erod
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Dallas looks like the walking wounded compared to a Cowboys team from 30 years ago.
And strangely, Dallas has been hit far less than most teams. Players are dropping like flies around the league, a bunch more yesterday with season enders.
It's fixable, and the NFL has got to get on top of it.
PEDs, especially steroids, are pretty much a given for the vast majority of players in this league. You won't make the team, or be a star, without them. Players are bigger, stronger, and faster, not because of evolution, but because of outside agents that are helping them get that way.
The problem with PEDs is that it makes muscles bigger and stronger, but it does nothing for tendons, bones, and ligaments. The mass and power these guys have is putting massive amounts of strain on these critical joint structures, and it's making todays players extremely brittle.
Muscles are more likely to pull, and worse, ligaments and tendons are more likely to snap.
A Ferrari can do amazing things, but if you push it to its limits constantly, it will break. And the cost and damage when that happens is far greater than it is for a Camaro. That's what is happening with these athletes. These highly "tuned" athletes are ripe for season-ending injury even on fairly ordinary plays.
If somehow the NFL could get this under control, the players wouldn't be as susceptible to injury.
And strangely, Dallas has been hit far less than most teams. Players are dropping like flies around the league, a bunch more yesterday with season enders.
It's fixable, and the NFL has got to get on top of it.
PEDs, especially steroids, are pretty much a given for the vast majority of players in this league. You won't make the team, or be a star, without them. Players are bigger, stronger, and faster, not because of evolution, but because of outside agents that are helping them get that way.
The problem with PEDs is that it makes muscles bigger and stronger, but it does nothing for tendons, bones, and ligaments. The mass and power these guys have is putting massive amounts of strain on these critical joint structures, and it's making todays players extremely brittle.
Muscles are more likely to pull, and worse, ligaments and tendons are more likely to snap.
A Ferrari can do amazing things, but if you push it to its limits constantly, it will break. And the cost and damage when that happens is far greater than it is for a Camaro. That's what is happening with these athletes. These highly "tuned" athletes are ripe for season-ending injury even on fairly ordinary plays.
If somehow the NFL could get this under control, the players wouldn't be as susceptible to injury.
