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Did pro football have all of these knee injuries in the 80s or 90s?
Posted on 9/23/26 at 12:21 pm
Posted on 9/23/26 at 12:21 pm
I just don’t remember this many or these type type of injuries watching football when I was growing up.
Posted on 9/23/26 at 12:21 pm to ItTakesAThief
Hard to have knee injuries running 5.2 40s
Posted on 9/23/26 at 12:26 pm to ItTakesAThief
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Did pro football have all of these knee injuries in the 80s or 90s?
according to chatgpt, the prevalence of knee injuries hasn't really increased since the 1980s. I think a lot of people think everything happens way more often than it once did because you see every single instance on your social media feeds every day rather than needing your local newspaper to report on it or hope sportscenter even covered it
Posted on 9/23/26 at 12:32 pm to lsupride87
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Hard to have knee injuries running 5.2 40s
WRs back then are fast if they ran a 4.7 40. These days it’s almost 4.4 or 4.5 on the slower side.
Posted on 9/23/26 at 12:33 pm to lsupride87
Lol, see Bo Jackson, Barry Sanders, among many other fast and shifty tailback.
Qbs also didn't run nearly as often. The game was more geared towards running than the passing game that it is now.
A lot of injuries are attributed to a much less strenuous off-season. No 2 a days, etc.
They used to play on a thin layer of carpet covering concrete.
Playing surface conditions are far better.
Qbs also didn't run nearly as often. The game was more geared towards running than the passing game that it is now.
A lot of injuries are attributed to a much less strenuous off-season. No 2 a days, etc.
They used to play on a thin layer of carpet covering concrete.
Playing surface conditions are far better.
Posted on 9/23/26 at 12:34 pm to Paul Allen
Yes. Then they faded away
Torn ACL's were career killers back then.
Torn ACL's were career killers back then.
Posted on 9/23/26 at 12:35 pm to ItTakesAThief
Guys are bigger, faster and they’re lining up more of them further from the ball. The game is being played in more space which allows for more cutting and open field collisions.
Posted on 9/23/26 at 1:11 pm to lsupride87
I think it is more size than speed.
Bodies are maxed out now and they are being hit by huge fast missiles.
Plus back then an MCL or ACL was basically a death sentence.
Bodies are maxed out now and they are being hit by huge fast missiles.
Plus back then an MCL or ACL was basically a death sentence.
Posted on 9/23/26 at 1:38 pm to ItTakesAThief
How tuned in were you to all of the NFL teams in the 80s or 90s? Were you watching the injury reports across the league, if so how many newspaper subscriptions did your household have?
Posted on 9/23/26 at 2:14 pm to ItTakesAThief
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I just don’t remember this many or these type type of injuries watching football when I was growing up.
Posted on 9/23/26 at 2:36 pm to Zephyrius
The only difference now is the repetitive nature of some knee injuries.
Rehabs were longer and less successful. A bad knee injury wasn't a 8 month comeback, it was a 2 years and you were never quite what you were before thing. Those guys would flush out of the league, so you wouldn't have as many guys with 3 different major knee injuries in 6 years, because after injury 2 , in an entire career, they were probably done
Rehabs were longer and less successful. A bad knee injury wasn't a 8 month comeback, it was a 2 years and you were never quite what you were before thing. Those guys would flush out of the league, so you wouldn't have as many guys with 3 different major knee injuries in 6 years, because after injury 2 , in an entire career, they were probably done
Posted on 9/23/26 at 2:50 pm to ItTakesAThief
More pass plays in today's game means more injuries
Posted on 9/23/26 at 2:56 pm to RelicBatches86
Haha yeah I was watching the Monday night game where Theisman leg was broken.
Guys getting injured basically consisted of back, shoulder, turf toe, bell rung, hamstring or ankle.
But yes I agree there was little new and you really only saw 4 games a week and did not hear much about teams unless you were watching the game.
NFL merchandise essentially was limited to 2-3 pages of the Sears or Service Merchandise catalog.
Guys getting injured basically consisted of back, shoulder, turf toe, bell rung, hamstring or ankle.
But yes I agree there was little new and you really only saw 4 games a week and did not hear much about teams unless you were watching the game.
NFL merchandise essentially was limited to 2-3 pages of the Sears or Service Merchandise catalog.
Posted on 9/23/26 at 3:24 pm to ItTakesAThief
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Did pro football have all of these knee injuries in the 80s or 90s?
Are they not wearing what are essentially shorts now with no knee pads? That might have something to do with it
Posted on 9/23/26 at 3:26 pm to ItTakesAThief
No
Posted on 9/23/26 at 5:38 pm to ItTakesAThief
I think it is because players are so much bigger and faster and yet the knee stays the same, vulnerable. It's gonna get worse.
Posted on 9/23/26 at 6:00 pm to chalmetteowl
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Are they not wearing what are essentially shorts now with no knee pads? That might have something to do with it
It would matter if there were an epidemic of contact injuries to the front of the knee, shattered kneecaps or something like that, but ligament damage happens when the knee moves sideways the wrong way and that accounts for the overwhelming majority of knee injuries.
Posted on 9/23/26 at 6:13 pm to Diseasefreeforall
Players are bigger stronger and faster in today’s game. Their bodies are do wired there is not much elastic in the bodies anymore. You really can’t gain strength in the knees.
Posted on 9/23/26 at 7:52 pm to VaeVictus
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A lot of injuries are attributed to a much less strenuous off-season. No 2 a days, etc.
Just like pussy arse pitchers that now can't go 100 pitches
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