(02-09-2022, 05:16 PM)JagsFanClubOfMD Wrote:

(02-09-2022, 03:26 AM)TheDuke007 Wrote: This study suggests otherwise:

Outcomes of Lisfranc Injuries in the National Football League - PubMed (nih.gov)

For those who don't want to click and read it, the conclusion was as follows:

Conclusion: More than 90% of NFL athletes who sustained Lisfranc injuries returned to play in the NFL at a median of 11.1 months from time of injury. Offensive and defensive players experienced a decrease in performance after return from injury that did not reach statistical significance compared with their respective control groups over a similar time period.

Maybe I’m reading it wrong, but it looks to me as if this quote is saying that, while the players coming back from the Lisfranc injury  saw a decrease in performance, it typically was not particularly significant relative to other players. Basically, that it often is not a career ending or career ruining injury. I also, only read this quote, not the entire study, so I don’t know if the other control groups consisted of players who sustained other injuries or players who weren’t injured or both. 

I’m still excited about ETN despite the injury. MJD came off a Lisfranc in his eighth season at almost 30 and had 1100 yards and 5 TDs. ETN is 21(?). Maybe he’ll never be what he would have been, or maybe he’ll have a shorter career than he otherwise would have, but he could still be a good NFL running back. BTW I don’t like that we picked him at 25.

I don't read it that way at all.  They are referencing "statistical significance".  That's the term that statisticians use for irrelevant or meaningless.  While the study might have technically showed some decrease in average performance from players after the injury, this margin was so small that statisticians would ignore it as likely being coincidence or caused by other factors.  For example, if five running backs combined for 5,001 rushing yards in the season before the injury and 5,000 after the return, you could say that their performance "decreased".  However, I think most reasonable people would conclude the injury had no impact on their performance and the 1 yard decrease was likely unrelated.  (I'm not saying it was that close, but that's the concept.)

---