I don't think he took a direct hit to the hip from a player. It looks like he was being tackled and then flopped around and landed on his opposite hip. It was the turf that gave the direct hit. But I haven't looked that closely at the replay.
One of the concerns with AR is that the injury causing collisions don't look all that viscous. At the point he got hurt in the Pitt game, he should have been sliding, but landing on a hip should not cause a bone bruise....unless AR has just been very unlucky in seemingly always taking the perfect shot with such high frequency. There are a lot of NFL players his size or bigger that hit the turf all of the time. And again, most have some sort of ability to fall correctly, while it looks like AR just gets whipped and tossed somehow.
Anthony’s size/athleticism combo is a double-edged sword. It brings some very uncommon and major benefits. But it also clearly contributes to him sustaining injuries.
Lamar Jackson’s smaller size probably means he’s less likely to sustain a bone bruise when he lands like AR did.
He’s taken quite a few big hits this year. The issue is getting him to NOT take quite a few big hits. On the play he got hurt, pretty much every other QB would have gotten down before contact. And I don’t believe any of them would have been able to take that same direct hit to the hip.
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