For the blog-only readers, here’s a story that ran in today’s Bee about the recent innovations regarding Achilles’ heel injuries that are allowing elite athletes like Michael Crabtree and…
Extra Point:Even if the Niners are an order of magnitude over the average for Achilles injuries it is not reflective of anything other than chance. For this to be a systemic issue, you would have to see a similar pattern over a much larger sample that accounted for multiple seasons, and maintain a true control group.