Injury Report: Week Four - Vikings at Saints

AsylumGuido · 10-01-2022, 10:57 AM

Originally Posted by neugey

No one will say the quiet part out loud, but I'm not afraid to. Our medical staff is pretty poor compared to most teams in the NFL. Better clean that up in addition to getting younger healthier players. This subject touches on a blog post I'm planning to write very soon.

Originally Posted by Lord_Saint83

I’ve been saying this for the last few years too. We always have a bunch of guys on our report. I thought the guy from Alabama was supposed to fix this

Originally Posted by SmashMouth

While they did address this a few years back, it's painfully obvious with the continued history of injured players, Brees included, that ownership/management needs to keep the medical team on their toes. Maybe they are complicit with the coaches, SP specifically, and that DA learned the same tricks. For us fans, it is painful to watch and takes the edge off of the excitement and disappoints us...maybe even plays into the narrative that games are sometimes predetermined. I sure hope not. It feels as if we've taken a step back or two. Likely the best attitude is to do what Foreverfan used to say : Expect us to lose and be surprised and pleased when we do win. Sucks nonetheless.

Take a quick browse at the week four injury reports of every NFL team. Half the teams in the league currently have about as many players listed as the Saints. 24 of the 32 teams have nine or more players listed this week. We are no more prone to injuries than any other team in the league.

It all comes down to point of view. We spend all week monitoring the health of primarily our own players and fail to see that everyone else is dealing with the same situations. Some teams are dealing with far worse.

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AsylumGuido 10000 POST CLUB Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: Bossier City, LA Posts: 26,762	Re: Injury Report: Week Four - Vikings at Saints Originally Posted by neugey No one will say the quiet part out loud, but I'm not afraid to. Our medical staff is pretty poor compared to most teams in the NFL. Better clean that up in addition to getting younger healthier players. This subject touches on a blog post I'm planning to write very soon. Originally Posted by Lord_Saint83 I’ve been saying this for the last few years too. We always have a bunch of guys on our report. I thought the guy from Alabama was supposed to fix this Originally Posted by SmashMouth While they did address this a few years back, it's painfully obvious with the continued history of injured players, Brees included, that ownership/management needs to keep the medical team on their toes. Maybe they are complicit with the coaches, SP specifically, and that DA learned the same tricks. For us fans, it is painful to watch and takes the edge off of the excitement and disappoints us...maybe even plays into the narrative that games are sometimes predetermined. I sure hope not. It feels as if we've taken a step back or two. Likely the best attitude is to do what Foreverfan used to say : Expect us to lose and be surprised and pleased when we do win. Sucks nonetheless. Take a quick browse at the week four injury reports of every NFL team. Half the teams in the league currently have about as many players listed as the Saints. 24 of the 32 teams have nine or more players listed this week. We are no more prone to injuries than any other team in the league. It all comes down to point of view. We spend all week monitoring the health of primarily our own players and fail to see that everyone else is dealing with the same situations. Some teams are dealing with far worse. neugey and SmashMouth like this.