• demonica123@alien.topB
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    1 year ago

    He definitely didn’t secretly have a torn ligament. That’s not an injury you can hide and attempt to play on.

    • Neuraxis@alien.topB
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      1 year ago

      I’m so glad we have so many sports medicine physicians here to clarify that partial tears, inflammation, or injuries that preceed a full tear aren’t a thing.

      /s

    • Neonsands@alien.topB
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      1 year ago

      No, you’re not getting it. Burrow purposefully played fine through the whole week in practice, warmups, and the game (until he got his hand flattened at an awkward angle under himself and a 260 lb linebacker), but only to cover up his wrist injury he wanted to not get seen or treated.

      He trusted the compression sleeve to heal him right up instead of medical professionals he’s worked with extensively on multiple occasions

        • OcelottaClams@alien.topB
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          1 year ago

          You don’t need an explanation. It could be any number of things but it’s not because he had a secret wrist injury. He wears that compression glove regularly when flying.

    • Quirky-Lawyer-3409@alien.topB
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      1 year ago

      Not to mention we saw a play where his wrist got fucked. He threw another pass and almost fell over in pain. Then he left the game. His wrist may have been sore before the game but he was not playing through a tear.

  • chronic_bozo@alien.topB
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    1 year ago

    if Burrow had a torn ligament prior to the game how was he throwing the ball in the first quarter?

    • thrallus@alien.topB
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      1 year ago

      Just because it was aggravated in-game doesn’t mean it didn’t already exist beforehand.

    • onetimequestion66@alien.topB
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      1 year ago

      You can have a ligament strain without tearing it. I think everyone agrees if it was really torn he would not have played. It seems a little suspicious though that the first time anyone saw him in that sleeve was right before a game where he had a season ending injury. My thoughts are more that he had a strain to the ligament (which normally he would be able to play through but got his hand smashed under the d lineman) however I’m no doctor and it’s all speculation at this point. Either way I feel bad for the dude and hope IF there was a previous injury that it doesn’t mean he’s worse off down the line

    • SomewhereAggressive8@alien.topB
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      1 year ago

      Ultimately, it really doesn’t matter if he had an injury before the game in my opinion (although he clearly didn’t have a tear before the game). As far as I’m aware, the Questionable or Doubtful tags are simply meant to provide a probability of a player playing in the game. Even if Burrow was injured, it’s not “illegal” to not list him as Questionable if it was never a question he was going to play.

    • JNaran94@alien.topB
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      1 year ago

      Totally not biased counterpoint: bengals should lose their next 5 first round picks

  • GhostMug@alien.topB
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    1 year ago

    I think they can use plausible deniability here because whatever was bothering Burrow before was not the same injury that took him out and therefore was not a “wrist problem”. It could have been carpal tunnel for all we know. My wife wears a wrist brace at work for that. Maybe he was playing video games on the plane and just wanted to wear a brace so he wouldn’t get any pain to crop up or something.

  • DomitianF@alien.topB
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    1 year ago

    Florio needs to get off it. Ita perfect reasonable that he wore that thong for compression to prevent swelling.

    • Great_Rhunder@alien.topB
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      1 year ago

      He is getting clicks by pushing bullshit narratives. This is how he has made his money for 20 years. The guy straight up lies and gets people upset over nothing.

  • XOnYurSpot@alien.topB
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    1 year ago

    I’m just gunna go out on a limb here and say that a multi millionaire dollar quarterback did not jeopardize the rest of his career over some bets on one game.

      • Kara_Del_Rey@alien.topB
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        Only thing I could think is one of those situations where you don’t wanna sit your best player and he doesn’t wanna sit either, that competitive mindset. But I very highly doubt that in this situation, thats a very nasty injury to risk make worse, nor could you even play well with it anyways. Florio is just looking for more clicks.