Anyone who saw that brutal shot of Steeler’s QB Ben Roethlisberger smashing his throwing hand against his teammate’s helmet during the follow-through of his passing motion would be forgiven for thinking that that was one serious-ass injury (medical term there). With a lot of quarterbacks, it probably would be. That’s exactly the sort of contact that often leads… Read More »
Based on my last few posts, you might think I’m just a cynic who loves to doubt everyone’s rosy injury rehab timelines. You might be right. But even a callused pessimist like myself had to stop and chuckle at the latest news to come out of St. Louis. Rams’ head coach Jeff Fisher talked to the St. Louis… Read More »
Why do players think they can get away with optimistic injury sound bites without providing any details to back it up? For once, I have an answer. They do it because they can. Nobody ever seems to question them about it. There’s a curious story developing right now with San Francisco 49ers’ linebacker NaVorro Bowman. Bowman pretty… Read More »
In case you somehow missed it, everyone now says that Tony Romo is ahead of schedule in his rehab from back surgery. To be fair, most reporters tried to make it clear that they were just quoting Dallas Cowboys’ owner/president/general manager/chief-meddler Jerry Jones from an interview he gave to ESPN’s Calvin Watkins. If you want to get caught… Read More »