The NFL Bye Week! This may be the most important week of the season!!! The Packers have a Week 13 Bye Week, the second last Bye in the NFL Schedule! They have ONE more game as they limp into the BYE week! Injuries! The NFL NEEDS to address this! What makes the NFL such an injury prone sport?? I have my reasons, but they never seem to call me! What, there is one BIG reason - GREEEEEEED! We love football, but more is NOT always better! AGAIN, here are my simple, and I stress simple, ways to make the sport safer!
1 - Not more games, less games! We are now experimenting with a 17 games season!
Then, add to that more playoff games! (Plus, a division winner should not get a home game for a crappy year!!! Make the 16 games important! Too many games, go back to 16 & be happy!
2 - Crazy Schedule - Thursday Night, Monday Night, Sunday afternoon, Sunday Night, and at the end of the year Saturdays! If, you ever played football, even high school football, the body does not recover with 3 days rest! And, add to that, travel & now why not London, England!
3 - Playing surfaces! All-weather (artificial), in-door stadiums, practice facilities, - what does the pounding do? We all know, teams are NOT allowed to have full contact over a certain times during the week.
4 - Game time schedule, a game has tooooo many breaks, TV time outs, instant replay, challenges, normal time outs, they play hard for 2-3 minutes, than, stop & look at each other for 2-3 minutes! No rhythm to the game, for the human body!
5 - Players too big. Muscles mass gets BIGGER, ligaments & tendons to not. The human body structure does not normally support 300-350 lb linemen, & 220 lb running backs! And, if you are a normal 6' & 180 lb player - GOOD LUCK!
6 - Training? We are training for SPEED & STRENGTH. How about "survival"?
Now, enough of my venting - Packers starters out?
Za'Darius Smith - OLB - entire season
David Bakhtiari - OT - entire season, so far
Robert Tonyan - TE - entire season
Elgton Jenkins - OT & OG - out for season
Jaire Alexander - CB - still injured
Aaron Jones - RB - still injured
Rashan Gary - OLB - still injured
Allan Lazard - missed last game
That is a lot of starters! We didn't discuss special teams & backups! This is concerning!!
NOTE! By the way Aaron Rodgers has a broken toe! But, says he will play!!
Next, a look at the Rams.
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