WHO’S INJURY PRONE?
I thought Charlie Batch was the guy who shouldn’t play because he might get hurt.
And isn’t Dennis Dixon the guy with the skinniest legs in NFL history, whose coach said that he was worried about him being broken in half?
And which quarterback looks like he’s going to be out for a while with a knee injury? The 250 pound guy with the size 17 shoes.
One of the biggest myths in football is that small guys are more likely to get hurt. The people who get hurt most often are the people who get hit most often. It’s a lot tougher to line up a guy like Dixon than it is to line up a guy the size of Byron Leftwich.
Dixon is so skinny, I think he may end up being the exception to the rule, though. But I’d still be willing to bet that, if he gets hurt, it won’t be downfield. It will be while he’s in the pocket.
So, who should start a week from Sunday against the Falcons? The guy who should have been groomed as the starter from the beginning, Charlie Batch.
