LA, You Have A Problem
Yes, they have injuries on their roster that are starting to pile up. Yet, the one thing that is true more often than not in any professional sport is that you can’t buy a championship. Especially in the NFL when on any given week or month for that matter you will be mired in a slump that could ruin your championship aspirations. The NFC so far this season is very weak and there is still time for players to return for the Rams, mainly Myles Garrett who hasn’t played since the first game of the season in Australia. But now WR Davante Adams has a hamstring injury that will keep him out for at least one month, possibly two. To make matters worse they suffered a loss to the Arizona Cardinals this past week who have won both of their games this season at SoFi Stadium against the Chargers and now the Rams. LA’s defense didn’t allow a touchdown to Arizona, but they were beaten by allowing six field goals. The longest of them from 43 yards out. This is one of those games that will leave a bad taste in your mouth if you’re the Rams. They have to right their wrongs fast if they want to live up to being crowned preseason champions by just about every major pundit in the country.
Fire Everyone
The Indianapolis Colts allowed the once-winless Tennessee Titans to score 26 points in the second half after having a 13-point lead at halftime. The Titans didn’t do anything special on offense only totaling 186 yards on offense and they only possessed the ball for just 21 minutes of the game. The defense did most of the work having sacked Colts QB Daniel Jones six times and collecting two interceptions. They also blocked a punt and returned that for a touchdown which ended up deflating any kind of resistance from Indianapolis. After this debacle there was enough rumblings to finally get things moving away from the complacency that the Colts seemed to have adopted the last five years at least. General Manager was fired and that means the same fate will be coming for head coach Shane Steichen at some point too. Their owner Carlie Irsay-Gordon better put down the clipboard and get away from the sidelines and hire someone who will do that job for her. She’s the one that is making the decisions since her dad, Jim Irsay, passed away. Now she must get her act together and put the right people in charge for once.
Are We Going To Take An Honest Approach With This?
If the NFL or the Philadelphia Eagles rather are so bad in their handling of QB Jalen Hurts’ health, then why was there a joint statement put out by both the Eagles and Hurts’ agent? Once you honestly answer that question then you come to the realization that this isn’t as complicated as some are making it out to be. Forget the insane report by NFL insiders that he was told not to sleep for 36 hours (which was false), what was Jalen Hurts thinking by actually proceeding to play when he was told he has a blood clot in his calf before their game in London? Yes, professional athletes have access to some of the best healthcare providers in the world. The information they are provided is top-notch, at least it should be. Even if Hurts was asking follow-up questions to his initial diagnosis, he does know that having a blood clot is a serious medical problem right? I don’t care how they tried to sugarcoat the type of blood clot and that it wasn’t the most serious kind you could have. It isn’t something to be trifled with at any stage. The fact that he was told he could play by doctors in London is grossly irresponsible and what the hell was Hurts thinking that this wasn’t as serious of a diagnosis as it is? Since the covid stupidity of 2020, the medical industrial complex has gone overboard in their authority over peoples’ bodily autonomy. Informed consent has been ignored for what makes the cycle of ‘sick care’ continue to churn and the pharmaceutical companies’ stock portfolios inflate to astronomical levels. Hurts being at his athletic peak, he has to know what is best for him and playing in that game was not the right course of action. More blood clots were discovered in his lungs when he returned stateside. Thankfully he is getting treatment for it, but this should have never happened. Those that were covering this story should have also brought up the fact that Hurts went along to play knowing that he was told he had a blood clot. He was never forced to play or given an ultimatum. This is just as much a story about his decision-making as it is about what medical staff were telling him in the moment. Honesty has to count for something.
