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Your deduction is not without logic, but it’s not necessarily accurate. That’s the problem with your posts, and why you get so much backlash...you present your analysis as if it’s the only plausible conclusion that can be drawn from the facts. It’s not.

So, no matter how self-assured or impatient you might be, you’re just going to have to wait with the rest of us to see how this plays out.

I just don't get the fascination with "game 1". As an NFL running back you take a beating. Every game. Every year. In sports it's a natural progression that your body goes downhill. You're playing a very serious collision sport. If you've already seriously injured something, chances are it's going to be an issue going forward. His knee has 'wear and tear' on it. It's been surgically repaired. It was a worry when he was drafted. It's always going to be a worry. Since obviously his body started wearing down his senior year of college.

In his interview today he said, "it feels okay and there was 'not really' any discussion about the possibility of an offseason procedure on his knee". So I guess that's why it's been suggested it's arthritic. It can't be fixed by surgery so arthritis is the answer. It's not a ligament tear or there would have been surgery. It's not a meniscus tear or there would have been surgery. No matter what it is, we (and the media) don't know but they'd be some huge fools if they knew what was wrong and didn't have a contingency plan. And they're ALL talking like it's no big deal.

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Jackson had a groin because he got injured. It wasn't just wear and tear. That was a direct, actual injury--trauma from a physical situation (a partial tear)--and reported as such, and players get injured. The situation would be similar to Gurley in 2018 if Jackson's groin flared up in later years just from normal play.

It was wear and tear. Cumulative. Wear and tear makes you more vulnerable to injury. It's a fact. Jackson played 11 seasons in the NFL and made all 16 games just 3 times. Wear and tear. A groin tear in 2007, missing 4 games (which flared up again in 2010, when he was held out of many practices). A right thigh muscle in 2008 (4 games). Lower back 2009. Right quad 2011. It's wear and tear. The result of years and years of punishing your body.

And as far as your game #1 fascination there's this:

On the Rams' first offensive play of the 2011 season, running back Steven Jackson took a handoff from Sam Bradford, burst through the middle and didn't stop until he had crossed the goal line.

That 47-yard touchdown gave the Rams a 7-0 lead over the Philadelphia Eagles and gave a sold out Edward Jones Dome crowd early hope that St. Louis might knock off the so-called "Dream Team."

That hope quickly took a 180-degree turn, however, as Jackson left the field for the locker room immediately after that play. He tried to return — rushing nine yards on the first play of the next series — but had to leave the game with a sore quadriceps.

He'd miss game 2 with the injury. Now how in the hell did that happen in week 1? How? Cumulative wear and tear.

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