'Two franchise players likely lost for the season. A Super Bowl contender’s hopes dashed just as the season is getting started. More injuries than a M*A*S*H* unit. Welcome to the NFL’s new normal,' writes usatodaysports columnist nrarmour
A 17th game on its own is going to mean more injuries. You cannot have 200- and 300-pound men slamming into each other at full speed for 60 minutes without someone – probably many ones – getting hurt.
Now, owners will say this is essentially a wash, because they’re dropping one of the preseason games to make room for the extra regular-season games. But that math doesn’t add up. Most coaches already opt to rest their starters for the final preseason game, wanting one last chance to look at lesser-known players and not wanting to risk losing Patrick Mahomes or J.J. Watt on a meaningless game, and that’s not likely to change.
So this isn’t a straight-up trade. And it’s the players who will be getting the short end of the deal.Because of the COVID-19 pandemic, the NFL had truncated training camps and it scrapped preseason games entirely. That gave players less reps, less time to prepare their bodies for the physical violence inherent to the game.
The San Francisco 49ers, the reigning NFC champs, might be forced to host open tryouts with how many players they lost., last year’s rookie defensive player of the year, suffered what coach Kyle Shanahan said is “most likely” a torn ACL. Defensive tackle Solomon Thomas also appears to have torn his ACL, though Shanahan said it’s not as bad.
Jimmy Garoppolo has a high ankle sprain, and Shanahan said they probably won’t know until the end of the week whether he’ll miss time. Running backs Raheem Mostert and Tevin Coleman left the game with knee injuries.
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