruciate ligament injuries. The team will have to figure it all out after the pro bowl is over.
Go back to a 14 game season, only 2 preseason games, more practice time, not less and add more players to the squad! Have more depth. Grass fields I believe would help also.
Open up the 53 man roster to 63. Helps body stress relief...helps more families being able to have a chance to continue playing. NFL needs to open up the pocketbook
And enforce how many downs a player can compete in each game. As long as every team complies, it will.work. All it does is force teams to have depth to be great. You are on to something here
@richhava the personnel availability can make games more exciting. The number is gonna increase one day for safety reasons I think. Its just a process. They already got cushion helmets. NFL just don't wanna spread the money yet for bigger rosters
@Banzai51 That's because the owners could care less about the players. They pretend to but the only thing those narcissistic bastards care about is money. That is why Jerry Jones got the owners together to form a separate corporation that they all are part of that allows them to fiddle with games via the referree as the WWE does. If people would quit being idiots and wake tfu, and in this case Sports fans, We could unite and become the shot callers. Football season ticket holders form a union. First order of business Order a mandatory meeting with owners. No one pays their money for tickers unless they show up. If I were the spokesperson it night go a little like this. Listen up you fucks...your world is about to change and their isn't a damn thing you can do about it. We are taking over. You will comply. Why? Because if we don't buy the tickets, pay $100.a game for parking, $300 on food, buy your team apparel, and not watch on TV. We have enough fans who are non season ticket holders to destroy you where you sit. The part you don't deserve is as much as you are all a bunch of vipers, we love the game, but we no longer are going to allow you to make billions and billions of unchecked cash. And as much as we love the players, they can firgd5 about making 50 million a year. If you got 5 million or 50 million, you have enough We will set ticket prices, food, beer and apparel prices, and be present when you strike a TV deal. Half that money will be disbursed equally to each city that has a team and given to a group in charge of using the money to elevate the homeless back in the game at all.cost. You.bozos will.still make a few billion, but that don't matter because you will hate us and probably kill many of us because you.are now our butch. Now fuck off and we will be in touch. Then it spreads around the world and without so much as a slingshot, we win the biggest war in history.
Do the math, once injuries start piling up like they did early for us the remaining good players are on the field longer than they should be resulting in more injuries
No idea how Hutch is friendly fire. Yes, his leg broke on another player when his leg whipped around. But, do you actually blame the other guy (Aliem Mcneil?). If he was not there, Dak would have escaped that sack.
@ Doesn’t matter it was friendly. That fact it was friendly only makes more sense. You’re getting aggressive attacking of the ball carrier by swarming to it which is a positive, but on the negative side, it promotes more violent contact. The OP was correct
I think they should get that rollout grass in the stadium. In the St.Brothers Podcast they were talking about that. I think it's in Phoenix or Vegas that has it. Only a couple teams have indoor stadiums and use that rollout grass so it's not as hard. What do you think is it possible?
Years ago as an active duty Marine I blew my knee up. During physical therapy I was given a list of exercises to strengthen around my knee as a preventative measure to avoid another injury. Things can be done for some of the injuries we had.
Greg and Richard make great points. I would add that the Lions need to get rid of that dome and play on grass. Those artificial turf fields are horrible to play on, especially on joints and ligaments. In addition, they need to have bigger roster sizes. Allowing more player rotations during the game would drastically reduce injuries.
It is very possible that the conditioning coach is not keeping the in-season training 'easy' enough to compensate for the physical demands of playing an entire season (or beyond, into the postseason). So, the recovery demands imposed by the stimulus of playing full-speed football are competing with the recovery demands of their in-season training. Ie. Not recovering enough week-to-week leads to greater injury risk. The broken bones are most likely not chalked up to this, but the torn muscles/ligamsnts COULD very well be.
Worth noting, more of these injuries occurred on the defense than on the offense. Seems like maybe Aaron Glenn was pushing his guys hard so that he can get a good job this year cuz he didn't get one last year?
Is anyone or any studies being done on, or discussion on the turf, what kinds of turf and grass fields being used throughout the league, is that having effects on injuries
The Lions have a long history of injury issues going way back. I think it’s bad off season maintenance. These injuries started happening in training camp and then just snowballed
If they want 17 game season, then expand the roster and require each player to sit out one game. Also limit how many short weeks each team is allowed. Eliminate 1 preseason game. Start season 1 week early and add 2nd by week.
Almost every injury has been friendly fire. Dude, he was going down there was no reason for Jack Campbell to launch himself... fuckin' killed the game.
Balance. Stillness and action. Aggression and submission. Brute force? Sure sometimes, it is football after all. Finesse. Wisdom. I feel that Dan Campbell should give Phil Jackson a call.
Muscle tears and non contact injuries, some of it is DEHYDRATION, , muscles not flexible enough. The other thing is the style of play, aggressive, violent, so some of it is going to hard at it .
@@INSANEcuber No it wasn’t. They actually showed the offensive lineman throw his elbow or used a downward thrust on Davenport. That’s how he sustained his injury. There was talk amongst the content creators as to why his injury wasn’t reviewed by the league and a fine levied It was a blatant and deliberate injury to Davenport
That was FAR from friendly fire. That was a dirty play. The offensive lineman pulled his arm and chopped down directly on his elbow. Never seen anything like it outside of MMA
What did the field have to do with hutchinson leg? Nothing. What did it do anzolone arm getting smashed in between 2 players? Nothing. What about amik and his broken arm? He got hit while upright. So Nothing. Turf vs grass isn't the issue.
Maybe there should be more focus on fitness. Also, they should reduce the intensity of practices. Give more time off to players. Also rotate players more so they get more time off. Increase padding around all parts of the body.
Ford Field is a Death Trap ! You might as well be playing on Concrete ! MOST of our injuries this year came at Ford Field . Rip up the present turf and put in player friendly turf ! Sheila Hemp will do it again ! As Richdougherty said in his comments earlier, if we had grass we wouldn’t have our injury problem - but that’s not possible in a Dome Man. 😢
It is possible to have grass inside of a dome, not mistaken. The new Raiders stadium has natural grass. It’s a dome. They roll the field out for Irrigation on sunlight, and then roll it back in to the stadium.
It is completely possible. FIFA mandates grass fields, and Europe has domes/retractable roofs. You need owners willing to spend money. The high tech going into European/Asian stadiums makes US stadiums look like Lincoln Logs.
There are no un injured teams in the NFL. There are hurt teams and there are more hurt teams. Someone always loses someone. Injury rate is 100% in a sport where car accident type of body hits happen every play.
How often are they using cortisone? It's been shown to weaken ligaments and I'm not sure when the use of the drug is banned in the NFL to protect athletes from these injuires.
It's football! I can't believe that are sitting back saying they should play less aggressive or get more rest be less hard on the guys. They make millions, job is to play hard. Fluke season where we still performed ans won the Division give these guys a break. Someone on the couch has no right to judge how the team plays.
I counted at least 7 injuries from friendly fire. That is stupid and reckless. Football is war and you are shooting your own men. And a lot of those were unnecessary hits. Plays that were basically over and guys flew in late. You can play hard and still be smart and Lions weren’t.
Is this doctor drunk ??? Anzo missed what 4 or 5 games not most of the year. 17 games - 5 games isn’t most of the year. Hutch broke his leg from hitting McNeils leg swigging around.
The Lions would be foolish to not look at how they can prevent injuries. Hutch and Anzalone seemed like freak accidents. Jack Campbell did not need to join in on that tackle and breaking Amik’s arm. Maybe Alim’s injury could have been prevented in some way?
So friendly fire injuries mean that these injuries were self inflicted? So when Campbell said that the Lions are going to break kneecaps we’re he referring to his own Lions?
Why did this doctor say half of a sentence, and then switch to a different sentence altogether...multiple times? Then he even sounds a bit on the tipsy side.
What did the field have to do with hutchinson leg? Nothing. What did it do anzolone arm getting smashed in between 2 players? Nothing. What about amik and his broken arm? He got hit while upright. So Nothing. Turf vs grass isn't the issue.
Nonsense. It’s pure coincidence. You ask a static instead of a doctor. If it was the conditioning, the same rate would’ve happened for the offensive players and it would’ve happened the year before. It’s just a statistical anomaly. Sometimes they call the high probability of the highly improbable. Sit down doc
Bc they soft 😜, and sometimes just stupid unloading on ur own guy who already has someone wrapped up. You wrap up in those gang tackles, you don’t unload on ur own teammates arm.
Sure now you guys start asking these questions. Bro this is soft journalism. Now that the season is over and it's "safe" to ask the tough questions, now y'all do it. I've been asking these questions once we were double the league average. When you get multiple "freak" accidents, then they are no longer outliers anymore and you have to look for tendencies. That's how science and medicine works... But NONE of y'all asked a single question throughout the year when it could've potentially mattered! Soft!
The Lions played 4 games in 18 days between the 2 games before Thanksgiving plus the following Thursday. Add the 2 games following the mini bye. The bulk of our injuries happened in that 6 game stretch.
The player's union needs to step up and say NO to Thursday night games! Period! If the league goes to 18 games next season, there needs to be 2 bye weeks! This will cut down on injuries!! No doubt about it.
Hutch’s absence from the defense changed the play of the defense completely. Could argue the whole team play. The defense had to play harder, faster more aggressive. Thus increase chance of injury.
They had a lot of Injuries prior to that.
Hutch and McNeil hit shin to shin if I remember correctly.
McNeil’s knee on the hardest, boniest part, on Hutch’s shin
And Branch broke Anzo's arm.
Just an insight, the Doctor said is it possible to practice to hard. The correct answer is YES. There are many UFC fighters who will tell you that they over trained for a fight. Over training leads to injuries and lowers your immune system. But this is also on the NFL. The Lions played 4 games within 18 days. That is absolutely insane. The NFL needs to extend the season and teams should have 2 bye weeks. This sport is a high impact sport. The human body needs rest and recovery to perform at its peak. It’s time for the NFL to make some changes. On top of everything the Lions also had a week 5 bye. That is also insane. With only one bye week in the entire season no team should have a bye week that early in the season.
I keep hearing people say "Get new conditioning coaches" but I don't understand how conditioning coaches could prevent the broken bones and torn ACL/MCLs. To me, that doesn't make sense. Most of the injuries were freaky or a result of a "football play"/playing hard
randomness is to blame. It Happens.
Get tackling coaches
@@robertcorsini4399it isn't random to have 22 defense injured throughout the season. I think they broke some medical records this year along side the other positive records they reversed from years gone by.
Yeah it just happens and it hit our team harder. Conditioning coaches won't do anything. I think if anything they should be stretching more and more band work
Agree , but I say we should have great strength and conditioning coaches anyway .
It was our turn for the injury bug. Detroit will be a much better team next season.
I mean, 15-2 ain’t bad haha. I’d rather have them lose a few more games if it means a better playoff run.
Detroits window has CLOSED
I wonder if Detroit can compensate for the loss of 4 good coaches by allocating $$ to its AI systems. That would retilt things in some respects.
@@hsiehkanusea Keep reaching for a silver lining!!!
@@gripeotheday why?
It’s not just ‘freakish.’ There are numerous reasons why the Lions’ IR is over 2X that of any other team. Let’s start with getting rid of turf!!
💯
But many teams have turf but haven’t seen anything like this.
@@kennethwydick6948true. Can’t hurt tho at this point to get real stuff haha
I was all for them.pkaying in an outdoor stadium when they decided to build Ford Field.
These discussions are important and I appreciate the Docs candor. I think the main issue is pushing too hard and somewhat wreckless. Not pacing themselves. Also nutrition, diet, equipment and padding. Hard not to notice many injuries were in the first quarter. Perhaps they aren't warming up/stretching good enough? Many cruciate ligament injuries. The team will have to figure it all out after the pro bowl is over.
Main issue is brad getting injury prone players
I agree with you, I believe they need to pace themselves, but bad luck can be blame
Go back to a 14 game season, only 2 preseason games, more practice time, not less and add more players to the squad! Have more depth. Grass fields I believe would help also.
Too many bonuses are based on the current schedule to do that.
It’s Aron’s glen aggressive play calling
Hire John Brown as a strength coach
@@brettwalsh4203 now that’s a great idea !!!!
Open up the 53 man roster to 63. Helps body stress relief...helps more families being able to have a chance to continue playing. NFL needs to open up the pocketbook
And enforce how many downs a player can compete in each game.
As long as every team complies, it will.work.
All it does is force teams to have depth to be great.
You are on to something here
@richhava the personnel availability can make games more exciting.
The number is gonna increase one day for safety reasons I think. Its just a process. They already got cushion helmets. NFL just don't wanna spread the money yet for bigger rosters
@@TonyChase365
Yes, money is all that matters
That's the ONE thing owners don't want to do.
@Banzai51
That's because the owners could care less about the players. They pretend to but the only thing those narcissistic bastards care about is money.
That is why Jerry Jones got the owners together to form a separate corporation that they all are part of that allows them to fiddle with games via the referree as the WWE does.
If people would quit being idiots and wake tfu, and in this case Sports fans,
We could unite and become the shot callers.
Football season ticket holders form a union.
First order of business
Order a mandatory meeting with owners.
No one pays their money for tickers unless they show up.
If I were the spokesperson it night go a little like this.
Listen up you fucks...your world is about to change and their isn't a damn thing you can do about it.
We are taking over.
You will comply.
Why?
Because if we don't buy the tickets, pay $100.a game for parking, $300 on food, buy your team apparel, and not watch on TV.
We have enough fans who are non season ticket holders to destroy you where you sit.
The part you don't deserve is as much as you are all a bunch of vipers, we love the game, but we no longer are going to allow you to make billions and billions of unchecked cash.
And as much as we love the players, they can firgd5 about making 50 million a year.
If you got 5 million or 50 million, you have enough
We will set ticket prices, food, beer and apparel prices, and be present when you strike a TV deal.
Half that money will be disbursed equally to each city that has a team and given to a group in charge of using the money to elevate the homeless back in the game at all.cost.
You.bozos will.still make a few billion, but that don't matter because you will hate us and probably kill many of us because you.are now our butch.
Now fuck off and we will be in touch.
Then it spreads around the world and without so much as a slingshot, we win the biggest war in history.
We have never had players that fly to the ball like we do now. Dan Campbell has them flying everywhere and that’s a great thing. Crap happens.
Do the math, once injuries start piling up like they did early for us the remaining good players are on the field longer than they should be resulting in more injuries
Barnes, Davis and Davenport were the opponents injuring them. Hutch and McNeil wasn’t friendly fire
No idea how Hutch is friendly fire. Yes, his leg broke on another player when his leg whipped around. But, do you actually blame the other guy (Aliem Mcneil?). If he was not there, Dak would have escaped that sack.
The injuries basically come with Dan Campbell approach to the game aggressive 100% of the time
Bingo!
@@SlimJim-Bob all broken bones result of friendly fire.
@ Doesn’t matter it was friendly. That fact it was friendly only makes more sense. You’re getting aggressive attacking of the ball carrier by swarming to it which is a positive, but on the negative side, it promotes more violent contact. The OP was correct
Haha have you heard Dan Campbell on the side line ? He be like smash him smash him!!!😂😂😂😂😂 fuk that lol
Brad Holmes getting injury prone players with injury history
Can some one look into which stadium had the most injuries this year
Ive thought about this aspect too. How may were on turf!?
How were their injury stats in the last few previous years under Dan Campbell? I don't recall anything near this frequency and severity.
I think they should get that rollout grass in the stadium. In the St.Brothers Podcast they were talking about that. I think it's in Phoenix or Vegas that has it.
Only a couple teams have indoor stadiums and use that rollout grass so it's not as hard.
What do you think is it possible?
Years ago as an active duty Marine I blew my knee up. During physical therapy I was given a list of exercises to strengthen around my knee as a preventative measure to avoid another injury. Things can be done for some of the injuries we had.
The Lions play hard and tough, add a little bad luck and you have some problems. Love them though, they have a ton of heart.
Greg and Richard make great points. I would add that the Lions need to get rid of that dome and play on grass. Those artificial turf fields are horrible to play on, especially on joints and ligaments. In addition, they need to have bigger roster sizes. Allowing more player rotations during the game would drastically reduce injuries.
It is very possible that the conditioning coach is not keeping the in-season training 'easy' enough to compensate for the physical demands of playing an entire season (or beyond, into the postseason).
So, the recovery demands imposed by the stimulus of playing full-speed football are competing with the recovery demands of their in-season training. Ie. Not recovering enough week-to-week leads to greater injury risk. The broken bones are most likely not chalked up to this, but the torn muscles/ligamsnts COULD very well be.
Worth noting, more of these injuries occurred on the defense than on the offense.
Seems like maybe Aaron Glenn was pushing his guys hard so that he can get a good job this year cuz he didn't get one last year?
Is anyone or any studies being done on, or discussion on the turf, what kinds of turf and grass fields being used throughout the league, is that having effects on injuries
The Lions have a long history of injury issues going way back. I think it’s bad off season maintenance. These injuries started happening in training camp and then just snowballed
Reasonable amount of grit
If they want 17 game season, then expand the roster and require each player to sit out one game. Also limit how many short weeks each team is allowed. Eliminate 1 preseason game. Start season 1 week early and add 2nd by week.
The injuries were a direct result of their play style
Strength and conditioning, they’re a Young team…need to get bigger , stronger , faster
Game looked too fast for them, they’ll be back
Lions players need to Drink some Milk for stronger Bones 😂😂😂
The defense needs to get sharper mentally. Play attention to your surroundings. Second thing is rotation to keep them fresh
its curious that teams that played the Lions, usually lost the following week. Are Lions games more physical than an average NFL game?
the explanation is that Jeff Daniels didn't start the season with that Bobby lane ritual again
Almost every injury has been friendly fire. Dude, he was going down there was no reason for Jack Campbell to launch himself... fuckin' killed the game.
It was ridiculous
That's just Dan's coaching style, go balls out every play ......even if it's a game that doesn't matter or in garbage time when the game is over.
Balance. Stillness and action. Aggression and submission. Brute force? Sure sometimes, it is football after all. Finesse. Wisdom. I feel that Dan Campbell should give Phil Jackson a call.
Muscle tears and non contact injuries, some of it is DEHYDRATION, , muscles not flexible enough. The other thing is the style of play, aggressive, violent, so some of it is going to hard at it .
Thank you for being a thinker.
I broke my humerus could never throw a football/baseball/frisbee the same again. Always hurt eventually.
I took an arrow to the knee, never made a field goal again.😊
Your humorous? Is that like your funny bone or something? 😂
Davenport injury was also friendly fire!
@@INSANEcuber
No it wasn’t. They actually showed the offensive lineman throw his elbow or used a downward thrust on Davenport. That’s how he sustained his injury. There was talk amongst the content creators as to why his injury wasn’t reviewed by the league and a fine levied It was a blatant and deliberate injury to Davenport
That was FAR from friendly fire. That was a dirty play. The offensive lineman pulled his arm and chopped down directly on his elbow. Never seen anything like it outside of MMA
@@brandonbaty2291
True that my brother. It was horrible
Arnold fell down the stairs the other day.
They just played hard as fuck boi
Fix the field put grass
What did the field have to do with hutchinson leg? Nothing. What did it do anzolone arm getting smashed in between 2 players? Nothing. What about amik and his broken arm? He got hit while upright. So Nothing. Turf vs grass isn't the issue.
Maybe there should be more focus on fitness. Also, they should reduce the intensity of practices. Give more time off to players. Also rotate players more so they get more time off. Increase padding around all parts of the body.
Has anyone factored in that it was mainly defensive players ? Maybe coaching? Who knows
Ford Field is a Death Trap ! You might as well be playing on Concrete ! MOST of our injuries this year came at Ford Field . Rip up the present turf and put in player friendly turf ! Sheila Hemp will do it again !
As Richdougherty said in his comments earlier, if we had grass we wouldn’t have our injury problem - but that’s not possible in a Dome Man. 😢
I thought they same thing. Was counting back on where the injuries took place and 95% of them where at Ford field. Wild stuff
It is possible to have grass inside of a dome, not mistaken. The new Raiders stadium has natural grass. It’s a dome. They roll the field out for Irrigation on sunlight, and then roll it back in to the stadium.
It is completely possible. FIFA mandates grass fields, and Europe has domes/retractable roofs. You need owners willing to spend money. The high tech going into European/Asian stadiums makes US stadiums look like Lincoln Logs.
No That was The Silverdome. That was indoor outdoor carpet on cement
It’s the turf! You switch to grass and you don’t get half the injuries.
Turf is essentially concrete. Minnesota turf ended Billy Sims’s career.
Step father is a professional physical trainer. Just here to see all the degree-less professionals on line
There are no un injured teams in the NFL. There are hurt teams and there are more hurt teams. Someone always loses someone. Injury rate is 100% in a sport where car accident type of body hits happen every play.
Hutch will be fine by OTAs. I broke my leg 6 months ago. As soon as the bone grows back together, it is stronger than before.
Comfrey leaf would of been healed it
Does the Turf having anything to do with these NFL injuries? I think we need to go to grass…. But it might more expensive
Watch out for the other guy in blue.. try not to torpedo them with your helmet!
Louis Delmas was famous for flying in late and blasting one of our own players, injuring them.
No way Hutchinson was gonna play in the Super Bowl if they got there
He was big cap cause he knew lions wasn’t makin it 😂😂😂 that big ass mf will be finished if he tried lol
He can’t even stand on his own leg with out all them pain killers hahahah
@@mrdrooboiii8116that’s a lie he’s walking normal
I’m glad we will never know. He has a much longer time to get back to 100% with no risk.
It’s just a part of football people get injured
Not these numbers
It's brad Holmes getting injury prone players
@@AnthonyJones-j6g possibly. You would have to look at each of the 24 players that were on IR I guess and look at their careers.
@cathysmith1555 it's very disrespect barry a all time great Gibbs good
@cathysmith1555 it speaks for itself
It was The CURSE. 👈 How else do you explain it!? 🤷♂️
I gotta be the turf and the shoes
Most of the injuries were broken bones, they need to drink more milk🤷😂
Brad holmes needs not roll dice on guys with injury history , he seems to do that alot
I was just saying that to my father in law. They get injury prone guys that they can get for cheap
How often are they using cortisone? It's been shown to weaken ligaments and I'm not sure when the use of the drug is banned in the NFL to protect athletes from these injuires.
Y'all talk and talk. It's simple. Strength and conditioning. Stretching, yoga etc
It's in the vitamins, activated by water.
HIRE "The John Brown" ---As Strength Coach/ Nutritional Specialist Advisor!!"
Barbaric barbarians barbarians gladiators CTE Mike Webster that’s why people come to see football games for the collisions and the violence
Friendly fire seems to cause many injuries because their unexpected.
It’s the curse man
They overworked the players they should be trying to win not blowout teams they should have rotated the starters after they were up 3 or 4 tds
It's football! I can't believe that are sitting back saying they should play less aggressive or get more rest be less hard on the guys. They make millions, job is to play hard. Fluke season where we still performed ans won the Division give these guys a break. Someone on the couch has no right to judge how the team plays.
Something in that water.
I counted at least 7 injuries from friendly fire. That is stupid and reckless. Football is war and you are shooting your own men. And a lot of those were unnecessary hits. Plays that were basically over and guys flew in late. You can play hard and still be smart and Lions weren’t.
Check the calcium level in the Detroit water supply, for one…
Nutrition doctors
Yoga is the answer. 😂
Coneys
The answer is Physical Therapists not S&C coaches
They have soo many on defense because they dont have proper tackling form. The intensity is there but not the proper teqnique
Is it because of the surface they play on?
nope
Yes, besides Hutch, every major injury happened at home.
Is this doctor drunk ??? Anzo missed what 4 or 5 games not most of the year. 17 games - 5 games isn’t most of the year. Hutch broke his leg from hitting McNeils leg swigging around.
The water
Three broken bones in Ford field.
Seems weird to me. I think they're playing too recklessly.
The Lions would be foolish to not look at how they can prevent injuries. Hutch and Anzalone seemed like freak accidents. Jack Campbell did not need to join in on that tackle and breaking Amik’s arm. Maybe Alim’s injury could have been prevented in some way?
So friendly fire injuries mean that these injuries were self inflicted? So when Campbell said that the Lions are going to break kneecaps we’re he referring to his own Lions?
Why did this doctor say half of a sentence, and then switch to a different sentence altogether...multiple times? Then he even sounds a bit on the tipsy side.
Artificial turf
What did the field have to do with hutchinson leg? Nothing. What did it do anzolone arm getting smashed in between 2 players? Nothing. What about amik and his broken arm? He got hit while upright. So Nothing. Turf vs grass isn't the issue.
Sorry he lost me when he said "don't hit as hard". Are you kidding me? wtf
Weak things don’t break
Lions are coached to go 100% by Campbell - need to learn to play smart not just 100% … it’s a long season. Gotta play the long game.
bobby laynes curse is alive and well
They should be punching the ball..not head butting it🙄
Nonsense. It’s pure coincidence. You ask a static instead of a doctor. If it was the conditioning, the same rate would’ve happened for the offensive players and it would’ve happened the year before. It’s just a statistical anomaly. Sometimes they call the high probability of the highly improbable. Sit down doc
Replace that awful turf with grass. Easier said than done tho
Detroit lions last 3 years record is loosing season. 2-15 3 years in a row.
You can not play 110% every snap of every game, the Jets will get decimated next season, watch.
Has anybody heard of this many injuries on any other team in the NFL before could some of these injuries be this new turf at Ford Field
Bc they soft 😜, and sometimes just stupid unloading on ur own guy who already has someone wrapped up. You wrap up in those gang tackles, you don’t unload on ur own teammates arm.
Sure now you guys start asking these questions. Bro this is soft journalism. Now that the season is over and it's "safe" to ask the tough questions, now y'all do it. I've been asking these questions once we were double the league average.
When you get multiple "freak" accidents, then they are no longer outliers anymore and you have to look for tendencies. That's how science and medicine works...
But NONE of y'all asked a single question throughout the year when it could've potentially mattered! Soft!
Yeah we are the only team that plays hard lol 😆 😂
Seems like the injuries are rigged for the lions ...😂😂 i dont understand how that happens
Ermani is clueless... 100% the organization is s fault for terrible tackling technique
Gotta play in grass
Poor detroit lions fans ya'll just suck