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Why do WRs get injured just landing now?
Posted on 12/14/25 at 7:58 pm
Posted on 12/14/25 at 7:58 pm
Ive been watching football for 40 years. Half of that time the games were played on Astroturf with virtually no cushion.
Why now these past 2 seasons are so many WRs getting seriously injured / concussed just landing on the turf, which is better maintained than ever and / or softer than ever.
Ive never seen anything like it. Every week a WR gets knocked out of the game doing something that seems completely normal. Guys in the 80s 90s and 2000's would bounce up from these landings with zero issue.
Why now these past 2 seasons are so many WRs getting seriously injured / concussed just landing on the turf, which is better maintained than ever and / or softer than ever.
Ive never seen anything like it. Every week a WR gets knocked out of the game doing something that seems completely normal. Guys in the 80s 90s and 2000's would bounce up from these landings with zero issue.
This post was edited on 12/14/25 at 8:00 pm
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Posted on 12/14/25 at 7:58 pm to SirWinston
Turf...
Posted on 12/14/25 at 7:59 pm to SirWinston
Mate you’re old af
Posted on 12/14/25 at 7:59 pm to DBG
Christian Watson is such a gaping pussy for getting hurt on that beautiful soft Denver grass
This post was edited on 12/14/25 at 8:01 pm
Posted on 12/14/25 at 8:01 pm to Jack Ruby
Injuries are same on grass
Posted on 12/14/25 at 8:02 pm to SirWinston
I was going to do a similar thread, but just on players in general. The non-contact achilles and ACL injuries seem worse than ever.
Posted on 12/14/25 at 8:02 pm to SirWinston
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Posted on 12/14/25 at 8:07 pm to Bunk Moreland
I will say that it could be something similar to basketball where due to what players have to do to get noticed/be in top shape is more taxing on the body compared to years past combined with the turf, which admittedly does seem to cause more injuries, that we have seen this massive surge in non contact injuries. Just a theory though
Posted on 12/14/25 at 8:07 pm to Bunk Moreland
It's safer being on a Venezuelan fishing ship than it is being a WR in the NFL right now
Posted on 12/14/25 at 8:12 pm to Bunk Moreland
And it happens WAYYY less frequently in major college football
Posted on 12/14/25 at 10:46 pm to SirWinston
I think guys are just much more dynamic now to the point that it’s actually too much so for their ligaments
Posted on 12/14/25 at 11:04 pm to Bunk Moreland
quote:
I was going to do a similar thread, but just on players in general. The non-contact achilles and ACL injuries seem worse than ever.
Players are more powerful and explosive plus the length of cleats. Cleats are longer now than what we used on astroturf. Which were the size of an eraser head.
Posted on 12/15/25 at 1:52 am to Jack Ruby
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Turf...
AstroTurf is just a rough carpet over concrete and was used from the 60s until about 20 years ago. There’s no way the new turf is more dangerous and I have played on both.
Posted on 12/15/25 at 10:36 am to SirWinston
The NFL’s reduction in in full speed practice time has had a dramatically negative impact on player conditioning and development.
Posted on 12/15/25 at 11:21 am to Bunk Moreland
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I was going to do a similar thread, but just on players in general. The non-contact achilles and ACL injuries seem worse than ever.
I think it has to do with how light the practices are now.
Almost zero hitting at practice or training camp, body is not ready.
Posted on 12/15/25 at 11:33 am to SirWinston
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Every week a WR gets knocked out of the game doing something that seems completely normal. Guys in the 80s 90s and 2000's would bounce up from these landings with zero issue.
Quarterbacks throwing high point balls and relying on the WR to go up and catch it at the highest point possible leads to guys in bad body positions.
Posted on 12/15/25 at 12:00 pm to SirWinston
Players are complete pussies for the most part.
It comical they way they'll hurt a wrist, and lay on the field for 5 minutes, then walk to the sidelines.
Complete bitches...wouldn't last a month in the league 25 yrs ago
It comical they way they'll hurt a wrist, and lay on the field for 5 minutes, then walk to the sidelines.
Complete bitches...wouldn't last a month in the league 25 yrs ago
Posted on 12/15/25 at 12:02 pm to SirWinston
Like horses, they are bred for speed, not durability
Posted on 12/15/25 at 12:11 pm to Bunk Moreland
quote:No, it's just recency bias- you see people getting injured and say "wow it's happening a lot right now".
The non-contact achilles and ACL injuries seem worse than ever.
It's always happened, which is why people say non-contact injuries are bad news.
I'm an LSU fan old enough to remember Wendell Davis, great WR from the 80's (Hodson years). NFL career was fricked when he blew his knees out in Philly. Was the turf, not contact.
Bobby Hebert in the Saints postgame show talked about Jamal Anderson, former Falcons RB. He went down on a cut, blew his knee up.
The issue is these guys are elite athletes pushing to the max, and their bodies aren't 19 anymore.
Posted on 12/15/25 at 12:56 pm to SirWinston
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Guys in the 80s 90s and 2000's would bounce up from these landings with zero issue.
Did not have the same concussion protocols then. Now, they see a player hit his head and not bounce back up quick enough, they are bringing him back to the tent for an eval and someone not-related to the team is deciding if they can come back. Back in the 80s, 90s and 00s; that WR was back in the game as soon as they could walk a straight line.
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