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1) Concussions are at there lowest since 2015-2019 preseasons.
2) A very common injury has been tearing tissue, especially in the leg.
3) The most common area of injury is in the knee.

Another link: https://leonmeadmd.com/4-most-common-nfl-injuries/

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Each fall, the NFL analyzes and shares preseason injury data as a part of ongoing efforts to advance the health and safety of players. The injury data are compiled and analyzed by IQVIA, an independent, third-party company retained by the NFL and the NFL Players Association (NFLPA).

IQVIA analyzes injuries throughout the season, compares that data to trends over time and shares findings with the NFL, the NFLPA and the NFL medical and football committees.

Preseason injury data include statistics on injuries occurring during preseason practices and games, including concussions, ACL and MCL injuries.

There are three key takeaways from the 2021 preseason injury data.
1. Concussion rates are at a five-year low.
The 2021 preseason, including practices and games, had the lowest rate of concussion in the last five years (2015-2019), excluding the anomalous 2020 year which did not have any preseason games.

Reducing the number of concussions that occur during the preseason is a pillar of the NFL's injury reduction plan. Targeted club interventions, such as sharing information about the causes of concussion and providing guidance on training techniques, are helping to push the numbers in the right direction.

Further, when compared to 2015-2019, total number of injuries during the 2021 preseason were the lowest.
2. Additional lower extremity injury reduction efforts are underway to address a five-year high.
The incidence of soft tissue injuries, including calf, hamstring, quadricep and adductor strains, are significantly up during the 2021 preseason compared to 2015-2019. As the NFL continues to use injury data to drive health and safety progress, new efforts are underway to address lower extremity injuries, which remain the highest driver of missed days.

The NFL-NFLPA's Joint Lower Extremity Injury Reduction Task Force will continue to develop and share strategies, targeting the reduction of these injuries.

The league also continues to improve the quality of data collected on these injuries, advance the science around how to best prevent them and share learnings and best practices across sports medicine. Which cleats players are wearing are tracked to determine performance on-field and which may result in fewer injuries. The league is also evaluating turf systems - natural and artificial - to learn how surface may correlate to injury.

In July 2021, the NFL's Scientific Advisory Board allocated $4 million to a team of medical researchers led by the University of Wisconsin to investigate the prevention and treatment of hamstring injuries for elite football players. Hamstring injuries are the most common injuries suffered by NFL players and are the second-most burdensome injury in the league, with nearly 75% of such injuries resulting in missed time for NFL players.

The NFL is committed to driving the number of lower extremity injuries down and will continue to work closely with club medical staffs and other experts to determine and implement effective injury reduction strategies across the league.
3. Players are continuously moving into even better-performing helmets.
At the conclusion of the 2017 season, only 41 percent of players were wearing top-performing football helmets. Just four years later, more than 99 percent of players are wearing helmets that performed in the top group based on the NFL-NFLPA annual laboratory testing performance results.

But the work doesn't stop there. The NFL continues to raise the bar for what is considered a top-performing helmet. In 2021, the league and the NFLPA implemented even more rigorous testing, meaning that some helmets previously considered top-performing didn't make the cut for 2021. Returning veterans stepped up to the challenge, with 27 percent of them upgrading their helmets before the start of the 2021 season. As the NFL-NFLPA's testing methodologies and helmet technology both continue to improve, players will be encouraged to continue to trade-up.

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2021 Preseason Injury Data: Key Takeaways

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Each fall, the NFL analyzes and shares preseason injury data as a part of ongoing efforts to advance the health and safety of players. The injury data are compiled and analyzed by IQVIA, an independent, third-party company retained by the NFL and the NFL Players Association (NFLPA).

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1) The most paid Quarterback is Aaron Rodgers, earning $50.2 million.
2) The most paid Wide Receiver is Cooper Kupp, earning $26.7  million.
3) The highest paid Kicker is Justin Tucker, earning $6 million.

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Who are the NFL's highest-paid players at every position? Many stars have scored big paydays in 2022 and reset the market, but there are a few whose deals from previous years have carried over as the peak for their positions.

New Denver Broncos quarterback Russell Wilson signed on Sept. 1 a massive extension with the team, getting $165 million in guaranteed money. In July, Kyler Murray inked a five-year, $230.5 million extension with the Arizona Cardinals, putting him on the list of highest-paid quarterbacks.

Los Angeles Chargers safety Derwin James Jr. ended a brief training camp "hold in" and signed a four-year extension worth $76.4 million, making him the highest-paid safety in the NFL.

Baltimore Ravens' kicker Justin Tucker received a four-year extension -- with 17.5 million guaranteed -- while Los Angeles Rams defensive tackle Aaron Donald obliterated the market, getting $31.6 million over the next three years. The Rams also gave Cooper Kupp a contract extension, which included $75 million guaranteed, edging out the guarantees on the deal Tyreek Hill got when he was traded to the Miami Dolphins in May ($72.2 million).

We tracked the best-paid players at 16 different positions -- including long-snapper -- and will keep the numbers updated as more records get broken. To get the full picture on the top earners in this league, we sorted positions by two categories, which in a few cases has the same player at No. 1:

Salary information courtesy of Roster Management System.

Let's start with the highest-paid quarterbacks, including two massive contracts signed this offseason:
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QB | RB | WR | TE
OL | EDGE | DT | LB
CB | S | K | LS | P
Quarterback
Highest three-year APY:

Signed: March 2022 (contract ends in 2026)

2. Russell Wilson (DEN), $49 million
3. Kyler Murray (ARI), $46.1 million
4. Deshaun Watson (CLE), $46 million
5. Patrick Mahomes (KC), $45 million
Total guaranteed money:

Signed: March 2022 (contract ends in 2026)

2. Russell Wilson (DEN), $165 million
3. Kyler Murray (ARI), $160 million
4. Aaron Rodgers (GB), $150.6 million
5. Josh Allen (BUF), $150 million

Running back
Highest three-year APY:
Signed: April 2020 (contract ends in 2025)
Total guaranteed money:
Signed: September 2019 (contract ends in 2026)

Wide receiver
Highest three-year APY:
Signed: June 2022 (contract ends in 2026)
Total guaranteed money:

Signed: June 2022 (contract ends in 2026)

Tight end
Highest three-year APY:
Signed: September 2022 (contract ends in 2026)
Total guaranteed money:
Signed: August 2020 (contract ends in 2026)

Offensive line
Highest three-year APY:
Signed: November 2020 (contract ends in 2024)
Total guaranteed money:
Signed: October 2020 (contract ends in 2025)

Cornerback
Highest three-year APY:
Signed: May 2022 (contract ends in 2026)
Total guaranteed money:
Signed: April 2022 (contract ends in 2027)

Edge rusher

Highest three-year APY:

Signed: September 2021 (contract ends in 2025)
Total guaranteed money:
Signed: July 2020 (contract ends in 2025)

Defensive tackle
Highest three-year APY:
Signed: June 2022 (contract ends in 2025)
Total guaranteed money:
Signed: June 2022 (contract ends in 2025)

Off-ball linebacker
Highest three-year APY:
Signed: July 2021 (contract ends in 2026)
Total guaranteed money:
Signed: August 2021 (contract ends in 2026)

Safety
Highest three-year APY:
Signed: August 2022 (contract ends in 2027)
Total guaranteed money:
Signed: August 2022 (contract ends in 2027)

Kicker
Highest three-year APY:
Signed: August 2022 (contract ends in 2027)
Total guaranteed money:
Signed: August 2022 (contract ends in 2027)

Long-snapper
Highest three-year APY:
Signed: March 2022 (contract ends in 2025)
Total guaranteed money:
Signed: March 2022 (contract ends in 2025)

Punter
Highest three-year APY:
Signed: June 2021 (contract ends in 2025)
Total guaranteed money:
Signed: June 2021 (contract ends in 2025)

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1) Played Quarter back.
2) Was a 1st round pick.
3) Was born on March 24, 1976

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1) Entered the playoffs 23 times!
2) Has coached the Philadelphia Eagles and the Kanas City Chiefs.
3) Has been NFL coach of the year 3 times.

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Entering his 24th season as an NFL head coach, Reid owns a 233-135-1 regular season record and adds a 19-16 postseason record, giving him 252 total wins, which ranks fifth in NFL history and second among active head coaches, trailing only New England Head Coach Bill Belichick. He added Super Bowl champion to his resume after he led the 2019 squad to a 31-20 come-from-behind win in Super Bowl LIV against San Francisco.

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1) It started in Ohio, in 1920.
2) The first Superbowl was in 1967 against the KC Chiefs and Green Bay Packers.
3) Original name was the American Professional Football Association.

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National Football League (NFL), major U.S. professional gridiron football organization, founded in 1920 in Canton, Ohio, as the American Professional Football Association. Its first president was Jim Thorpe, an outstanding American athlete who was also a player in the league. The present name was adopted in 1922.

History

The league began play in 1920 and comprised five teams from Ohio (Akron Pros, Canton Bulldogs, Cleveland Tigers, Columbus Panhandlers, and Dayton Triangles), four teams from Illinois (Chicago Tigers, Decatur Staleys, Racine Cardinals [the Cardinals were based in Chicago but took the name of a local street], and Rock Island Independents), two from Indiana (Hammond Pros and Muncie Flyers), two from New York (Buffalo All-Americans and Rochester Jeffersons), and the Detroit Heralds from Michigan. Of these original franchises, only two remain: the Cardinals left Chicago for St. Louis after the 1959 season and relocated to Arizona in 1988; the Decatur Staleys moved to Chicago in 1921 and a year later changed their name to the Bears.

The NFL survived many years of instability and competition from rival organizations to became the strongest American professional football league. The most serious challenge to its leading role came from the American Football League (AFL) in the 1960s. The NFL and AFL completed a merger in 1970, creating a 26-team circuit under the name of the older NFL. Since then the league has expanded four times, adding six new franchises.

For a more complete history of football and the NFL, see football, gridiron.

The league's 32 teams are aligned as follows:

The league season culminates with an annual 14-team playoff tournament leading to the Super Bowl championship game. The NFL has headquarters in New York City and since 1963 has maintained the Pro Football Hall of Fame in Canton, Ohio.
The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica

Super Bowl results

Super Bowl results are provided in the table.

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*NFL-AFL championship 1966-70. NFL championship from 1970-71 season onward.

**The game was won in overtime.

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National Football League, major U.S. professional gridiron football organization that was founded in 1920 in Canton, Ohio, as the American Professional Football Association. The league season culminates with an annual 14-team playoff tournament leading to the Super Bowl championship game.