Bullet-point takeaways from analysis of Observer’s NFL injuries database

The Observer built a database to analyze the prevalence of concussions in the NFL using data from teams’ final weekly injury reports, official NFL box scores and pro-football-reference.com.

Some findings from that analysis:

\u25aa Concussions caused more players (84) to be declared out during the regular season than any other injury, according to teams’ final weekly injury reports. Ankle (81) and knee injuries (80) were the next most prevalent reasons.

\u25aa The Carolina Panthers tied for the most players forced out with a concussion (seven) and the most total games missed because of a concussion (22). This includes players on the injured reserve list and players ruled questionable and…