IDP Injuries | Draft Sharks Injury Predictor 

There’s one big difference in calculating injury risk for defensive players vs. the offensive guys …

On offense, we can project a player’s touches, dropbacks, etc. – how often he’s likely to wind up with the ball in his hands and thus probably take a hit. But that’s obviously not how it works on defense.

How does it work? We start with the most comprehensive and detailed database of NFL injuries you’ll find anywhere. We’re not only talkin’ listing the past injuries, but how long the player stayed off the field for that injury, whether he required surgery, and any other pertinent facts.

And even though we can’t project “touches,” we can project snaps for each individual defensive player. And that’s exactly what we do.

Combine those player injury histories, overall historical injury trend data, and projected role, and you’ll get just the start of the intricate process that calculates the risk level on every relevant IDP.

That guy you thought was “injury prone” might just have gotten unlucky the past two years. Another player who endured seemingly forgettable minor ailments might just be the one you need to be wary of.