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Welcome to the Week 13 Injury Analysis.  Last weekend did not have many significant injuries to discuss other than Jordy Nelson reaggravating his hamstring.  Therefore, I will dedicate the majority of this week’s analysis to some education about concussions since there are several players trying to recover from this ailment including Michael Vick and LeSean McCoy while new players including Cecil Shorts of the Jaguars have been sidelined after suffering a concussion. Jordy Nelson: Unfortunately Nelson left last weekend’s game after reaggravating his hamstring.  I can’t say I predicted this to happen, but I definitely suggested this as a real possibility even after he suffered an ankle injury that forced him out of the lineup a few week’s back.  In my Week 10 Injury analysis when Nelson was scheduled to come back for Week 11 games, I wrote “The only thing that is still in the back of my mind is how his hamstring is doing.  We didn’t really get to see him test it in the game he got i...
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