““I’m in multiple car accidents every Sunday. You end up, for example, with a hyperextended knee, something that’s going to be there for several weeks or you’re dealing with other things; you’re always in these car accidents. On Mondays, I have to move, otherwise you get very stiff and it hurts more. Tuesdays are very hard, especially if we’re traveling back from another city. Thursday through Friday is when I start to feel like me again and it gets worse as the season goes on. If I’m not playing, I’m recovering,” George Kittle, 49ers’ tight end, talking on “This past Weekend”
This is not a good look for the NFL, a league that is constantly in the crosshairs for the physical and mental strain it leaves on it’s players.