Shazier Does not Practice

[BURGH86STEEL]

It's not just about luck - some guys are put together better than others. Not everyone's bones, ligaments, muscles, and tendons are of the same strength and flexibility. Did see Carlos Hyde's knee get rolled up on in Pittsburgh in week 2? Looked ugly, he missed one snap.

If a guy is getting a different injury several times a year, he's injury prone.

Excluding guys that get zero or limited playing time, that's about 98% of the players that play in the NFL. The nature of the sport dictates that players will eventually suffer multiple injuries throughout the season. The severity of those injuries differ. Teams invest a lot of time and money to give up on players as quickly as fans.

[RobinCole]

Shoe: You can certainly be frustrated that Shazier has a knee injury. I suggest, however, that you're not 1/10th as frustrated as he is. And when a player is frustrated, he, being human, might lash out at fans who bash him for being injured.

[NorthCoast]

Excluding guys that get zero or limited playing time, that's about 98% of the players that play in the NFL. The nature of the sport dictates that players will eventually suffer multiple injuries throughout the season. The severity of those injuries differ. Teams invest a lot of time and money to give up on players as quickly as fans.

Actually the opposite is true. Nice piece of analysis showed that the more experienced players were injured about half as often as younger players. And it's not 98% of players but only about 42% of players with 3 years or less were injured in a season.
[url]http://www.rotoworld.com/articles/nfl/55041/81/nfl-injury-prediction[/url]

[RobinCole]

You can cite statistics all day but my eyeballs and memory tell me that the incidence of injury to Aaron Smith, Polamalu, Kiesel, Taylor, Hoke, and other "more experienced" Steelers became more frequent with age. Can't speak about other teams because I don't follow them.

"Only" 42% of players with three years or less experience were injured in a season? I say that's a staggering number, given that a lot of players with less than three years experience are backups or inactives on game day.

[feltdizz]

Feels like we are seeing more injuries since the new CBA

[Mr.wizard]

I think the biggest factor for increased injuries is the size speed and strength of these players. They had to do there best to take blows to head out of the game, it was only a matter of time before somebody got killed on the field.

[Moonie]

It's the namby-pamby generation of wimps all raised in the Nanny States of America that has turned the current crop of players into a bunch of sensitive ponces. Until that societal illness gets fixed, this injury-prone trend in American football will continue downward in trajectory. If you disagree, well then you are welcome to go open yourself a light beer, puffnuts.

[RuthlessBurgher]

It's the namby-pamby generation of wimps all raised in the Nanny States of America that has turned the current crop of players into a bunch of sensitive ponces. Until that societal illness gets fixed, this injury-prone trend in American football will continue downward in trajectory. If you disagree, well then you are welcome to go open yourself a light beer, puffnuts.

Make it a half double decaffeinated half-caf, with a twist of lemon.

[NorthCoast]

You can cite statistics all day but my eyeballs and memory tell me that the incidence of injury to Aaron Smith, Polamalu, Kiesel, Taylor, Hoke, and other "more experienced" Steelers became more frequent with age. Can't speak about other teams because I don't follow them.

"Only" 42% of players with three years or less experience were injured in a season? I say that's a staggering number, given that a lot of players with less than three years experience are backups or inactives on game day.

Ahh yes, the old 'eye test' again. Where have we heard that argument before? And selecting a small enough sample size will obviously prove any point you wish. The stats I quote are league wide over 10 yrs that are on the active roster for a game.

[Flasteel]

Shazier is active today. Let's see if he can impact the game.

[RuthlessBurgher]

PITTSBURGH STEELERS

Anthony Chickillo DE Inactive
Sammie Coates WR Inactive
Doran Grant CB Inactive
Byron Stingily OT Inactive
Fitzgerald Toussaint RB Inactive
Mike Vick QB Inactive
L.T. Walton DT Inactive

Brandon Boykin DB Active
Terence Garvin ILB Active
James Harrison OLB Active
Ryan Shazier ILB Active
Matt Spaeth TE Active
Shamarko Thomas SS Active

SEATTLE SEAHAWKS

Marshawn Lynch RB Inactive As expected, Lynch is out.
Drew Nowak C Inactive
Eric Pinkins LB Inactive
Paul Richardson WR Inactive
Tye Smith CB Inactive
Kristjan Sokoli G Inactive
Cary Williams CB Inactive

Doug Baldwin WR Active Baldwin (ankle) is active but is hard to trust as a fantasy asset.
Michael Bennett DE Active
Garry Gilliam T Active
Bruce Irvin OLB Active
Patrick Lewis C Active
Thomas Rawls RB Active Rawls (knee) is active and will be an RB1 for Seattle with Lynch on the shelf.
J.R. Sweezy G Active

[SanAntonioSteelerFan]

Shazier doesn't practice.

But he sacks!

[Oviedo]

That "injury prone" Shazier sure looked terrible that first series. Especially on that blitz that buried Russel Wilson

[RobinCole]

North: Who compiles the statistics? By what methods? What criteria? Ever heard of "garbage in, garbage out"? The eye test has served me well for many years. If you want a large sample, look at every team in the league this year; look at the number of players on IR and look at man-games lost due to injury. Look especially at QBs. Counting Gradkowski, all four of our QBs have been hurt and missed games. I see a bunch of QBs hurt all over the league.

[squidkid]

and china doll goes out again