Originally posted by NinerGM:
Originally posted by CatchMaster80:
I heard a discussion about Jimmy's injuries and they mentioned that it wasn't just that he gets hurt a lot but when he gets hurt. His injuries have come in game 2, games 2 and game 3. The point being. it's not like he's taking a beating for 10-12 games and then getting hurt. it's happening really early without a lot of contact. The knee was without any contact. He just slipped on the sideline. There was contact on the ankle but no more than happens every week. It wasn't a brutal hit. I didn't see the shoulder injury in NE so I don't know about that one.
Sorry I missed this but this post is really important. You're right about the injury timing. The injury in NE was like the 2nd game of the season. He hadn't been playing long - looked great in his starts and boom, driven in the turf.
Just a theory but I'm thinking it takes him some time to get acclimated to the hits that he supposedly likes to take. Also I know protection at the beginning of the season isn't as solid as during the end. There are other contributing factors like conditioning. I'm not sure there are enough correlations between player, protection, timing during the season but definitively at topic worth investigating.
Dave Wannstedt was the guy that was being interviewed. He said that taking hits is a skill and some guys just don't know how. He mentioned guys like Brady and Manning who weren't mobile but knew how to turn or fall so they mostly avoided serious injuries. I have no idea if that's a skill that can be learned or if it's something that's instinctive. Whatever, it's clear that Jimmy has been getting injured way too often and too easily.
