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Former Dallas Cowboys<\/a> star Troy Aikman offered his own theory as to why there have been a spate of early-season injuries in the NFL over the last few years.<\/p>\n

The Pro Football Hall of Famer said he believed the NFL\u2019s rules to help players avoid injuries<\/a> may actually be the cause of them.<\/p>\n

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On Friday’s “Rodeo Time Podcast,”<\/a> Aikman fondly remembered doing two-a-day practices in Wichita Falls, Texas, where the Cowboys would hold training camp in the summer. He suggested that while players aren\u2019t as “taxed” as they were in the 1980s and 1990s during camps, they may not be as prepared for the toll their bodies take at the beginning of the season.<\/p>\n

“I think they only wear pads one day a week or one time a day, and they have a walk-through, and then after, I don\u2019t know how it all reads, but it\u2019s pretty player friendly and favorable,” Aikman said. “And a lot of it, whenever they negotiate the CBA, the owners tend to always win on the financial side of things. And then the players say, \u2018Well, all right, then we\u2019re not gonna practice as long, or we\u2019re not gonna practice as often.\u2019 So, then they tend to get concessions when it comes to how much time they\u2019re actually at facilities.<\/p>\n

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“I think the only ones who don\u2019t have a voice in those negotiations are the coaches. They kind of have to wait till the dust settles and say, \u2018All right, just how often do we get them?\u2019 But some of it is that we see too is a lot of the reasons I think that we see so many injuries, especially early in the year. A lot of soft tissue injuries, a lot of muscle pulls, and things of that nature is the players, they\u2019re just not able to train the way that we once did, they\u2019re not able to callous their bodies as easily. Not that they\u2019re not training hard and all that, but it\u2019s different training on your own as opposed to being on the football field practicing football movements.”<\/p>\n

Aikman made clear he was a fan of making changes in the name of player safety, but worried they may do more harm than good for some.<\/p>\n

Cincinnati Bengals\u2019 Joe Burrow, Minnesota Vikings\u2019 J.J. McCarthy, San Francisco 49ers\u2019 Brock Purdy and Baltimore Ravens\u2019 Lamar Jackson<\/a> were among the quarterbacks to miss time early last season.<\/p>\n

Player safety is set to be thrust back into the spotlight as the NFL reportedly eyes a Thanksgiving Eve<\/a> game with the possibility of expanding to an 18-game schedule in the future.<\/p>\n

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