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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Voyageur" data-source="post: 969758" data-attributes="member: 17953">I haven't found any studies that indicated the injury potential for return men, versus other positions on kicks and punts, but I do know that as a segment of the game itself, it's a high risk part of it. That's why a lot of teams opt to use lesser players on these teams, fearing the possibility of losing their three down players to senseless injuries.I thought about your statement, that the majority of injuries are to others, not the return men. I'd say that's true. But, since there is only one return man, and 21 other players on the field, that only 1 of 22 injuries could be to the guy returning the ball. That's roughly 4.5%. Just based on perceptions, I believe that figure is significantly higher. Is it higher than the risk to gunners, or the guys kicking and punting the ball? I'm not certain, but I'm going to say it probably is higher.As one study, from the medical field suggested, what do you expect when huge men wearing a modicum of body armor run at each other from 40 yards away and smash into each other? The impact is enormous.</blockquote>

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