RandAlThor@lemmy.caM to NFL@lemmy.world · 24 days agoSchefter: Kyle Shanahan said Christian McCaffrey suffered a potentially season-ending PCL injury.www.threads.netexternal-linkmessage-square5fedilinkarrow-up118arrow-down11
arrow-up117arrow-down1external-linkSchefter: Kyle Shanahan said Christian McCaffrey suffered a potentially season-ending PCL injury.www.threads.netRandAlThor@lemmy.caM to NFL@lemmy.world · 24 days agomessage-square5fedilink
minus-squarechonglibloodsport@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up2arrow-down1·24 days agoYeah you almost want to say “sit CMC for the snow bowl, it’s not worth it” but then you look at the rest of the lineup and how the season’s going. Sometimes I think in the NFL teams will just sacrifice players’ bodies to try to get wins that probably aren’t going to make a difference anyway.
minus-squarecriss_cross@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up4·24 days agoPlayers also do it because they don’t want a replacement outperforming them and costing them a job. It’s brutal.
minus-squareMeekerThanBeaker@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·24 days agoThey are getting paid hundreds of thousands if not millions of dollars to do a job they want to do. They all know the risks. The rewards are more important to them.
Yeah you almost want to say “sit CMC for the snow bowl, it’s not worth it” but then you look at the rest of the lineup and how the season’s going.
Sometimes I think in the NFL teams will just sacrifice players’ bodies to try to get wins that probably aren’t going to make a difference anyway.
Players also do it because they don’t want a replacement outperforming them and costing them a job.
It’s brutal.
They are getting paid hundreds of thousands if not millions of dollars to do a job they want to do. They all know the risks. The rewards are more important to them.