Hagler in

by yellowsnow on Oct 19, 2007 7:47 AM EDT

Tyjuan Hagler's season of emergence will include a new position. The veteran linebacker will make his third career start Monday at Jacksonville, but his first on the strong side, replacing Rocky Boiman.

"You've got to embrace it,'' Hagler said Thursday. "It's a blessing to be in the starting lineup."
A fifth-round draft pick in 2005, Hagler started on the weak side against Tennessee and Tampa Bay after a dislocated elbow and concussion sidelined Freddy Keiaho. Hagler also has taken repetitions in practice at middle linebacker.
He has made steady contributions through five games -- 14 tackles, one forced fumble -- after missing his rookie season with a sports hernia and appearing in only nine games in 2006, all on special teams.
Boiman wasn't thrilled with the demotion. He started once and played extensively in two other games at strong-side linebacker in place of injured veteran Rob Morris.
"Obviously I'm very disappointed and I don't know why (the change was made),'' Boiman said. "I can only control what I can control.''

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Hagler looks like a stud. Nice to know we may have a little more depth than we initially thought, too.

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sucks for Boiman

he really hasn't done anything wrong, but the Colts clearly think he's a special teams/backup. Hagler looked amazing and I said earlier I wanted to see him in for Boiman. Now there's some serious speed at every LB position.

by shake n bake on Oct 19, 2007 8:59 AM EDT 0 recs

We'll have to trust our coaches

It does suck for Rocky, but Ron Meeks and Dungy know what they are doing. And I agree, it bodes well that we have some more depth at Lb'er. A little healthy competition is good for the team. Now maybe Boiman will kill some people on special teams so he can ge tback int othe starting lineup.

Does anybody think that for speed and quickness, the defense creates potential for more injury? Like because we are so small we incur more injuries? Obviously the formula works, but does anyone else feel that way?

by peterbones on Oct 19, 2007 1:38 PM EDT 0 recs

Nope...

I tend to agree less. It seems like we have our share of injuries, but if you look at some teams we don't have it that bad. Going back to the Sanders thread, someone asked how someone that big and muscular could be injured all of the time and I have a theory.

NFL players are too strong. All of these players lift weights and worry about building muscle too much. The thing about that is, now matter how strong your muscles are, your tendons and ligaments don't get stronger. A lot of injuries are impact related which you can't do much about, but players shouldn't be ripping tendons and ligaments just by taking off running or trying to slow-up when you're running out of bounds. At the same time, if you're not that strong, you won't be in the NFL very long. I think the injury situation in the NFL is only going to get worse as time passes.

by the21eraser on Oct 19, 2007 3:51 PM EDT up 0 recs

Well...

I think those things DO get stronger when you lift weights. Your bones get denser and the connective tissue thickens up. And the muscles help keep things in place. Even if you are big, you would get seriously hurt by a blast from Bob--those guys have spent their whole lives getting beat up and their bodies are toughened by it. Like those guys that smash bricks on their heads and had bone scans that showed their bones were incredibly dense from the years of smashing things.

Definately the speed of everyone plays a huge roll though. Impact goes up by the square so someone running twice as fast has 8X the impact force.

by will on Oct 22, 2007 9:39 AM EDT 0 recs