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7 Torn ACL's yesterday.......an NFL Record....

Chicoman said:
Not sure how many of them were on Artificial Turf but for the record I hate that ****!
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No preseason, regular season action starting cold. That's how injuries happen. Especially after the first game when your body is still trying to recover and adjust to the game.

Lucky the Steelers got no new injuries last game. Fingers crossed.
 
Seems to be too many to be a coincidence. I think that training camps were not as physical so people did not get in proper shape. Im not sure how much lack of preseason was the cause because starters dont play much during preseason. Maybe the players need those few quarters of live action though? Whatever the cause it is a shame for the players and some teams lost some key players.
 
I also heard on the pregames that there are 3x as many hamstring injuries as usual. Guys need to be slowly eased into playing over 4 weeks of preseason and not thrown into full speed all at once. You would think this would put an end to the argument that preseason is not needed but it won't because money talks. Cut down preseason and go with 18 regular season games is the goal.
 
49'ers are saying that the new tough installed at MetLife Stadium (Giants/Jets) is terrible and was the cause of their losing 4 players to injury yesterday. Banner agreed that the field played a part in his injury per D. Lolley on DK's site.
 
SteelBuckeye said:
49'ers are saying that the new tough installed at MetLife Stadium (Giants/Jets) is terrible and was the cause of their losing 4 players to injury yesterday. Banner agreed that the field played a part in his injury per D. Lolley on DK's site.
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Yep and what sucks is the 49ers went to West Virginia yesterday to practice this week before they play Sunday against the Jets at .... wait for it.................Met Life Stadium.
 
Guess it wasn't AstroTurf's fault after all.
 
It's not only the amount of the injuries, its the top players who are getting them.

By the way Covid-19 has been quiet as a mouse for the Steelers. I think the virus has been in decline since the summer months.
 
Chicoman said:
Not sure how many of them were on Artificial Turf but for the record I hate that ****!
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Artificial Turf is a pretty generic term. AstroTurf was Artificial Turf — as is Field Turf. They are definitely not the same thing (having played on both).

AstroTurf was widely used when cities used multi-purpose stadiums (Three Rivers) where grass wasn’t possible and it had to be lifted/removed to move seating to accommodate use for events. This resulted in having highly visible seams that could easily be tripped over. As a surface was best described as concrete painted green. While the top layer allowed for greater traction — it also had the unintended consequence of that traction resulting in injury.

Field Turf is far more pliable—from different manufactures with different quality/grade — and as a result different cost. Think back to 6th grade biology (Kids Prefer Cheese Over Fried Green Spinach—acronym for animal classification). With a rubber infill, it provides significantly more cushion than AstroTurf.

Field Turf is is meant to replicate grass with an infill of sand & cryogenic rubber to provide cushion & drainage. It looks and feels like natural grass — without the cost of maintenance. NFL Stadiums do not have a uniform standard of quality or grade as it pertains to Field Turf — see this weeks complaints with the Turf of Met Life stadium in New York (the $1.6 Billion stadium that installed new Field Turf this year—no clue why they would spend so much on stadium & cut corners for the playing surface).

Most data generally shown shows greater risk of injuries on synthetic vs. Natural Grass regarding ACL & sprains—but it only compares (all) synthetic vs. natural surfaces. It doesn’t break it down by brand/quality/grade.

Hence that data imprecise.

As a (well) “former” athlete— and one who knew a bit about performance enhancing from running 2 gyms in my life — you’re only fooling yourself if you (speaking generally) believe these guys are so big/fast due to enhanced nutrition & training only. Many of these injuries are directly a result of muscles too big/strong for ligaments to handle.

I have zero problem with Field Turf. But I wouldn’t go cheap on it, nor would I authorize purchase of first iteration of a new upgrade. I’d want to see how it stands up to testing since I don’t trust quality control of companies rushing products to market.




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Something is very wrong with this many I jury no training camp no preseason no access to the facility I’m not sure but this is like watching a train wreak something is different and they need to find it and fix it before more good men and players get serious hurt and go through painful rehab


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Look at FSF utilizing acronymic mnemonics to study binomial nomenclature!

Finally some learned peoples round heres....
 
So if High School and college sports programs don't have this issue, and they also didn't have a 4 game pre-season, then...
 
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