Joe Burrow thoughts from a hand surgeon

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(01-19-2024, 10:58 AM)Synric Wrote: This incident has already proven false by a NFL investigation which included practice footage and team medical reports. You can keep the conspiracy theory going by saying the Bengals hid it from the NFL but then it makes it exactly what it is a conspiracy theory.

Not to stoke the fire on this too much, but the NFL investigation actually just determined that the Bengals followed the rules as far as injury report compliance goes.

https://www.profootballnetwork.com/what-is-nfl-injury-policy-rules-and-procedures-for-nfl-teams/

Quote:" A reportable injury is considered any injury that causes a player to miss a game, prevents them from finishing a game, or prevents them from completing their normal practice workload."

As long as a player didn't miss the previous game, didn't leave the previous game early, and is able to take their full load of practice reps, the injury doesn't need to be reported. So the NFL investigation was just proving that they didn't break the rules, not that Burrow wasn't already sore/hurt/injured and toughing through it with a full workload.


The "practice footage" from that week was just a walkthrough. Lol. The Bengals played on Thursday night that week. Tuesdays are NFLPA mandated days off. So all a player would do that short week is do film and walkthroughs, there aren't really any actual practices. He played 100% of the Houston snaps, so as long as Burrow was able to fully participate in watching film and doing a non-contact walkthrough, he didn't need to be on the injury report by rule.