What is going on with the injuries?

[DisplacedCatsFan]

By my count, there are TWENTY-TWO players on the 1-Game and 6-Game injured lists combined. Some of these players (Butler, Olson, Washington) have been in the IL all season. One of those players is recovering from an off-season injury. What has been confusing is that many of these injuries happen during practice.

Has there been any research as to why the Tiger-Cats have been “bit by the injury bug” so severely over the past 3 seasons? From another thread:

@"tabbiefanmcb"

I do remember Austin mentioning early on that they were doing all that they could and using new technology to help limit injuries. I also remember seeing an article on 3downnation about devices that the Argos and Ticats were using in practices to help them monitor when a player might be at risk for injury so that they could rest the player and hopefully keep him healthy. Thus we’ve seen plenty of “rest” practice days for veterans and it seems to have worked for Andy. However they’ve still had a really high number of guys injured an unfortunately this year - most of them are happening at the end of the season when they really need to be their healthiest. Did a check recently and Ticats had the highest number of injuries and surprise surprise almost ALL pf the western teams had no more than a dozen (most were under 10) . And people wonder why the east has had more trouble against the west again this season.

I also remember Kent Austin mentioning that they haven’t even practiced with pads all season. This is why the number and severity of injuries is perplexing…