**** OFFICIAL Patrick Mahomes Injury Updates Thread ****

[Raiderhater]

Originally Posted by Bearcat

I wonder what the real impact of the extra games is on a team, especially given they have such a long offseason.

Injuries are obviously the first thing, especially recovery time for long term stuff in the offseason... if you have surgery in February instead of early January, does that impact being in camp on time, etc.

And then maybe mental strain? But if you assume the Chiefs would at least make it to the divisional round every year, we're only talking about two extra games per season.

They obviously put more on the players now than ever, too... 17 game seasons, only one team gets a postseason bye, might have to travel to Europe.

I dunno, seems like sometimes people talk about it like they're playing into April every year or something, and it's not like the NBA or NHL, playing 82 games and then potentially close to 100 and then only having a few months of offseason.

Football has fewer games than those other sports for a reason. It’s all relative.

That being said, I do go back and forth on this myself because yeah, they have played a lot more football than any other team the past several years, but not everyone on the team was on the team in 2018 when the deep runs started. Most weren’t, actually. But there are a few, and few more who have been with the team longer than just this season or last.

So, I don’t really know. One would think it would take a larger toll on the big bodies. And Trav, at his age - and has been here since before the run - probably feels it a bit.