Around the NFL - 2016

[QB Eagles]

No one believes he's playing, it's just Jerry being Jerry.

[QB Eagles]

ESPN getting some great quotes during London Week:

You have to excuse Pat McAfee if he doesn't go around London letting people know he's the punter for the Indianapolis Colts this weekend.

That's because McAfee doesn't want those unfamiliar with football to think he solicits prostitutes.

One of several meanings for the word, according to the dictionary.cambridge.org, is the British slang definition that means a person who "uses the services of a prostitute."

"(A punter) utilizes a lot of pornos, basically like scum," McAfee said. "They're viewed as a scummy person. Somebody that is a weasel. Let's not get crazy, but it's a pretty good word."

So will McAfee tell people he's a fourth down kicker in London?

"If people don't know what a punter is in football they're not going to know what fourth down kicker is, either," he said. "I assume there's a lot of intelligent football fans in England. But if they think punter is a prostitution person and porn person when talking about football, I'm just going to have to stick with ball kicker. Strictly ball kicker. And I think I'll be able to say it with a straight face, a good handshake and I'll keep it moving."

[hbionic]

This whole time, I thought I fit the WR or CB mold best. Turns out I'm a punter.

[Sgt PSN]

ESPN getting some great quotes during London Week:

But if they think punter is a prostitution person and porn person when talking about football, I'm just going to have to stick with ball kicker. Strictly ball kicker.

Ball kickers are typically sought out by really kinky punters.

[SD]

Josh Gordon is entering an in patient rehab facility

[QB Eagles]

Josh Gordon is entering an in patient rehab facility

Remember that paternity test he was arrested for avoiding?

"An attorney who represents the woman told Cleveland.com that the DNA test came back Thursday and showed that Gordon is the father with 99.9 percent certainty."

[Butchers Bill]

Maury could have told him that...

[PhillyPhreak54]

Sammy Watkins to the IR

[hbionic]

FUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUCK!!!!!

[Diomedes]

What percentage of NFL starters end up on IR each season?

[Sgt PSN]

Just taking a stab in the dark here, but I'd imagine it's about 2-3% on average.  Depends how you define starter though. If the starting RB goes on IR in week 3 and then his replacement goes on IR in week 7, then technically you've just put 2 starting players on IR.

[ice grillin you]

seems like its a lot these days because of the internet and fantasy football losers but theres no more injuries today than 25 years ago

[Diomedes]

yeah, you'd have to very clearly define everything.

more generally, what's the percentage of players who players who start a given NFL season who end it on IR?

[ice grillin you]

id say the average is 2-3 so if you dont count special teams then 10%

also ir is not always season ending ir...sammy watkins is not out for the year...at least not right now

[Diomedes]

In a report released Friday called "Dangers of the Game of Football," the NFLPA says injuries increased from 3.2 to 3.7 per week per team and the share of players injured increased to 63 percent compared to a 2002-09 average of 59 percent.

The report also shows that 13 percent of all injuries required players to be placed on injured reserve this season,

http://www.nfl.com/news/story/09000d5d81df8b27/printable/nflpa-says-injuries-increased-in-2010-over-previous-years