2026 1st round pick #3 is Jeremiyah Love RB

[oaken1]

Are you at BirdGangs house??? LOL
But you are offering a solution.
You guys are arguing history at this point. Love has an ankle injury...end of story, doesn't matter anymore why.
As far as the other two rookies being out for the year, so many on this board stand by the fact that rookies don't really start to contribute until the second year or even year three. So, it's all good. Let's focus on Dallas

RB's are traditionally the rookies that contribute the fastest... and in truth, I aint really sweating Love.... I watched the game, saw the injury..saw him walking afterwards... while a high ankle sprain can nag...IMO the kid is fine and coach Flower is using this as an excuse to keep him off the field and get other guys opportunities.
the kid has been chomping at the bit since he walked in the building. this is a built in reason to end all debates about whether or not he can play.
Your a pro now, we need to be careful...make sure you are available to do your job when it counts... effectively shuts down a player who is hard arguing he can go.
...dallas.... fudge dallas.... sadly, we are due a loss... even in pre season it will sukk ballz if it is against dallas... but you know,..onward and upwards

 

[daves]

Don’t play preseason, get injured in regular season.. he needed to play in preseason!

I don’t know if I’ve ever heard someone say this about an injured player. This seems lik the ultimate straw man.

Studies have shown that players who don't play in the preseason are more likely to suffer soft tissue injuries in the first four weeks of the regular season. LaFleur's brother spoke about this last year. He may have been referring to this NIH study comparing the COVID-impacted 2020 season to others (though that would've measured the impact of missing an entire preseason) or he and other NFL coaches may have access to additional data gathered by the league.

In fantasy football discussions going back decades, it was considered common knowledge - though based on anecdotal evidence - that players who held out in the preseason had a higher risk of injury and lower expected performance. The Athletic wrote about this last year. But again, that concerned players who missed the entire preseason.

There may not be any publicly available data regarding injury risk for players who play more or less during the preseason, but the NFL does collect and analyze this kind of data and make the results available to team staff.