Injury Alert

by SE7ENS on Jul 30, 2008 5:42 PM EDT

They're dropping like flys...

The PPG is reporting that Limas Sweed may have a hamstring injury. He was carted off the field and his right leg was being iced down but the extent of the injury is not known. Sepulveda, Polamalu, Kemo, and now this. Looks like the injury bug is starting to bite a tad bit early this year. I don' t know Steeler Nation. Is it too early in the season to start worrying?

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to answer your question

yes.

by TheMostViolentTeam on Jul 30, 2008 6:49 PM EDT reply actions

follow up

according to Tomlin in the Post-Gazette it was just cramps. typical in the summer heat.

by TheMostViolentTeam on Jul 30, 2008 6:51 PM EDT up reply actions

What a Relief...

Leg cramps can hurt like H### be it on the football field or even in bed! LOL! Glad it was on cramps!

by steelersrock08 on Jul 30, 2008 6:55 PM EDT up reply actions

Phew

Thank God

To the tune of the classic children's song "This Old Man" (the part with nick nack patty whack)

Big Snack, Silverback, take the Dawg Pound's Bone, the Black and Gold sent the Brownies crying home.

by Tim Mullhaupt (HSS) on Jul 30, 2008 7:40 PM EDT up reply actions

it does sound like we’ve had a lot of minor injuries, but no major ones other than RoboPunter. Let’s hope Kemo gets back on the field before long and that we don’t have any major injuries to key players.

by BadMaafala on Jul 30, 2008 9:10 PM EDT up reply actions

Gee whiz..

Everyday it’s someone new.
Let’s just pray we don’t wake up tomorrow and find out someone breaks/tears/pulls/hyperextends/etc. anything on their bodies..

by iBleedBlack&Gold on Jul 31, 2008 12:53 AM EDT reply actions

Better now?

Maybe we should look at this yearly injury plague in terms of its better that these things happen now so maybe they won’t happen later in the season. I don’t know if I buy that though.

by SCSteeler on Jul 31, 2008 2:58 AM EDT reply actions

i think

everyone is overreacting, read about the camps around the leagues, tons of guys are getting minor strains and pulls….even guys who stayed in good shape get this when you go to two a day practices and people start hitting each other. heck, 20 years ago most these guys would play thru this tic tac stuff, but players and doctors are smarter about it now.

by TheMostViolentTeam on Jul 31, 2008 3:25 AM EDT up reply actions

maybe

but today’s athlete is a different breed, with bigger, stronger muscles puttting more and more strain on ligaments and bones. Football has an ungodly number of injuries compared to other full-contact sports, like say, rugby.

by tkired on Jul 31, 2008 9:06 AM EDT up reply actions