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I'm not going to research it, but this is clearly a depth take since the guy has five career completions.
I'm just not sure why he chose A&M where he'll be third string (or worse) instead of going to a smaller school, and why the Ags are using a scholarship on him.
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Their QB room could be the worst in the league and he'd still be third string.
He's not going to play over Weigman and Johnson without injuries, but it wouldn't surprise me if Jimbo told him otherwise.
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Uniform pants have officially become tight shorts.
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49-0 must have convinced him he could track at ou and still start at WR for them. lol
Especially at the positions where mobility is key. Does a punter have need for thigh or knee pads?
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Yes...
I think we've had this discussion before but how many injuries do knee pads really help prevent? knee injuries in most sports, football included, are ligament injuries from hyperextension, not impact related.
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I'm probably never going to be in favor of less protection in football. I believe you're a doctor, no? Or in the medical field? I would be surprised to see a doctor in favor of less protection but these are crazy times we're in.
Knees get hurt all the time. Why we wouldn't want to protect them is beyond me. Impact related is just one way of messing up a knee. There are many.
The game has become more physical, not less.
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It seems intuitive that more padding would mean less injuries - I'm just not sure that is true. Look at pics of football players these days, hardly anyone has any cushion over their knees. Some have knee pads but they are often riding above the knee and not over it. Thigh pads and hip pads are still there but much more sleek and streamlined then even what I played in. If there were more major injuries occurring because of this I believe you'd see training staffs and coaches moving back to bulkier padding.
The real change in protection seems to be the full knee braces on every single linemen. That's the common injury in the trenches and obviously the one you really want to avoid.
I continue to wonder why players wear those padded helmet shells in practice but not in games. If they provide protection against concussion in practice it seems logical they would provide the same protection in games. Somebody please help me understand this.
https://www.espn.com/nfl/story/_/id/32140546/guardian-caps-soft-shelled-football-helmet-covers-effective-limiting-head-injuries
https://scopeblog.stanford.edu/2023/03/28/padded-helmet-cover-shows-little-protection-for-football-players/
Jury is still out if they are actually helping...will definitely take a while to know about benefits for CTE as that is something that only becomes clear years later opposed to concussion that happens in the moment.
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