Can the NFL stop the streak at 5

[MightyGiants]

The NFL is hoping to avoid this becoming the fifth straight week that a starting quarterback has suffered a season-ending injury. Kirk Cousins ruptured his Achilles in Week 8, Daniel Jones tore his ACL in Week 9, Deshaun Watson fractured his shoulder in Week 10, and Joe Burrow tore a wrist ligament in Week 11.

https://x.com/adamschefter/status/1728780041503273009?s=46&t=1vcQIN8GqF5J2oLdxEVEJQ

[DaveBrown74]

I guess we'll find out.

Lombardi had an interesting take on this in his podcast. @MightyGiants I know you're a regular listener, but for those who aren't, he talked about how the NFL has drastically tightened up the rules protecting QBs, like roughing the passer, which we all know gets called constantly including in absurdly unfair situations. Lombardi talked about how these season-ending injuries have not decreased at all as a result of these rules but if anything have increased. He talked about how back in the day none of the rules protected Unitas, and they didn't even protect 80s greats like Montana.

His take was that the NFL is approaching this all wrong and that they're not even looking at the real problem, which is line play. He emphasized that O line is a 12 month job and that NFL teams have gotten away from that, treating as more of a plug and play position, which it is not (in his opinion). Obviously the Giants have had O line woes for a full decade now, but we're not the only team where this is the case. It's actually a pretty ubiquitous issue.

[Philosophers]

I guess we'll find out.

Lombardi had an interesting take on this in his podcast. @MightyGiants I know you're a regular listener, but for those who aren't, he talked about how the NFL has drastically tightened up the rules protecting QBs, like roughing the passer, which we all know gets called constantly including in absurdly unfair situations. Lombardi talked about how these season-ending injuries have not decreased at all as a result of these rules but if anything have increased. He talked about how back in the day none of the rules protected Unitas, and they didn't even protect 80s greats like Montana.

His take was that the NFL is approaching this all wrong and that they're not even looking at the real problem, which is line play. He emphasized that O line is a 12 month job and that NFL teams have gotten away from that, treating as more of a plug and play position, which it is not (in his opinion). Obviously the Giants have had O line woes for a full decade now, but we're not the only team where this is the case. It's actually a pretty ubiquitous issue.

What specifically does he mean about it being a 12 month job? 

[DaveBrown74]

What specifically does he mean about it being a 12 month job? 

I think he was referring to the rules around how much offseason work teams can formally do with players.

Start from 22:08

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1FLcZVm9x78

[Dgoodmantrublu]

That is part of the negotiated CBA. Not by the people in charge of the NFL. So Lombardi is being deceptive yet again.