NFL 2014 NFL - Week 4

[Exe Gesis]

Josh Dubow@JoshDubowAP · 17h

#Raiders passer rating by receiver: Jones 137.3; Streater 112.3; Holmes 91.9; Rivera 43.8; Moore 29.9

 

[LicoriceAllsorts]

To be fair, bye week doesn't look to bleak, Green Bay @ Chicago and Philly @ San Fran look interesting, the Pack and 9ers both in desperate need for a win against 2 in form teams, both should go down to the wire...

 

[Dagless]

Get them out of the way early I say

 

[NERDY]

Such a shame I'm working till 6am on Monday morning, I will miss the majority of the Green Bay vs. Chicago game. I'm hoping the Bears can get it done, I'm a huge fan of Jay Cutler.

 

[Exe Gesis]

Around 150 players, or five full teams worth, of starters are injured around the league.

 

[Exe Gesis]

Charles Woodson blames the soft new camp rules. I'd also say ligaments and tendons are under more stress due to how large players muscles are becoming.

 

[Blacky]

I agree with him

 

[Exe Gesis]

And me too?

 

[bgt2110]

Can't legislate against stupidity/bad luck....Tulloch

 

[Papa Juggs]

What are these camp rules?

 

[Exe Gesis]

Limited padded practices, limited hitting, limited two a day practice sessions as well

 

[Papa Juggs]

So players now have to get their full contact conditioning on game day where there is no let up from the opposition.

That does sound a little strange but since I'm not a sports doctor I wouldn't know if it's having an impact.

Perhaps Woodson has a degree?

 

[dlanod]

Charles Woodson blames the soft new camp rules.

Funnily one of the few teams reworking their practices to run more reps during practice are getting players blaming those extra reps for their slow first halves (Eagles).

 

[Exe Gesis]

PEDS play a big part in all these injuries, ironically, since they give players the ability to retrain faster after an injury

In reply to my comment about ligaments tendons vs larger muscles.

 

[manureid]

My Dynasty roster can attest to this...the amount of Outs I have at the moment is unprecedented.

 

[Blacky]

PEDS lead to Achilles injuries too

 

[bgt2110]

Not sure if this is the correct thread, anyway it looks like Chris Baker will escape any penalty for his cheap shot on Nick Foles whilst Peters is expecting a decent fine for his response. Quite hard to fathom but there you go.

Taken from ESPN :

Peters does expect to hear from the commissioner's office, however.

"I definitely got a fine coming," Peters said.

Meanwhile, NFL executive vice president of football operations Troy Vincent told The Washington Post that Baker won't be suspended or fined for his hit.

"Baker didn't do anything wrong with that hit," Vincent said. "When you look at the rule, he didn't do anything illegal. People can say it's a cheap shot and you can talk about whether it might fall under unsportsmanlike conduct. But when you know the rule and you look at the play, he didn't hit him in the head. He didn't hit him in the neck. We looked at it. I looked at it very closely. He's not going to be fined for that."

 

[ausbacker]

So players now have to get their full contact conditioning on game day where there is no let up from the opposition.

That does sound a little strange but since I'm not a sports doctor I wouldn't know if it's having an impact.

Perhaps Woodson has a degree?

Think of this analogy. A sprinter cannot run 100 Metres at full pace if the sprinter limits full pace training. Effectively, that's what the NFLPA and CBA have done for the players.

 

[larkis]

Austin Davis also played the Buccaneers and the Cowboys

 

[Exe Gesis]

Austin Davis also played the Buccaneers and the Cowboys

Still, he did well. What was the comp percentage of other qbs who played bucs and boys?

 

[LicoriceAllsorts]

Foles was in the play, yes it was cheap but it wasn't against the rules

 

[Chadwiko]

Foles was in the play, yes it was cheap but it wasn't against the rules

Correct. It looked worse than it was, and NFL has ruled correctly.

 

[manureid]

Pretty bizarre on Bironas:
http://preview.msn.com/en-us/sports/nfl/students-say-rob-bironas-chased-threatened-them/ar-BB5ksJv

 

[larkis]

Still, he did well. What was the comp percentage of other qbs who played bucs and boys?

Matt Ryan with 87.5%?
They took him out because he was too damaging.

 

[Exe Gesis]

Who else?