Gerald McCoy Out For the Year

[MHS831]

1 hour ago, Devil Doc said:

Well, to be fair.. Tom Brady has never really been hit consistently. He may get hit 1 -2 times a game.. so it is hard to tell. However, I have noticed that most Vegans in the NFL are more prone to getting injured, not saying all of them do. I think the proper vegan diet is what makes the big difference. 

 

Ok, I have a counter argument--not that I totally disagree with your point.  When a DT gets hit, they are in a position to absorb the blow in most cases.  They DTs biggest threat is a knee while engaged, which is why the NFL made that high low rule.  A QB is not usually prepared to get hit--they are standing in the pocket, looking down field--or they break the pocket and run-and they usually are not runners--which is why they put in the slide rule and the "can't hit the QB down low" rule--or in the head.    The QBs sell the tickets, so the NFL has a reason to protect them above others,  but they are the most vulnerable players on the field--with WRs second--and I will not get into special teams (PR).  So I think a QB taking three shots when he was holding the ball standing still with a 280 lb DE unloading from his blind side is potentially more destructive than a DT getting hit by someone right in front of him repetitiously. 

Interesting debate.

[Devil Doc]

3 hours ago, MHS831 said:

Ok, I have a counter argument--not that I totally disagree with your point.  When a DT gets hit, they are in a position to absorb the blow in most cases.  They DTs biggest threat is a knee while engaged, which is why the NFL made that high low rule.  A QB is not usually prepared to get hit--they are standing in the pocket, looking down field--or they break the pocket and run-and they usually are not runners--which is why they put in the slide rule and the "can't hit the QB down low" rule--or in the head.    The QBs sell the tickets, so the NFL has a reason to protect them above others,  but they are the most vulnerable players on the field--with WRs second--and I will not get into special teams (PR).  So I think a QB taking three shots when he was holding the ball standing still with a 280 lb DE unloading from his blind side is potentially more destructive than a DT getting hit by someone right in front of him repetitiously. 

Interesting debate.

That is fair, have you ever seen Tom Brady get hard? I think I have seen it twice really hard, and a few times were decent. He really does not get hit as much or as hard as other QBs. 

[SOJA]

I loved McCoy for us last year, he's been nothing but a tremendous pro his whole career. This makes me sad 

[Wes21]

19 hours ago, Devil Doc said:

That is fair, have you ever seen Tom Brady get hard? I think I have seen it twice really hard, and a few times were decent. He really does not get hit as much or as hard as other QBs. 

Once the NFL did away with the late hits on the QB and started controlling the ways in which you could hit a QB...it definitely created a situation where guys like Brady, Brees, etc rarely ever get hit hard anymore.  And many of those are penalized.  I remember Rich Gannon said that alot of his former NFL QB buddies he's hung around could still sling the ball at an NFL level into their 50s.  Their bodies just couldn't take the hits anymore.  Now that the NFL is taking the hits away, I expect more QBs to play into their 40s.

 

Going back to McCoy, there is a video of the injury circulating the internet.  It was one of those drills where one lineman comes out of his stance and puts his hands on a guy standing there.  McCoy was the guy standing there, and as soon as contact was made he just collapsed in pain.  Seems like this injury was inevitable and was going to pop at any time.

[Billy Love]

On 8/17/2020 at 4:03 PM, DeSim said:

Ya'll should know by now that TheSpecialJuan doesn't mean half the stuff he says.

But half the stuff he says, he REALLY means.

[Navy_football]

13 minutes ago, Billy Love said:

But half the stuff he says, he REALLY means.

I usually start out laughing at his his comments. Then...