Super Bowl Injury Report : Rams-Patriots Injury Free Going Into The Super Bowl, Pro Bowl Alternatives, Ed Hochuli Speaks Out On Player Safety
After each week of NFL football games for the 2018- 2019 season, the Heads 'N Tales podcast will be posting an episode dedicated to injuries and health & safety topics surrounding the NFL. Specifically we will talk about possible prevention strategies, the rulebook, equipment and other injury buzz around the league.
The strategist for these episodes will be one of my closest friends, Josh Boyd. Josh and I grew up playing baseball together. Josh was a division-1 center fielder for Monmouth University and experienced his fair share of injuries throughout his career. Although Josh never played organized football, the dude flat-out knows the game of football and undoubtably knows more about the ins-and-outs of the sport better than I do from both a fan and x's & o's perspective.
Dr. Wazim Buksh "Waz" is the newest member to the Heads 'N Tales team and has been a long time friend of mine. Waz will serve as the medical expert in these recordings to give you the most realistic expectations for when your favorite players go down with an injury and what their road to recovery will look like. Dr. Buksh is board certified in both Internal and Sports Medicine. Waz completed his sports medicine fellowship with the New York Jets medical staff in 2014.
Our intention for these episodes is to spark conversations around topics that are usually brushed under the rug or only minimally covered in the hopes of making football and all sports safer for the athletes who play them.
You are currently looking at the show notes for Super Bowl Week of the 2018 season!
Injuries from AFC & NFC Championship Games:
Rams and Patriots might not have anyone on injury report for Super Bowl!
Anticipate a Super Bowl first.@RamsNFL and @Patriots may not have any players listed on the injury report for the big game in Atlanta.https://t.co/ba3WFoXXLZ
— David J. Chao, MD (@ProFootballDoc) January 21, 2019
Certainly more to it than this but interesting the two healthiest teams @RamsNFL @Patriots with no players on the injury report advance to #SBLIII
— David J. Chao, MD (@ProFootballDoc) January 21, 2019
Gronk blocking Like a beast and making plays through the air:
Patriots had 97 offensive snaps, and Gronk was on the field for all of them https://t.co/k1DyLmcqXP
— ProFootballTalk (@ProFootballTalk) January 22, 2019
Clutchest catch of the year! 🏈 🏈 pic.twitter.com/QCL6xaZ5SF
— GronkNation (@GronkNation) January 22, 2019
Tony Romo received an elite grade for his prediction on this call of the Brady-to-Gronk catch late in the AFC Championship Game.pic.twitter.com/58E1MsqmCR
— Pro Football Focus (@PFF) January 21, 2019
Thoughts on Overtime rules - Good for the game? Good for player safety?:
Stating my case for an NFL Overtime Rules Change...Do you agree with me? @GetUpESPN pic.twitter.com/Y3ABMG9OMI
— Maria Taylor (@MariaTaylor) January 22, 2019
Letting the boys play this past weekend (player safety thrown out the window in championship games)
Hit on Saints TE Josh Hill
Saints rule Josh Hill out with concussion https://t.co/rMfLuEjSmF via @247sports
— Concerned Mom (@ConcernedMom9) January 21, 2019
Officials getting Hill out of game to get looked at. Got up and looked dazed. That’s what they are taught to look for.
— Dean Blandino (@DeanBlandino) January 20, 2019
Controversial Rams-Saints call also player safety missed call on defenseless receiver:
Certainly this is pass interference but from the field/side judge's perspective makes the call more difficult. Even slowed down, hard to be sure if ball has gotten to player from this angle. pic.twitter.com/PLFvs1nAqw
— David J. Chao, MD (@ProFootballDoc) January 21, 2019
Rams Injuries:
None?
Todd Gurley Comments
“I’m here at the #SuperBowl so that’s all that matters.”@TG3II is all smiles at #SBOpeningNight!
— Los Angeles Rams (@RamsNFL) January 29, 2019
📺: @DeionSanders | @nflnetwork pic.twitter.com/ZcCrCyYr21
Maybe the worst game of his career. @TG3II in near tears postgame. Accepted accountability.
— Ry (@JustRyCole) January 21, 2019
Man will be ready on Super Bowl Sunday. pic.twitter.com/jnKq35MaJ0
As Opening Night is set to begin, #Rams RB Todd Gurley’s knee is in focus. pic.twitter.com/Z7usR7UBCW
— Ian Rapoport (@RapSheet) January 28, 2019
#NFLWayToPlay Player of the week for the Divisional Round Games:
.@Eagles DE Michael Bennett (@mosesbread72) earns the #NFLWayToPlay Award from the Divisional Round for maintaining good technique on this powerful tackle. Here’s a library of this season’s award recipients: https://t.co/C4uiuAf1Tz pic.twitter.com/SiSAu4s71r
— NFL Football Operations (@NFLFootballOps) January 17, 2019
#NFLWayToPlay Player of the week for the Championship Round Games:
.@RamsNFL LB Cory Littleton receives the #NFLWayToPlay Award from Championship Sunday for leading with his shoulder on this tackle. See all of this season’s award recipients: https://t.co/C4uiuAf1Tz pic.twitter.com/qh4g8GBXBt
— NFL Football Operations (@NFLFootballOps) January 24, 2019
Thoughts for Alternatives to the Pro Bowl:
I used to look forward to the Pro Bowl because it was the last football game for almost 6 months and the players took it pretty seriously. But today has been a joke with Zeke, Saquon, Kamara, Mike Evans playing defense and whistles blowing when the ballcarrier is merely touched.
— Skip Bayless (@RealSkipBayless) January 27, 2019
Juju injury
Source says JuJu Smith-Schuster doing ‘fine’ after Pro Bowl injury, knee issue not believed to be serious. https://t.co/pzkrtYJvrI
— Jeremy Fowler (@JFowlerESPN) January 29, 2019
NFL Obesity Post Career:
The N.F.L.’s Obesity Scourge via @NYTimes. As a former lineman who gained 135 pounds during my 8-year football career without growing an inch, I endorse this article. https://t.co/YcQepFkrbq
— Chris Nowinski, Ph.D. (@ChrisNowinski1) January 17, 2019
Alex Smith Sighting:
Good to see #AlexSmith in good spirits.
— David J. Chao, MD (@ProFootballDoc) January 21, 2019
The "contraption" on is leg is called an external fixator. I have assumed since early December this would be the case as written here: https://t.co/LrmLHLg3sO https://t.co/LcCmTDdTLl
NFL's Most Hated Players, An Interview With Ed Hochuli, and NFL Power Ranking https://t.co/mm5zAG68lG
— Kevin Saum (@ksaum37) January 2, 2019
“Hochuli joined the "Always Aggravated Podcast" hosted by Detroit radio personality Mike Valenti in his first interview since his retirement from the NFL after turning down all other media appearances in recent months.”
"I’m sorry, but I completely disagree. We have absolutely not gone too far," he said. "The players have gotten bigger -- I go back, I started in 1990. They’ve gotten bigger and faster and stronger. I worked over 600 games in the NFL, and there wasn’t a single game right up to the very last one that there weren’t a half a dozen times in that game (where) I said, 'Oh my god, how’s that guy gonna get up off the ground? He’s gotta be dead.' And they hop up and they go back to the huddle. It’s a collision sport, and we’ve got to protect them. We’ve got to protect them."
"The same thing is happening with roughing the passer. At the beginning of this year there was a huge outcry on a few particular roughing-the-passer plays for this bodyweight rule change. Now we watch the video, and time after time after time the guy gets the sack and as he’s going down he rolls to the side instead of coming down with his full bodyweight on top of the quarterback. It changes and it makes it safer, so I really have to beg to differ. I don’t think we've gone too far. I think that it’s wonderful that rules change for player safety, otherwise the game couldn’t survive."
NFL Viewership Up in 2018:
Final viewership numbers from the 2018 NFL regular season pic.twitter.com/OzbT3j0bAx
— NFL Media (@NFLMedia) January 2, 2019
Other Stats:
What Drove the NFL's TV Ratings Increase in 2018? https://t.co/HViXaxMooc
— Kevin Saum (@ksaum37) January 3, 2019
Concussions decreased by 29% in 2018 Season:
NFL says player concussions dropped by 29 percent in 2018 regular season https://t.co/plSDVtii88 via @usatoday
— Kevin Saum (@ksaum37) January 25, 2019
