Fascinating analysis of the economics of NFL injuries
Btw, found this on my daily email news briefing from 1440, which gives an agenda-free summary of the day's top stories. Highly recommend.
February 2nd, 2023 at 12:27 PM ^
This feels like a corporate spam email test. I'm not clicking on that.
February 2nd, 2023 at 12:34 PM ^
Fascinating analysis. And Reason #3 will blow your mind!
February 2nd, 2023 at 4:56 PM ^
Right - losing top players for an extended period hurts the team record - who’d have thunk it??
February 2nd, 2023 at 12:29 PM ^
Hey OP, any chance of giving us just a wee bit more "color" on the article and why you found it so fascinating?
February 2nd, 2023 at 12:32 PM ^
Injuries expensive? Inexpensive? Stay tuned…
February 2nd, 2023 at 12:32 PM ^
Despite the sponsor disclaimer by the OP, this was a good lunch time read. I'm not subscribing to any newsletters, but I did enjoy the article.
February 2nd, 2023 at 12:35 PM ^
LOL its not a spam email. The article goes in-depth examining player injuries and how they affect outcome, most common injuries, how injuries translate to loss of salary, etc.
February 2nd, 2023 at 12:51 PM ^
Thanks for sharing.
Here "agenda" equates to "bias", right? I mean I have tried agenda-free days. I get nothing done :)
February 2nd, 2023 at 2:05 PM ^
It was worth the time reading, learning a little history and seeing the data. Thanks OP.
February 2nd, 2023 at 3:22 PM ^
It is an interesting article and presents some historical details most readers of this blog would know (e.g. Teddy Roosevelt's intervention into college football). The stats analysis may offer some insight into importance of the QB, passing game and the lack of value in a 'top' RB.
Deeper inside the article, the authors look at the impact of missing games by position and how it could affect the team. Five positions were presented in a graph.
Not unsurprisingly, losing the QB could end up representing a 5-6 game downward swing - the most important position (assuming this is the starting QB) to have out is the QB. This swing was more than three times more than the next position, WR.
There follows LB, followed by OL and last (on this graph) was RB. LB as the only defensive position was interesting - perhaps it is where edge rushers and pass rushing LB are listed. If you accept that idea, 4 out of 5 most influential potential injuries relate to the passing game: QB, WR, OL and pass rush LB.
RB had hardly any effect. While they are clearly a major factor in college ball (e.g. Kenneth Walker III) in the NFL, it seems it is possible to plug in many good runners without losing too much. Maybe that is the take away: If college programs want to attract top RB talent and IF top RB talent really want to play in the NFL for longer than 3 years, they both really need to think about developing receiver and pass blocking skills.