Has it been discussed how the Seahawks are about to play 3 games in a span of 11 days. This is not only dumb but dangerous for the players.
After this stretch, the Seahawks don’t play again for 10 days, where they face the 49ers in CA. The 49ers will be coming off a normal 7 day week. Perhaps that gives the Seahawks a nice little edge in the second 49era game?
3 things.
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Sunday, Sunday, Sunday is only 14 days for 3 games
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Having Back to Back Thursday games means that there’s a normal amount of rest between Thursdays instead of a short rest like the first Thursday
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They’ve looked at the numbers and Thursdays aren’t any more dangerous than Sundays in terms of Injury rate per game. Mondays are the safest but Thursday/Sunday doesn’t have an appreciable difference.
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Thursday games aren’t more dangerous and they’ll have the same rest before their Second Thursday that any team has between Sunday games. They’ll be fine.
Yeah I remember back in like 2014 or or 2015 Richard Sherman and Doug Baldwin were discussing this publicly. It is dangerous, there’s not enough rest and time for the body to heal. But hey long as long as the NFL and owners get paid thats all that matters I guess