I actually never gave my opinion just stating what happened with me and how things are different now. My story is the same as many that played. Im not judging them, certainly not a knock on anyone in particular. It's the new norm. Guys have boo boos and take a week or two off. If you sat out of a game with a tight hamstring in my experience you would have been laughed off the field. I played baseball against lots of pros, guys that are in the majors now. Because they are slightly better athletes does that make them super heroes or something? They seemed pretty human to me. But hey if you are getting paid either way then why not sit out? I've just personally never come across so many hamstring and foot issues. If its broke then fix it (surgery). If it's not then it was always my experience that you play.
If I'm allowed to give my opinion now then it is that I'm glad Shady isnt playing in hopes that he will be fully ready for next week. I feel like Dareus is being a big (fat) baby. Sammy I feel like he didn't like that he wasn't 100% but at the end of the day the team made the call to IR him so it's on them.
I replied with my exp because I understand what the OP is talking about. Football used to be a man's game and guys played through these types of injuries. Things are clearly different now, good or bad