Football Sports Essay

He has had 2 concussions, a cervical neck injury, hand finger fracture, inguinal hip sprain, pedal achilles tear, and a pedal ankle sprain. All of those injuries could of ended his career if he didn’t treat it right. The main injuries that were kind of major was when he fractured his finger, broke his foot, and just had an injury a couple days ago injuring his lower leg. As if he had any more problems while playing football I don’t know.

On September 9th, 2007, tragedy struck as the Buffalo Bills’ tight end, Kevin Everett, broke his neck on the 2nd half kickoff against the Denver Broncos. The injury was caused by a helmet to helmet hit on the Denver Broncos’ kick returner, Domenik Hixon. Head and neck injuries like these continue to be a threat to many football players. Many solutions have been tried, but none have made a significant impact on the safety of the game.

Even with Aaron Rodgers at quarterback, an NFL team can only withstand so many injuries. They’ve been without Jordy Nelson all season, Randall Cobb has been playing with a hurt shoulder all year long, Eddie Lacy hasn’t been in shape, Davante Adams hasn’t been 100 percent since week one, and their starting cornerbacks started the year at number three and four on the depth chart.

Bell's right knee injury, which kept him out of a playoff loss to Baltimore, still needs additional pre-practice stretching and isn't completely the same as the left one. But this is the best Bell has felt in a while, he said. If he had to play today, he could.

An AC sprain can be a significant injury and take  a lot of time to heal, with long periods of rehab, or surgery to correct the issue. Luckily for the Bucs, this is not the case for Jameis Winston. In fact, the doctors say that with a day off he will more than likely be able to practice with out further injuring his shoulder.

The Bills are back on the field Sunday vs the 2-8 Jacksonville Jaguars, while the Jaguars have played poor this season they possess weapons that they might hurt the Bills. Blake Bortles and WRs Allen Robinson and Allen Hurns might have an advantage on the Bills secondary who have struggled mightily in certain situations. The Bills stand at 5-5 and are unable to drop another winnable game. It’s likely the Bills are only able to lose 1 game out of their next 6 in order to contend.

The Chiefs defense/special teams’ unit should be seated, as well as Alex Smith. The risk worth taking in this game is Kareem Hunt, where all eyes will be set on him due to Spencer Ware’s injury. Hunt has a lot of upside in this match-up as the Patriots defense struggles at times against the run.

In the 1960’s not only did almost every high schools have cheer squads but most colleges had squads too. NFL teams began making cheer teams in 1960’s too.The first NFL cheer team was in Texas and known as The Dallas Cowboys. It was quite vicious to make that NFL cheer team! . “There was a mother in Texas who tried to hire a hitman to kill a rival cheerleader, so her daughter could be on the squad.” In 1965 was when the first pom- poms were actually made. They were called Pom- pons not pom-Poms as they are here in 2017. Cheerleaders were pretty successful in the 1960’s. In the 1970’s and 80’s cheerleaders started getting more competitive and they added stunts and competitive

It looks like the Philadelphia Eagles could be down a starting cornerback for the rest of the season.

On defense, the Cardinals were among the best in the NFL. They gave up the fifth fewest points per game (18.7) and tied for seventh in total interceptions. According to profootballfocus, over the last two seasons, the Cardinals have been the most efficient team at blitzing and stopping the run. This season should be no different notes John Weinfuss of ESPN. He has reported that the Cardinals new look defensive line is starting to “jell” and are feeling more and more comfortable with each other as the preseason goes on.

* FYI: QG Wimbush experienced a devastating blinding-sided blow (i.e., a cause to hand-contusion) to his left hand, while playing against the Wake Forest Demon Deacons. However, that particular ND-away game ended in a 48-37 victory for the Irish. Afterwards, Coach Kelly mentioned the solution of wearing a padded glove to protect Wimbush's non-throwing hand, in order to protect his valuable quarterback from sort of 'ill effects,' according to "NBC Reports." However, according to investigations, tendons may be damaged and still be ignored to as extent. Unfortunately, if this foreseen, injury is not doctored to the point of non-participation, a player's conditions may worsen. Fans and football enthusiasts are keeping an eye on this kind of matter. It takes weeks and even months to

Breaking News! Breaking News! During the second preseason game Green Bay Packers WR Jordy Nelson tore his anterior cruciate ligament ACL. While he was actively running his routes during the game the ball was thrown his way as he planted his foot - the pop was heard like a gunshot as his knee pulled one way and the rest of his leg the other. We got more Packers injuries as we now hear that Sam Shields Packers CB has a bad concussion and is likely out for the season. Sam was tackling a player and instead of hitting the ground normally he hit his head on the ground and that caused his brain to shake inside his skull.

Tyler Lockett is a wide receiver playing for the Seattle Seahawks in the national football league. On Saturday December 24th, 2016 while playing against the Arizona cardinals Lockett suffered a fracture in both the tibia and fibula above his right ankle while running a corner route. After catching the ball while in the process of being tackled by the defensive back, Lockett’s leg was landed on causing the fracture. Even though he suffered a terrible injury Lockett managed to not suffer any ligament, muscle, or tendon damage, although the fracture did cause a small tear in the skin resulting in some blood. Lockett was required to undergo surgery late Saturday night, following this surgery Lockett was placed on injured reserve.

Cowboy’s fans have been left scratching their heads after seeing teams like Steelers, Colts, Bengals, as well as few others win a few games with backup quarterbacks while their franchise quarterback sits out with an injury. However, the Steelers, and Colts may not make the playoffs depending on outcome of Sunday’s game.

Playing football has had the most impact on the development of my character. I started playing football when I was 5 years old. Playing football has taught me many valuable lessons. While playing football, I have better understood the values of hard work. Football taught me that the only way to succeed in something is by working harder than anyone else. Football has also taught me that when working with a team, everybody has an important role and if one person slacks off it hurts the entire team. There is no “I” in team and teamwork is a valuable life lesson. Whenever teammates are focused on individual accomplishments, instead of the team’s success, the team as a whole does not perform as well. I have learned through this that when you