I told you so! Well, not in particular, just in the general nagging theme of much of my writing. Hear me out and let me explain. I spend a ton of my time criticizing common injury rehab timelines. I’m sure you’ve seen me do that plenty by now. My award-winning, critically-acclaimed work was even featured on Deadspin a… Read More »
In the words of today’s youth… OMG. All season, we’ve known something was wrong with Houston Texans Jadeveon Clowney’s right knee. He missed six games starting back in September after suffering a meniscus injury that required arthroscopic surgery, also known as a, “knee scope,” though that terminology often downplays the seriousness of the injury and treatment. Then, even… Read More »
What’s the deal with the optimistic collarbone fracture return-to-play estimates lately? Remember back when QB Nick Foles suffered a collarbone fracture and everyone started out saying he’d be back in one month? (If you don’t remember that, I highlighted it here.) (Also, Foles has now missed five weeks, and it doesn’t sound like he’s all that close to… Read More »
As of Monday evening, Titans WR Justin Hunter is still under observation in a hospital for a lacerated spleen he suffered in Sundays loss to the Texans. According to other players, Hunter was spitting up blood, so that’s not awesome. Thankfully, the worst appears to be over for Hunter, and the plan is that he’ll be released from… Read More »
Only minutes ago, Titans QB Zach Mettenberger was taken down by the Texans J.J. Watt (who else would it be, right?). Metttenberger crunched into the turf with his right (throwing) shoulder, and immediately left the field to be replaced by Jake Locker. As usual, we know very very little about Mettenberger’s injury at this point, but of course… Read More »
You’ll have to forgive me if this post seems suspiciously similar to the one I wrote earlier today about Andre Smith, but I’m just working with what they’re giving me here. If a few players are going to suffer serious muscle or tendon tears, then who am I to not point out the severity of these injuries? Aside… Read More »
Yeah, I feel a little bit bad for that headline. I’m not trying to mock Cincinnati Bengals tackle Andre Smith, but I’ve got to call it like I see it. Smith left the game with a left arm injury less than an hour ago, and some ugly reports are already rolling in: Belief is Bengals OT Andre Smith… Read More »
There’s something that drives me bonkers in the NFL injury reporting world, and a perfect example of it is unfolding right now. Or not unfolding, I should say. Denver TE Julius Thomas, a hugely important player to both the team and to fantasy owners, exited the game with an ankle injury. We don’t yet have an exact diagnosis… Read More »
Denver RB Ronnie Hillman suffered a foot injury in yesterday’s win over the Raiders. That much we can agree on. After nearly 24 hours, reports came out that Hillman’s injury was a foot sprain. Beyond that, things start getting a little dicey. The first (and most detailed) report was from the Denver Post’s Mike Klis. According to Klis,… Read More »
Here’s the obvious fact that every man can attest to: there’s no such thing as a good groin injury. But, beyond the obvious crotch jokes, there are plenty of reasons to be pessimistic about Oakland Raiders D.J. Hayden and his latest groin injury. Hayden was injured only about an hour ago, and I should point out that we… Read More »