Conditioning coach has nothing to do with broken bones (Dez and Romo), torn ligaments (Dunbar), or concussions (Lee).
Originally Posted by pyramider
Exactly. Ask Terrell Suggs....or Big Ben....or (Monday night) Eric Ebron. Each injury had Zero to do with conditioning.....
In most cases its a matter of being at the wrong place / wrong time (split seconds, in fact). Players are bigger, faster, stronger and (plain and simple)
it is a "contact sport" right?
That said, my Rant of the Day (speaking of the aforementioned, MNF game).....a quick word per the refs' weekly salute to their favorite holiday: Flag Day.
As we all know, NFL games have have no flow to them anymore. We're constantly stopping the game clock for silly ticky-tack fouls. For one, the protection given to QB's these days borders on absurdity. How far are we from the League adopting "two-below" rules?
And yet....when a rules violation actually does take place for the world to see (ie: the end of the Seattle / Detroit MNF game) the zebras are no where to be found to make the right call. Did it happen too quickly...? Was the back judge not in place to see it happen? Well, nice thing is, there's cameras all over the place....let's go to replay to make the correction......
But wait.....the League office, in all it's glory, shrugs and states replay can't "adjust an over-sight by the referees" in a case such as this; no matter how visible and egregious it was. Game over....sorry.
Lions fall to 0-4 and the Seahawks go to 2 and 2 for the season. This week they should tear up Cam Chancellor's contract and give him whatever he wants.....and send a nice fruitcake to the League office as thanks for having such a bi-law in their stupid rule book.