Injury Updates

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I was listening to DK Sports today and DK said that the NFL has done away with the "Probable" designation on injury reports. You immediately go Questionable when you appear on the injury report. I wonder why the NFL did away with the "Probable" designation?

 

Exactly. Not a bad deal at all.

 

I didn't know they did

 

Brice it appears we are slow at keeping up

Apparently it changed in 2016

The NFL confirmed Sunday a streamlined policy for reporting an injured player's game status during the regular season, a move that addresses the rise of gamesmanship among teams that want to limit that information for competitive purposes.

Under the revised policy, approved recently by the NFL competition committee, the "probable" category has been eliminated and the remaining classifications have been redefined.

Two days before kickoff, teams must list injured players as "questionable," "doubtful" or "out" for that game.

"Questionable" players, per the policy, are "uncertain" to play. Previously, the definition was that there was a 50 percent likelihood of playing.

"Doubtful" means the player is "unlikely" to participate in the game, and "out" means he "will not play." The previous definition for "doubtful" was a 75 percent likelihood that he would not play.

A primary intent of the changes is to nudge teams away from listing relatively healthy players on an injury report. According to the league, roughly 95 percent of players listed as "probable" in prior years ended up playing.

"If there is any question concerning a player's availability for the game," the policy reads, "he should be listed as 'questionable.'"

https://www.espn.com/nfl/story/_/id...yers-game-status-removes-probable-designation

 

Hell I can laugh, I didn't know it had changed either.

 

Yeah it changed years ago but according to JEHs report it was 2016. I could have sworn it was only 3-4 years ago.

 

I wonder if that was a reaction to the way Bill Belichick would mess with people. I think Tom Brady was listed as probable with some sort of arm issue for the last 10 years of his time with the Patriots.

 

Which clearly shows the part of the game I don't pay much attention to, or the brain cells I've destroyed.

 

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When you think about how long ago something happened double your thought and you will usually be closer

 

Funny, I remember that. The Patriots were fined for keeping Brady off the injury report, and then after that Tom Brady was on the injury report every week no matter what.

 

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