NFL Week 4 Injury Notebook

September 27, 2014   ·   Dave Siebert, M.D.   ·   Jump to comments

Talk of an injury epidemic in the NFL continues, and Week 3 certainly did not help stall the conversation.
I cannot deny the numbers—I wrote previously about the 15 Achilles tendon tears that already occurred in 2014, if you include the two from this week. However, I also caution against jumping to the conclusion that we are facing a true injury wildfire, but rather either a controlled-but-slightly-larger fire or a smoldering and slowly spreading flame.
Some food for thought: (I have a research-trained mind. I can't help it.)
Beware the "availability heuristic," a mental shortcut capturing the notion that if it is easy to recall a given event, it must occur frequently. Through Twitter and other outlets, the media and public now hear of just about every single injury—mild or serious. In fact, as I was writing this section, news of Kansas City Chiefs running back Joe McKnight's torn Achilles surfaced by way of ESPN's Adam Teicher. ...

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