Michigan injury frequency - high, low or average?
We seem to see a steady stream of injuries from practice and gametime. Under Harbaugh we have seen Peters, Speight and DM hurt...we've also seen numerous positional injuries.
Football is a tough sport and some injuries are unavoidable of course. But after seeing Dcaff hurt I can't help but wonder iis our frequency of injuries on par with most teams?
September 22nd, 2019 at 9:29 AM ^
99% of people commenting won't know. Do you?
September 22nd, 2019 at 9:38 AM ^
Is this the thread for unresearched questions?
How many plays were effed because Shea did not see wide open receivers, how many were effed because Shea is inaccurate, and how many were effed because the line or WRs put forth subpar effort?
September 22nd, 2019 at 9:38 AM ^
If I knew why would I ask the question? Very confident there are site posters who can speak to this...one of the great thimgs about this site
September 22nd, 2019 at 9:39 AM ^
Most people are like you, they don't know.
September 22nd, 2019 at 10:20 AM ^
Remember all the stupid “should we be worried about Army yet” posts? You overrate the knowledge-base of this site.
There are people who think they know things, but far far far fewer who actually know what they think they know.
September 22nd, 2019 at 12:06 PM ^
This is true, but at least the OP is taking a stab and seeing if some hard data can be found. That's a lot better than the "cursed" crowd who whine about our injuries and just assume we are on the high end of this category without lifting a finger to back this claim up.
September 22nd, 2019 at 9:48 AM ^
We had to have had the least amount of injuries in the country last year. So I wouldn’t read much into that.
September 22nd, 2019 at 9:49 AM ^
No idea but I do know Wisconsin has injured our stud Tackle (2016), newly starting QB (2017) and now Dcaf off very questionable hits. Disgusting, really. 3 is a trend. Oh, but football is "violent sport" muh friends. Or something.
September 22nd, 2019 at 9:56 AM ^
Game injuries are likely as random as turnover luck, which for us this year is bad.
i happen to know a little bit and have heard “everyone” was really beat up in preseason. The NCAA preseason practice rules changed this year and I have heard the way UM coaches decided to run the workouts was particularly grueling.
September 22nd, 2019 at 4:50 PM ^
It seems like it was a bad fall camp. Maybe Gattis was too amped to prove himself pushed guys over the edge. They look like they are not all-in coming out of camp.
September 22nd, 2019 at 10:10 AM ^
Well to me it seems like our guys play timid and scared, and when you're playing timid and scared and the player opposite wants to destroy you, you're gonna get injured.
September 22nd, 2019 at 10:12 AM ^
Wisconsin had injuries too, including one that took their beast mode runningback out of half of the game.
I'd have been called a moron if I told you Wisconsin would beat us 35-14 without Taylor for half the game, but here we are.
September 22nd, 2019 at 10:22 AM ^
Taylor was cramping, that's not an injury
September 22nd, 2019 at 10:33 AM ^
Cramping from running up and down the field vs Don Brown's defense.
September 22nd, 2019 at 10:45 AM ^
I laughed
September 22nd, 2019 at 10:21 AM ^
How is Dmac's injury related to Harbaugh in any way? Wtf
September 22nd, 2019 at 10:23 AM ^
Is that the reason we lost? Asking for a friend.
September 22nd, 2019 at 10:29 AM ^
Offensive Line. Harbaugh screwed it up recruiting.
September 22nd, 2019 at 10:39 AM ^
What in the hell does Dylan McCaffrey getting his head taken off have to do with Jim Harbaugh?
September 22nd, 2019 at 10:40 AM ^
I do recall Arkansas fans warning us that Herbert's strength and conditioning program caused a spike in injuries at Arkansas. Not saying it's happening here, just saying
September 22nd, 2019 at 10:57 AM ^
I’ve been curious about the allegations of the Arkansas fans about Herbert. My gut reaction is that it’s typical internet fan foolishness, but you’d have to do a deep statistical look to truly know one way or the other.
I do have some doubts about the effectiveness of Herbert’s S&C program with our OL—especially in relation to the program hype about him—but then I’m undoubtedly another foolish fan on the internet.
September 22nd, 2019 at 10:45 AM ^
Yes, it is. The majorly injury issue is we don’t have the depth or player development that Ohio State has on hand.
If you need an example, Ohio State won the national championship with a 3rd strong QB.
September 22nd, 2019 at 10:53 AM ^
Was just thinking about this. Our QBs in particular get knocked out of games with regularity.
September 22nd, 2019 at 11:48 AM ^
I would be much more concerned about why some of our top talent transfers when they are certain to start the next season.
Not passed up by other players; certain to be starting the next season.
September 22nd, 2019 at 4:46 PM ^
Super high at key positions. We are down to starting our third string QB and third string RB going into the 4th game of the season. LT is a mess. Your best receiver and punt returner - DPJ - looks about 60% of his former speed. DT is decimated - Jeter is playing injured. Metellus went out with what looked like a severe arm injury yesterday and Ross is limited.
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