Ya know, up until this week I was pretty confident that I knew what each injury was and how long to expect guys to be kept out.

Then Sam Shields missed 3 games for a fucking "kick in the shin" and I threw in the towel.

Originally Posted by: gbguy20 

I thought he now has an ankle injury, too. Are you aware if that was from the same incident, or did he injure his ankle in practice or something? I have no idea.

Originally Posted by: doddpower 

I think the NFL realizes how poorly teams are releasing injury information.. and are prepared to start docking draft picks for it. Of course, until the enforce that, teams will continue with the norm they have established. The 20k fine levied on the Ravens is peanuts.

Vegas needs all the information they can get.. if that wasn't the case, we the fans won't get squat in terms of injury information.

Originally Posted by: Pack93z 

The team won't tell us a damn thing about any of these injuries.

Originally Posted by: nerdmann 

Or we could go overboard like the Patriots and put everyone who has a stubbed toe or a boo boo on their pinky finger on the injury list.

Originally Posted by: zombieslayer 

Now that the Ravens have been fined $20,000 by the NFL for not listing free safety Ed Reed on the injury report, coach John Harbaugh says the team will list every injury going forward to comply with the stated interpretation of the rulebook.

"We thought we were in compliance, we tried to follow the rules," Harbaugh said Monday during a conference call. "I'll list pretty much everybody now. Obviously, they corrected it and we'll do what they want us to do. I was surprised by it. It's something we felt like we were doing it the right way. Obviously, they disagreed and we'll adjust. There's not going to be anybody who's not going to be on there."

The NFL punished the Ravens on Friday following a review of practice and game video. An inquiry was launched after Reed complained of a torn labrum in his shoulder during a 105.7 The Fan radio program. He later downplayed the severity of the injury by saying, "I ain't drop no bombshell, man."

However, a league spokesman told The Baltimore Sun that Reed should have been listed on the injury report even though he missed no games and was a full participant in practice.

The NFL had previously fined the Buffalo Bills and the Washington Redskins $20,000 apiece for injury report violations involving defensive end Mario Williams and quarterback Robert Griffin III. And the league office has said that it will increase fines for repeat violators.

According to the NFL rulebook on reporting injuries, "All players with significant or noteworthy injuries must be listed on the report, even if the player takes all the reps in practice, and even if the team is certain that he will play in the upcoming game. This is especially true of key players and those players whose injuries have been covered extensively by the media."

Posted by Mike Florio on October 28, 2012, 7:04 PM EDT 

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With thee teams being fined $20,000 each in recent weeks for failing to disclose injuries in compliance with league rules, the penalty for the first offense isn’t much more than, given the value of NFL franchises, a parking ticket.

If teams become repeat offenders, however, the price will go up.

NFL spokesman Greg Aiello tells PFT that, if the Bills (as to defensive end Mario Williams), Redskins (as to quarterback Robert Griffin III), or Ravens (as to safety Ed Reed) commit further violations, the fines will increase. Aiello also didn’t rule out the possibility of draft picks being stripped.

Aiello called it “unlikely,” but “multiple offenses of a very serious nature” could result in a team losing draft picks.

In the end, only the threat of lost draft picks will prompt teams to completely comply with the rules. Fines will be viewed simply as a cost of doing business the way the teams want to do business — especially when the January 2012 comments from former Saints defensive coordinator Greg Williams make clear the fact that teams will target injured players for further injury.