The San Francisco 49ers tight end, George Kittle, made a statement this Sunday in which he compared that the blows they receive day after day in the NFL are similar to what is experienced in traffic accidents.
Kittle’s remarks were to reject the NFL’s proposal to add two games per team to the regular season schedule on Thursdays after playing on Sunday.
“I am in multiple car accidents every Sunday. You end up, for example, with hyperextension of the knee, something that’s going to be there for several weeks or you deal with other things; You’re always in these car accidents,” Kittle explained about how tough the NFL season is.
Under the current regulations, each team can only play one game on Thursday night after playing on Sunday.
The rejection of this initiative, which is seconded by players like the two-time Super Bowl champion with Kansas City Chiefs, Patrick Mahomes, is due to the rest of only three days that the teams have from Sunday to Thursday.
Kittle, considered one of the best tight ends in the league and a four-time Pro Bowl player, detailed the recovery process required to be ready from Sunday to Sunday and that three days is not enough.
“On Mondays I have to move, otherwise you get very stiff and it hurts more. Tuesdays are very hard, especially if we travel back from another city. Thursday through Friday is when I start to feel like myself again and this gets worse as the season progresses. If I’m not doing soccer, I’m doing recovery, ”she pointed out.
Kittle isn’t the first to compare an NFL game to a car accident; a few years ago the recently retired Tom Brady made the same analogy.
“I was in a car accident a while ago and it wasn’t as bad as getting hit on the football field,” the 45-year-old veteran who won seven Super Bowl rings said.