10-01-2014, 02:31 PM
It seems so many feel that the answer is nothing, and we accept the losses of impact players as part of the game.
I wish I had time to research and document the entire history of impact type injuries in Jax history. Shad should pay someone to do it, on a year by year basis going back to the beginning. (pick me!)
A perennial loser (like we now are..) is going to suffer an inordinate number of injuries because so many players are doing everything they can to 'step-up' as the coaches constantly drive into them.
As much as anyone, I want to see a young team flying around the field, from seemingly every direction to make tackles, but injury avoidance must be coached also. Sometimes it is best to just step out of bounds, other times a player should lower their shoulder (especially where size or speed gives the player advantage).
These hammy issues are just ridiculous.. this is coaching for too much. The players themselves deserve accountability for mis-driving their race-car bodies, and the conditioning coaches as well as medical people must be evaluated.
Sometimes the level of play must be dialed down to prevent such crucial losses of personnel.
Losing Marcedes (his own fault?), and now CS3 (definitely his own fault) has been disastrous to the season.
Hopefully Blake Bortles recognizes these things, because if he allows himself to get a high-ankle sprain or something, we are finished. He is the single most important element this team has seen since inception.
It is no easy balance to strike, particularly when the fanbase wants a win, but the highest priority should be placed on our Qb's safety. We don't have a Kirk Cousins in the wings if BB does an RG3.
Imho, the matter of avoidable injuries is among the highest priority for the Jaguars.
Play fast, play agressive, become known as the hardest-hitting team in the NFL, but it must be done with a player mind-set to survive to the next play.
I wish I had time to research and document the entire history of impact type injuries in Jax history. Shad should pay someone to do it, on a year by year basis going back to the beginning. (pick me!)
A perennial loser (like we now are..) is going to suffer an inordinate number of injuries because so many players are doing everything they can to 'step-up' as the coaches constantly drive into them.
As much as anyone, I want to see a young team flying around the field, from seemingly every direction to make tackles, but injury avoidance must be coached also. Sometimes it is best to just step out of bounds, other times a player should lower their shoulder (especially where size or speed gives the player advantage).
These hammy issues are just ridiculous.. this is coaching for too much. The players themselves deserve accountability for mis-driving their race-car bodies, and the conditioning coaches as well as medical people must be evaluated.
Sometimes the level of play must be dialed down to prevent such crucial losses of personnel.
Losing Marcedes (his own fault?), and now CS3 (definitely his own fault) has been disastrous to the season.
Hopefully Blake Bortles recognizes these things, because if he allows himself to get a high-ankle sprain or something, we are finished. He is the single most important element this team has seen since inception.
It is no easy balance to strike, particularly when the fanbase wants a win, but the highest priority should be placed on our Qb's safety. We don't have a Kirk Cousins in the wings if BB does an RG3.
Imho, the matter of avoidable injuries is among the highest priority for the Jaguars.
Play fast, play agressive, become known as the hardest-hitting team in the NFL, but it must be done with a player mind-set to survive to the next play.
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