OT: Bob Sanders
Bob Sanders placed on IR by the Chargers. Could be a career for him unless another team is praying he can stay healthy. Sad because the guy can flat out play, and was very fun to watch.
http://content.usatoday.com/communities/thehuddle/post/2011/09/chargers…
September 28th, 2011 at 5:36 PM ^
saw that coming though
September 28th, 2011 at 5:37 PM ^
I'm actually curious about that. Since I'm a Bears fan, he reminds me of Mike Brown but even more injury-prone. That's a tough blow for the guy.
September 28th, 2011 at 5:46 PM ^
Well from his ESPN stats, it looks like none. His career bests were 14 games in 2005 and 15 games in 2007. Otherwise, he doesn't crack 6 games played in a year.
It doesn't show which years he was injured, but since he played so well and was the starting safety when not injured it is a fair bet that the years when he didn't play more than 6 games he was injured.
It is sad to hear, but I have a feeling his career might be done with this. He just gets injured way too easily.
September 28th, 2011 at 7:48 PM ^
Damn, never knew his injuries ran back that long. Only two seasons with more than six games played is crazy, especially for a player so highly payed.
September 28th, 2011 at 5:38 PM ^
September 28th, 2011 at 5:41 PM ^
Sounds like that is all from Sanders. Too bad. He was a great player when healthy.
September 28th, 2011 at 6:26 PM ^
San Diego WAS the team "praying he could stay healthy"
Id say its over
September 28th, 2011 at 6:35 PM ^
woolfolk. good, but just a wimp when it comes to injuries.
September 28th, 2011 at 6:49 PM ^
September 28th, 2011 at 6:50 PM ^
Woolfolk literally blew up his ankle. I wouldn't call that wimpy. And IIRC, he is playing this year with a broken hand.
September 28th, 2011 at 7:09 PM ^
A team is not going to IR a guy of his skill set multiple times because he is "a wimp." Dude had substantial injuries and was an absolute gamer and force to be reckoned with in the secondary when healthy.
September 28th, 2011 at 9:08 PM ^
MGoUser11, a stand up guy but a wimp when it comes to the internet.
September 28th, 2011 at 6:44 PM ^
September 28th, 2011 at 6:49 PM ^
Of the NFL. Dominated when he played, although that proved to be never.
September 28th, 2011 at 6:55 PM ^
Shows just how brutal a game the NFL can be.
Awesome, fearless player. But with the size, speed of the TEs in addition to all the OL that can get to the second level, a guy of his size physically can't last long in the NFL at his position.
Hopefully, rookies coming into the league will see what happened to Sanders, and try to salt money away from their signing bonuses, etc.
Good luck to him in his future endeavors.
September 28th, 2011 at 7:07 PM ^
That guy flew around the field like a human missile. I can't imagine there was a player more susceptible to high-speed collisions. He would come fulltilt from deep safety before the snap and wind up meeting a ball carrier at or near the LOS – wham! An undersized version of Troy Palumalu, another mega-athletic safety who has some trouble avoiding injuries. The human skeleton was not intended to play football, especially the way these guys do it.
September 28th, 2011 at 7:47 PM ^
September 28th, 2011 at 8:57 PM ^
i was upset when the colts released him, but now this?
September 28th, 2011 at 10:46 PM ^
Bob gets credit in my book for the 2007 Super Bowl run where he came back after sitting out most of the season and changed a league-record horrible run defense into one that shut down back after back on their way to winning th title. That should tell you all you need to know about Bob Sanders.
September 29th, 2011 at 4:56 AM ^
You're absolutely right, and me being a Bears fan...I still hate him for that...