# NFL Week 8 **URL:** \ **Category:** The Game Room\ **Created:** [October 30, 2009, 12:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nfl-week-8/515679 "2009-10-30T00:57:02Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 6\ **Page:** 9
**Author:** ![FoieGrasIsEvil](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/foiegrasisevil/32/16638_2.png) [@FoieGrasIsEvil](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FoieGrasIsEvil)\ **Post date:** [November 5, 2009, 3:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nfl-week-8/515679/161 "2009-11-05T15:44:28Z")
> [@HongKongFooey](#): > > What kind of pansy misses time for a broken face after being violently sandwiched anyway? Hopefully Hines Ward… 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/e8c25b/32.png) [@Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Really_Not_All_That_Bright)\ **Post date:** [November 5, 2009, 3:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nfl-week-8/515679/162 "2009-11-05T15:52:06Z")
He has absolutely been a bust this season. However, he has _always_ produced when healthy, and there’s no reason to believe he won’t be his usual badass self when he recovers from his HAS. He has averaged 87 receiving yards and 0.53 touchdowns per game over his career, including this season, despite playing in the generally awful Cardinals offense. ---
**Author:** ![DSYoungEsq](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/c6cbf5/32.png) [@DSYoungEsq](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DSYoungEsq)\ **Post date:** [November 5, 2009, 5:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nfl-week-8/515679/163 "2009-11-05T17:08:10Z")
> [@Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](#): > > ETA: He’s missed 4 games in each of the last two seasons, plus 6 games in '04, so yes, he gets injured a lot - but it’s not like it’s the same bum knee every time. Last year it was a broken face, basically, and a hamstring pull. The year before it was a hip injury. In '04 it was a shoulder injury. That’s not “injury-prone”, that’s just bad luck. You’ve got to be kidding. You think that only luck is involved if a player routinely ends up with injuries that are debilitating? 😛 ---
**Author:** ![Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/e8c25b/32.png) [@Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Really_Not_All_That_Bright)\ **Post date:** [November 5, 2009, 5:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nfl-week-8/515679/164 "2009-11-05T17:24:23Z")
If a player ends up with different injuries each time, yes- and _certainly_ in this case. Virtually every wideout in the league has missed games with hamstring injuries. Last season’s facial injury was caused by a crushing sandwich hit and could have happened to anyone. That leaves us with one “unusual” injury. Hardly a pattern. ---
**Author:** ![FoieGrasIsEvil](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/foiegrasisevil/32/16638_2.png) [@FoieGrasIsEvil](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FoieGrasIsEvil)\ **Post date:** [November 5, 2009, 6:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nfl-week-8/515679/165 "2009-11-05T18:58:31Z")
David Boston. ---
**Author:** ![Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/e8c25b/32.png) [@Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Really_Not_All_That_Bright)\ **Post date:** [November 5, 2009, 7:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nfl-week-8/515679/166 "2009-11-05T19:53:00Z")
Boston and Boldin are nothing alike. Boston had one big year; Boldin’s been a top-20 wideout every year since he was a rookie. Boston tore the same knee ligaments over and over; Boldin injures a new body part every time. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nfl-week-8/515679.md?page=8)