NFL Injuries: QBs Continue to Go Down in Week 15, Here’s What It Means for Week 16 and Beyond (2024)

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Are NFL injuries decreasing? ›

In all, the league's injury data showed that there were 700 fewer missed player games in 2023 than in 2022. The primary driver of the decrease was the league hitting a four-year low in the number of lower extremity strains -- there was a 29 percent decrease in strains during training camp.

This season, the NFL saw progress in overall injury reduction efforts and improved player availability – with players missing 700 fewer games during the 2023 regular season due to injury than they did one year ago.

McKee found evidence of neurodegeneration. Each brain showed apparent signs of repeated trauma, the only cause of a condition known as CTE. CTE has been found to lead to depression, loss of judgment, inability to control impulse, rages, and memory loss, and can ultimately result in dementia.

Everything you need to know injury-wise for Week 18 of the NFL season. Some big NFL names will not see the field Sunday including Patrick Mahomes, Brock Purdy, Matthew Stafford and Joe Flacco.

In general, the offensive lineman positions are found to sustain the highest number of injuries while the individual position with the highest rate of injury is the running back. Other dangerous positions include the linebacker and wide receiver positions.

They found that out of 559 NFL players, the most difficult injuries for NFL players to return to play in were patellar tendon tears (50.0 %) and achilles tears (72.5%).

“I think there has been an increase in injuries because for football for example, the intensity has grown a lot throughout the years and there are things out of the players control like the turf they play on or their gear not protecting them as well as it should,” Brewton said.

November 29, 1992: New York Jets defensive end Dennis Byrd broke his neck and was temporarily paralyzed during a game against the Kansas City Chiefs. His injuries ended his career. He slammed head-first into his teammate Scott Mersereau's chest, causing extensive damage to his neck and spinal cord, ESPN reported.

1. Basketball. Basketball ranks first, with 313,924 people admitted to the hospital with basketball-related injuries. Common injuries include ankle sprains from sudden twists and turns and knee injuries such as ACL tears from abrupt changes in direction and jumps.

The results of Drinen's study tend to suggest that running back's peak at around age 27-28. In response to Fabiano's study, running backs actually begin showing signs of decline well before turning 30.

Has there ever been an 18 0 NFL team? ›

Since the National Football League began in 1920, only one team has played a perfect season (both regular season and playoffs): the 1972 Miami Dolphins, who won all fourteen of their regular season games and three postseason games, including Super Bowl VII, to finish the season 17–0–0.

Concussions remain an issue

The total number of concussions suffered in preseason and regular-season practices and games was 219 in 2023, up from 213 in 2022. Concussion numbers are lower than they were a few years ago, but that progress has largely stagnated.

Over the past five years, the NFL has also used data from game video and sensors from gear like mouth guards to improve helmets and protect players from head injuries and the degenerative brain disease chronic traumatic encephalopathy, or CTE.

The largest decreases in injuries were sports-related. Injuries associated with track and field, lacrosse, hockey, soccer, baseball, softball, football, and basketball all saw reductions of more than 60% from March through September 2020.

The incidence of injuries in training and competition has gradually fallen during the 18 seasons analysed at 3% per year. The frequency of ligamentous injuries has annually decreased by 5% during training and 4% during competition. However, the muscle injury rate has remained constant.