bmorefan444

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  1. On 5/9/2016 at 1:51 PM, 52liveforever said:

    I'd be more interested to see the percentage of injuries on turf as opposed to regular grass fields

    http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4780097/

    This 2013 study by Dodson et al. reviewed ACL tears in the NFL in order to see if there were any trends.  I've attached a screen shot from Table.4 of the study and as you can see, ACL injury rates are nearly the same on grass and artificial turf.  No statistically significant findings.  

     

    http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4820027/

    Another study that was just released a few months ago that aimed at identifying extrinsic risk factors for injuries. They found that playing surface had no significant effect on concussions, hamstring injuries, ankle injuries, knee injuries, but they did note that playing a team game on grass actually increased the risk of shoulder injury.  

    "anecdotal evidence and player reports suggest poor footing on newly sodded soft grass surfaces27 potentially increasing the risk of falls and shoulder impacts."

    The only solid association this study found was cold temperature correlating to concussions and ankle injuries. 

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  2. Anyone remember that scene in "My Cousin Vinny" where he says, "Is there any more ---- we can pile into this situation? Can we possibly add anything more to this?"

    That's how I feel about the Ravens season.

    It's laughable at this point.  Theres only 4 weeks left, but by 2015 Ravens standards, that's like 10 more injuries, 15 blown calls, 4 more Tucker 50 yard + misses,  and probably a contagious virus that reaches the whole team.  

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