There's a story I've heard about Bryon Russell saying there were days he felt

Feb 6, 2023
2:38:20pm

CameronG 3rd String

banged up and wanted to skip practice to get treatment. He'd see Karl come in even more beat up and just ask to get taped up so he could practice. Russell felt like if Karl could practice then he'd better practice.

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Missing games is a league wide problem that is just getting bigger and bigger. Take a look at these stats:

kimdaddy35 Future Lions Scout

2/6/23 1:44pm

Zion has missed 26 games and hasn't played since January 2nd. AD has missed 25.

Waluigi

2/6/23 1:50pm

Yep I purposely left those guys off. But both have had injuries and load management misses. Anyone who paid to see

kimdaddy35

2/6/23 1:52pm

Zion has only played in 37% of all potential games in his entire career. He's

Waluigi

2/6/23 2:36pm

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ProvoY

2/6/23 1:52pm

He was an iron man, but even more his generation didn't take rest days. Somehow they stayed healthy through the season.

kimdaddy35

2/6/23 1:53pm

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TrackCoug

2/6/23 2:02pm

I’d bet it has more to do with their competitive drive and not wanting to be

Pepe

2/6/23 2:40pm

I bet it had more to do with not playing AAU ball and staying in college for more years than the average guy today.

scootsy

2/6/23 5:06pm

There's a story I've heard about Bryon Russell saying there were days he felt

CameronG

2/6/23 2:38pm

Shaq was doing load management for most of his career. Show up to preseason

WDaddy

2/6/23 1:53pm

So most of these players missing HALF the season. Wow! Time to shorten the

BlooCoog

2/6/23 1:58pm

I used to be an opponent of shortening the season to 72 games. But very few stars will play more than that anyway so

kimdaddy35

2/6/23 2:00pm

Front offices have decided that winning a chip brings in more future revenue

joelvandyne

2/6/23 2:05pm

This seems to be a point for ownership when the next negotiations come around.

pink22

2/6/23 2:12pm

Yes, the problem is that none of the owners want to give up 5 home games and the revenue that comes with it.

kimdaddy35

2/6/23 2:15pm

It’s true, but I don’t understand why they don’t get rid of the preseason and

ldssdl

2/6/23 2:38pm

The players are going to get clobbered in that negotiation

CameronG

2/6/23 2:39pm

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