01-26-2023, 12:20 PM
(01-26-2023, 12:15 PM)Stewy Wrote: Not entirely true. I saw a recent podcast lead by Joe Thomas with Whitworth as his guest and another former pro tackle as the co-host. They all completely dismissed the severity of Mahomes injury, basically saying, (paraphrasing) "They'll wrap it, shoot it up (they mentioned the drug but I forget) every day, and he'll be running around like always."
They were even laughing about all the hoopla surrounding the injury. They were like, "what do people think they did in the locker room that allowed him to come back out and play?"
Anyway, just sharing the perspective from three former pro bowl tackles.
Yes, he came back out and played but he couldn't put any weight on it at all without being in what appeared to be severe pain. We all know he'll play and probably play well, but none of the videos we've seen show him making any lateral movement at all. From what I've read about HAS's moving forward at a normal walking pace is fairly pain free, but when you start trying to cut laterally is when the pain factor escalates.
That said, the guys are right, they'll shoot him up and tape him up nice and tight and he'll play. It's going to be super cold though, so I hope we can get a few (clean) hits on him that aren't intended to injure him further but also make him miserable.
