Richard Noggin

Do you have any of these compromising photos/pics of him? How is this the first I'm hearing of this!

Oh right, yeah for sure I knew that lol That was part of my original point though, in that players and their trainers are pretty good at running cost-benefit analyses on training schedules and league testing protocols and determining how much risk they're willing to assume. But so many players are definitely seeking to maximize recovery and resilience with the assistance of all kinds of regimens, and that then allows those interested in mass and raw strength to push harder and gain more. *so important to always reiterate that anabolic steroids in particular actively DAMAGE connective tissues in ways that accentuate the strength/stability imbalance of getting overly developed, especially when you consider the physics involved in giant NFL specimens accelerating and changing direction and sprinting like MUCH smaller humans.

Well sure, achilles tears are just one of many connective tissue injuries NFL players can endure.

The majority of known MLB juicers have denied or deflected to this day. That doesn't make them innocent. If you know professional athletes, especially in more violent sports, then you know many of them have or will utilize banned substances at some point in their careers. I especially don't love combat athletes as evidence for how other leagues and athletes operate. Notoriously corruptible young meatheads and governing authorities.

Most of this reads exactly like propaganda for the league AND the players, especially the textbook plausible deniability defense of blaming a trainer's negligence. Like these insane, very wealthy gym rats are just taking whatever they're "given" by well paid trainers without understanding potential risk/exposure. There would be litigation galore, wouldn't there? Prior to an initial positive result, players can push the envelope with respect to offseason regimens and testing schedules, no? Sometimes they push it too far and run into bad luck with respect to testing dates. But I don't think many of them unknowingly take "supplements" tainted enough to result in 6-game suspensions. Or if they did, then we'd hear more about that.

All turnovers are reviewed, yes?

Walter Nolen showing up a bunch. Gotta love the way Arizona came to play. Good for them.

HIPAA protects players on some level, although one might wonder if the league's limited antitrust exemptions open the door to whatever degree of transparency we DO see. Compare the NFL injury reporting to the NHL, for example. Fans, and bettors alike, would go insane seeing designations like "lower body."

I don't think conventional stretching is as simply/directly correlated with injury prevention as many believe. These guys stretch. But one of the biggest issues is that they consistently overdevelop many muscle groups (often with the help of PEDs which can be actively deleterious to ligaments and tendons) without commensurately emphasizing stability and connective tissue strength.

Cue all the online athletic trainers. This is your time to shine!

They don't have a choice. Majority of Americans don't intentionally predetermine what they will end up doing for work/sustenance. So we often follow the opportunities wherever they present themselves. Even just several weeks of NFL game checks would dramatically improve MOST of our lives long term.

Say what now?

Is Harrison far more engaged working with Brissett? (He'll never be a hyper extrovert, but...) he seemed so disillusioned and disconnected with Murray, by contrast.

He's young and confident and enthusiastic. He'll learn to keep it closer to the vest.

(Don't tell anyone, but same)