Catholic Guilt Posted November 8, 2008 Share Posted November 8, 2008 I'm at a lost to explain another year with another rash of injuries. Is it bad luck? Bad conditioning? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JStranger76 Posted November 8, 2008 Share Posted November 8, 2008 It's the pope's fault. He's a false idol. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
drnykterstein Posted November 8, 2008 Share Posted November 8, 2008 I think its just the type of defense we've built. Smaller faster players. They wear down eventually. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
freeagentqb Posted November 8, 2008 Share Posted November 8, 2008 It's starting to look that way. We run an easy camp to avoid injuries and look what happens. Maybe it's time to run a more physical camp?? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
murra Posted November 8, 2008 Share Posted November 8, 2008 I think its just the type of defense we've built. Smaller faster players. They wear down eventually. I agree. You get what you pay for, and we payed for a Tampa 2 Defense. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LAUNCHCODE Posted November 8, 2008 Share Posted November 8, 2008 It's starting to look that way. We run an easy camp to avoid injuries and look what happens. Maybe it's time to run a more physical camp?? New England runs a very Physical camp. Same result ,this year ! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Miyagi-Do Karate Posted November 8, 2008 Share Posted November 8, 2008 We have definitely got to do a better job of conditioning our big toes and plantar faciatis. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Captain Hindsight Posted November 8, 2008 Share Posted November 8, 2008 i Blame JP Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bartshan-83 Posted November 8, 2008 Share Posted November 8, 2008 If I was Russ Brandon, this is what my To-Do List for 11/8/08 would look like: 1. Call Rusty Jones 2. Apologize 3. Double his salary 4. Have Ralph's jet pick him up and take him to a limo which takes him to his paid-for, fully furnished condo in Orchard Park. 5. Make mental note to slap Mike Mularkey next time I saw him I kid, but who knows why this is happening? You can chalk it up to coincidence and bad luck for only so long... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LAUNCHCODE Posted November 8, 2008 Share Posted November 8, 2008 We have definitely got to do a better job of conditioning our big toes and plantar faciatis. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PistolPeaTear Posted November 8, 2008 Share Posted November 8, 2008 I'm at a lost to explain another year with another rash of injuries. Is it bad luck? Bad conditioning? Little do people know, Tim Anderson and his Offensive Line Specialist Bennie Anderson are secretly running our conditioning program and has the team on a strict diet of Manwiches and Smoked Turkey Legs Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
generaLee83 Posted November 8, 2008 Share Posted November 8, 2008 It's starting to look that way. We run an easy camp to avoid injuries and look what happens. Maybe it's time to run a more physical camp?? Jauron is soft. Jauron just received a 3 year extension. Mediocrity for at least 3 more seasons. Go ahead and move to Toronto. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
smuvtalker Posted November 8, 2008 Share Posted November 8, 2008 I'm at a lost to explain another year with another rash of injuries. Is it bad luck? Bad conditioning? I think you raise an excellent question. I swear I was just thinking the exact same thing. It is quite amazing how many injuries we've had the past two years. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DanInSouthBuffalo Posted November 8, 2008 Share Posted November 8, 2008 There's injuries all over the league, not just the Bills. The QB and RB positions have taken a BIG hit this year. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LabattBlue Posted November 8, 2008 Share Posted November 8, 2008 We have definitely got to do a better job of conditioning our big toes and plantar faciatis. You beat me to the punch. They also need to do a better job of conditioning in terms of concussions. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thurman#1 Posted November 8, 2008 Share Posted November 8, 2008 We have definitely got to do a better job of conditioning our big toes and plantar faciatis. You're right. No, you are actually right. Fasciitis CAN be prevented by conditioning and particularly stretching of the calf muscle. It can also be caused by excessive pronation (which can and should be observed and treated using orthotics or choosing shoes for arch support in lesser cases). Here's a quote and a link: "The most common cause of plantar fasciitis is very tight calf muscles which leads to prolonged and / or high velocity pronation of the foot. This in turn produces repetitive over stretching of the plantar fascia leading to inflammation and thickening of the tendon. As the fascia thickens it loses flexibility and strength. Some practitioners think you will see pronation by dropping and rolling in of the arch. This is not always the case. Sometimes it can only be seen with foot scans, especially if the patient has a high arched foot. Other causes include high arch or low arch feet (pes cavus / planus) and other biomechanical abnormalities including oversupination which should be assessed by a podiatrist / physiotherapist / biomechanist." llink: http://www.sportsinjuryclinic.net/cyberthe...tarfaciitis.htm Do you know whether the Bills routinely look at pronation or supination of the foot? I don't. But the point is that this absolutely CAN be prevented in many many cases. Schobel's injury is a torn tendon. Can tendons be strengthened by regular training? Duh. Of course they can. Do the Bills train their players feet or toes? I don't know. Do you? Another poster mentioned concussions as if it were impossible to eliminate them. It's not, in fact it is very easy at this point in time to eliminate a very large number of football-related concussions. Have the players wear the two kinds of football helmets which are specifically engineered to prevent concussions, and which do so much better than other kinds of helmets, the Riddell Revolution and the Schutt DNA Here's a link to a discussion about it in the Tuesday Morning Quarterback column by Gregg Easterbrook. Scroll down till you see the picture of the helmet and you will find a long discussion of the benefits of wearing these helmets, including a scientific study. link: http://sports.espn.go.com/espn/page2/story...terbrook/080923 Do the Bills mandate wearing these kinds of helmets? Are there any drawbacks to them? Yes, there is one, they look slightly less cool than other helmet designs. If the Bills don't mandate wearing them, are they not going to have more concussions than they would if they mandated them? YES. The point is that all the injuries you talked about CAN, in many cases, be prevented by conditioning or by making good equipment decisions -which absolutely should be part of the team's responsibility to protect it's players. Quick question: Which of these can be strengthened by exercise? Muscle? Tendons? Ligaments? Cartilage? Bone? The correct answer, of course, is that ALL OF THEM can be strengthened. Conditioning and injury prevention ARE a huge part of a good football team's preparation. We had less injuries in the Rusty Jones era. This probably means something. Now, of course, not all injuries are preventable, but many are. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
barbwire Posted November 9, 2008 Share Posted November 9, 2008 It's starting to look that way. We run an easy camp to avoid injuries and look what happens. Maybe it's time to run a more physical camp?? I agree Jauron has the team dancing around without pads in training camp. (No real hitting) Maybe he runs the weekly practices like that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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