12-26-2015, 07:19 PM
(12-26-2015, 05:49 PM)wildcats forever Wrote: It just seems that the tight end position gets more than its fair share of injuries, though I have yet to find statistical data to support this. Part of it is the nature of the beast. Add to this illegal hits like Mitchell put on Eifert, and it goes downhill from there. Seems like one needs a head made of iron and cement to have any sort of longevity to be a TE. Maybe fat head is one of those.
Agreed. Just look at Gates and Gronk. Two of the best at their position, and they've missed a lot of time due to injuries over the years. Dennis Pitta, Jordan Cameron, the Redskins TE (name escapes me). The list is long. Honestly though, how many games would Eifert have missed this year if not for a dirty hit by Mike Mitchell?
The training, nutrition, medicine, fitness, playbooks and rules evolve. The athlete does not.
