Just seeing Joe Burrow’s out for the year now and it’s been brutal. How many backup QBs have started games? Is it a NFL modern record?

Aaron Rodgers out for year Kirk Cousins out for year Daniel Jones out for year Deshaun Watson out for year Joe Burrow out for year

Not to mention Justin Fields, Matt Stafford, Kyler Murray, etc. who have been banged up

  • TetrisTech@alien.topBEnglish
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    1 year ago

    I do like everybody having think pieces and theories about it but sometimes shit just happens

  • imrickjamesbioch@alien.topBEnglish
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    1 year ago

    Is this the first year folks started watching football? Injuries are always going to be part of the game until the NFL decide to completely implement flag football rules. I think that’s why the league office is pushing its players to participate in the 2028 Olympics to see how the ratings are!

    Any let’s look at the injuries. A Aron - 40yo qb playing on a shit field. What could go wrong? Cousins - 36yo qb playing on turf who takes a lot of sacks. D Jones - running qb who takes a ton of sacks on a chit field. Watson - another guy who takes a ton of sacks. Burrow - dude has been in the top 10 in getting sack every season he’s played. What amazes me is how Sam Howell is even able to walk with all the sacks he takes.

    2 points - pass heavy league = QBs getting sacked more = getting hurt more. Also it’s not just sack, it’s all the hits where the qb just barely got rid of the ball. Also the league has shifted from pocket passers to read option/running qb’s. Again that just means more opportunities to hit the qb. I think eventually the league is going to shift back to emphasizing the rb’s and the run. NFL can change all the rules they want but it’s still at its core a violent sport.

  • mattcojo2@alien.topBEnglish
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    1 year ago

    Probably not but it’s up there. Last year though we had the record for most different QBs to start a game in a given year.

    And what’s most telling to me is that despite the NFL doing their best to prevent these kinds of injuries it just hasn’t helped to fix that problem. .

      • StraightCashHomey13@alien.topBEnglish
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        1 year ago

        The only solace I take in that game is that Ed Donatells historically bad defense tricked giants fans into thinking Jones was good and paying him $80 million over 2 years to not play

  • BizzarreCaverns109@alien.topBEnglish
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    1 year ago

    Justin fields will be back and I’m not sure. I thought it’s standard and like QBs are getting excessively hurt from previous years

  • Orionite@alien.topBEnglish
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    1 year ago

    I’m struggling to explain this to my friends, but I’m kinda getting over this sport. Too many injuries that have too much impact on the results. Don’t get me wrong, I love watching a good game, but it just all seems so random.

      • Orionite@alien.topBEnglish
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        1 year ago

        Is it though? Not many team sports have such dedicated positions. Lose your starting left guard? Or your tight end? You’re fucked. I’m not even talking QB. There are only a small number of backups for each role.

        Also, in other sports you don’t see season ending injuries on what seems like every single game day.