Not saying this Vlad injury is at all related to his weight.
But, it’s funny that everyone talks about fat players being risky because it effects their long term outlook and yet it seems like every time a fat player’s career falls off a cliff early, people go out of their way to point out that it had nothing to do with them being fat.
Carrying around a few dozen pounds of fat as a professional athlete certainly isn’t good for the knees. Or hips. Or neck?