“I mean, this past year was bad,” he admits. “I had the partially torn UCL in my right thumb, I tore my UCL on my left elbow on the second to last play of the Houston game that nobody knew about, trying to stiff arm a guy. That's why I started wearing a sleeve on my left arm because I had all sorts of tape underneath it, just to hold it in place.
“I broke my cartilage on my eighth rib in Green Bay. I also tore something (in the back of) my left knee. And then I had a subtalar, right ankle sprain.”
We gave up a lot for this guy. Please do not be one of those old guys that starts getting hurt often. Now, before you start giving me the Brady and Brees comparisons, any of you guys that are getting along in the years (like me), we know that our bodies begin to break down. Some of us start earlier and some, like Brady and Brees, can keep going longer. My hope is that Stafford can play major injury (any injury that makes you miss a game) free for the next 4-7 years. In order to do that though, we need to do some of the following....
1- As has been stated many times before, get a quality center (someone big enough to not get shoved back and collapse the pocket) to shore up the inside of the OL.
2- McVay better scheme to protect him better than Goff. While Goff was able to avoid major injuries, he took some big hits. For the Goff Haters- Yes, Goff was a big part of not being able to read the D and get rid of the ball fast enough.
3- McVay better not call designed runs for a 33 year old qb. That part of the playbook should be saved for Wolford.
What would you add to this list?
