Treatise from the "Gang of 14" (Long Read)

[doomy3]

Originally Posted by OnTheWarpath58

Of all the guys you listed, only Bulger has a slighter build than Croyle. All of them are 215 or under.

And all of them have missed significant time to to injury, with the exception of Brees, who was lucky enough to get hurt in the last game of the season and not the first.

Not a coincidence, IMO.

Those are just guys who are in the NFL now though. There have been many (Montana, Young, Namath, Trent Green, etc) that were slight build and didn't have these injury problems. Maybe it's not a coincidence, and maybe the NFL has changed a lot, I don't know. Not really even sure why this is a debate.

[DeezNutz]

Originally Posted by doomy3

Those are just guys who are in the NFL now though. There have been many (Montana, Young, Namath, Trent Green, etc) that were slight build and didn't have these injury problems. Maybe it's not a coincidence, and maybe the NFL has changed a lot, I don't know. Not really even sure why this is a debate.

Montana started 16 games only twice in his career. Injuries were definitely a problem.

Steve Young was 6'2" 215. Sounds like it's similar, but if it's 10 more pounds of muscle mass, it's really not.

Green we know about, and injuries were definitely a problem. Blowing out the knee was freak, however.

Namath. Not sure how well this comparison stacks up, to be honest.