http://www.nj.com/giants/index.ssf/...o_the_giants_stack_up_to_re.html#incart_river 17 injuries, including 4 out for the season. The Dolphins, in comparison, have just 4 injuries so far. Is this a conditioning problem or just bad luck? Team // Injured Players // Injured Starters // Out for season Jets 17 3 4 Ravens 17 3 3 Jaguars 15 3 3 Saints 14 3 4 Panthers 13 6 4 Giants 13 5 3 Patriots 13 2 4 Chiefs 12 5 0 Cardinals 11 5 4 Packers 11 4 1 Bengals 11 3 0 Lions 10 3 3 Titans 10 3 0 Browns 10 0 2 Redskins 9 4 5 Rams 9 3 1 Steelers 8 5 3 Bills 8 3 2 Cowboys 8 3 1 Chargers 8 2 1 Colts 7 3 0 Seahawks 7 0 0 49ers 6 2 1 Texans 5 3 1 Vikings 5 2 2 Falcons 5 2 1 Broncos 5 2 3 Eagles 5 1 2 Bears 5 1 1 Raiders 5 1 1 Dolphins 4 2 1 Bucs 4 2 0
This is skewed. Kind of like New England always has Brady on injured list. If a guy tweaks his hamstring, he's labeled as injured. The only alarming number is the 4 out for the season
How many of them are "legit" out for the year? Overall you just have to look at the type of injury. The numbers don't say anything. Plus a lot of times guys are just injury prone (Dee, Amaro), prone to concussions (Owusu) and so on. Then you have freak accidents (Geno), and guys who aren't really out for the year but it makes no sense to carry them around into the season because they can't contribute anyway (Vickerson). It's too easy to just look at the number of injured guys, there's more to it.
Who is hurt for the Jets, for real? Dee Milliner (4th CB), Devin Smith (4th WR), Jace Amaro (3rd TE, but supposed to be #1 TE) Antonio Allen (back-up Safety), Geno Smith (potential starting QB). Not saying that they are minor injuries, but it could be much worse. Allen is probably the best of that group. Amaro seems like a big loss, but he was not impressing the coaches. Hopefully Smith and Milliner will be back soon too.
This is a good point, especially since losing someone like Revis (god forbid) is much worse than losing someone like Vickerson. That being said, the amount of injuries overall may have some relationship with the functioning of our training staff. I'm more concerned with the ability of players to heal post-injury (and the ability to sustain high-level play post-injury) since that is ultimately more important for football success. That said, fewer injuries would be nice. Maybe Chip Kelly is right; maybe we should start measuring the knees of prospects we want to sign or draft. Success in the NFL is about talent but, even more so than that, its about healthy talent. And injuries alone are the difference between 10-6 and 6-10; I believe that 100%. The question just becomes: are they controllable in any way?
Excluding #1 or #2 players lost for the year or a significant amount of time, a healthy team towards the end of a season is what matters most. I'm not going to freak out about our injuries at this point.
I'd rather lead the league in borderline starters or backups injured than 1 crucial injury ala Jordy Nelson or Kelvin Benjamin.
Other than Mo's hammy, the injuries don't seem to be conditioning related. Broken ribs, torn Achilles, concussion, broken jaw, etc.
Hey, lookie here!!! Giants beat writers found SOMETHING positive about their team. Better than the cross-town rivals. Whoo hoo!!
