The Year of the Injury

I would like to first preface this article by saying two things. The first is to Caf, this article will contain many pieces of my opinion, please keep that in mind. The second is I would like to say that from 1993-2001 I was a Drew Bledsoe fan. I say this because he was a New England Patriot, and I will support the members of that team. But clearly most of us (fans) did not know that Tom Brady was going to be a future Hall of Famer, nor who he was. I say most because there are going to be those Michigan fans out there who only came out of the woodworks to say Tom Brady is amazing, blah blah blah, after the Patriots won the Super Bowl. My allegiance is with the Patriots and Tom Brady, but you have to support your home town team.

The sad truth about the NFL, is that people get hurt really bad some times. Kevin Everett, backup TE for the Bills had a serious neck injury in the first game of the season. He seems to be doing well and looks as if he will recover fully. Cadillac Williams goes down with a serious patella injury, and now Pittman is out for the season too. QB's have been taking the hit badly too. Trent Green suffered a class 3 concussion and could be career threatening. Seen here by Houston Texans defensive tackle Travis Johnson (99) as he stands over a motionless Green. Jake Delhomme is having season ending elbow surgery. And now Matt Leinart is done for the season with a broken clavicle.

These injuries for lack of a better term all suck. But what gets me is the lack of available solid backup QBs. Now Kurt Warner is doing ok as the Arizona Backup/Committe QB. But will he be able to stay healthy long enough? He of all the other backups probably has the best chance for success this year. The Cardinals want a third QB, ok that seems reasonable, so they inquired about the services of Vinny Testaverde. Are you kidding me? The man is 44 years old, 8 years older than the 36 year old Warner, definitely injury prone. But then again 3rd on the depth chart is not a terrible place for him.

For the Carolina Panthers though, they have inquired about the services of Drew Bledsoe to be their starter. So one former Number 1 overall pick wasn't bad enough? Lets call Drew "Sack me Again" Bledsoe. The fact of the matter for Carolina is this, one oft sacked QB can not be replaced by an older Oft Sacked QB. If you have stock in Steve Smith this season I'm sorry, because David Carr needs to find some magical fucking pixie dust to become a good NFL QB.