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It wouldn't work well for Haden, he would get hammered. I could see them possibly doing this on obvious passing downs but that's about it if at all.
add in ACL Tear
This is why nobody on this board likes you, much less takes you seriously. Seriously.
His season is over... He'll be rehabbing and will be a risk again next year. Depending on how severe and quick he heals, he may or may not be ready for the opening of 2014. I would suspect he won't be.
yeap, it'll be the same thing all over again. Pretty much replay this whole thread again and again.
Yeah, its going to be real hard picking him ever again. The talent is there but you'll be holding your breath ever game.
Maybe Gronkowski takes an inordinate amount of punishment because of his value to the team? Does Graham or Gates or Thomas or Gonzo not get the wear and tear because they aren't asked to carry the load as much as RK? Do they get different kinds of targets? Does he block more than them and therefore get whacked around in the OL wash more than others? Does the fact that he catches as many passes as a WR but gets tackled by LBs instead of DBs have anything to do with what seems like a tendency to get hurt more than others?
Rob Gronkowski didn't get injured because he takes an insane amount of punishment. He got injured because he took a helmet to the knee. Anyone with the football in his hands is at risk for taking a helmet to the knee every time he has the football in his hands. No human body is built to stand up to a direct hit to the knee from a helmet worn by an onrushing defensive player. You can get helmets to the knee just as easily from DBs as LBs (actually, no data to support this, but I bet you'd be more likely to get a helmet to the knee from a DB, while an LB would be more likely to execute a textbook wrap-up tackle).
It intuitively seems like this is true, but I'd need to see some actual hard data backing it up before I buy into it. Guys have torn ACLs on low hits in past seasons, too. Someone on Twitter (perhaps Aaron Schatz) tweeted that Gronk is just the second player this year to tear ligaments on a low hit. I'm curious if that's accurate. I'm curious how the rate of knee and lower leg injuries compares to years past.
Its a shame people think thats a good tackle.
Looks to me that if Gronk jumped he could of hurdled right over him or atleast avoided the shot to the knee. A little blame has to go on the Gronk for not trying to avoid it thinking hes he could just stream roll everyone.
They signed DJ Williams, who has some good receiving skills. That may not cut it since BB expects all players to be competent blockers too.
On the net, attempting to hurdle defenders is not going to decrease your chance for injury. In fact, I'd wager quite the opposite.KellysHeroes said:
point is Gronk wasn't defenseless anymore as he secured the ball and began to run, he didn't even brace for impact as the defender was charging at him. Some of this goes on Gronk's playing style of just running everybody down.
I'm not sure what he could have done there. Bracing wouldn't have helped, because if his foot had been planted, the damage only would have been worse. There was a defender on his back, so he didn't really have the option to cut or try to avoid. And I've already mentioned that hurdling defenders is typically a bad idea, continued-health-wise. Sometimes collisions are just unavoidable. Sometimes injuries are just going to happen.
