slanidrac16 said:
I don't know why Henry is getting the rap for being injury prone. Even Cory Dillon missed a couple of games last year.
Bennett, although he may be a better fit for us, would be considered injury prone.
He gets a rap for being injury prone because they don't understand that the vast majority of football injuries, unlike baseball injuries, are freak collision injuries as opposed to repetitive motion injuries. In that respect, you can't really be "injury prone" in the NFL unless it's specific injury that occurs due to overuse, not trauma.
Here's an
interview here with a guy who writes about injuries for Baseball Prospectus, the last question in the interview asks about being "injury prone". Looking at Henry, he had a sprained knee in 2001, injuries chest/ribs in 2003 and foot/ankle in 2004. No repeating of injuries, just a bunch of bang ups.
Ladainian Tomlinson has had injuries to his foot, toe, hip, ankle, thigh, shoulder, calf and groin in his career so far.
James list of injuries is longer than Henry's.
Carnell Williams has had a fractured leg, a sprained ankle, and a fractured clavicle in college.
Cedric Benson played most of 2002 with cracked ribs and turf toe (sound familiar?).
Ronnie Brown, turf toe, shoulder sprain, right ankle sprain, a right knee medial collateral ligament strain, a right quadriceps contusion, a right hamstring pull (2003), and a right hamstring pull (2004).
Golly folks, it's almost like being a running back puts you at risk for being dinged up. I for one, am shocked at this development.