11-18-2023, 01:10 PM
(11-17-2023, 09:12 PM)Fan_in_Kettering Wrote: Joe Burrow is NOT injury prone. He’s prone to getting hit hard in the pocket though.
But for practical purposes it's the same, tho, right? He's wired like an iron man and he'll play through anything. But he also gets nicked up a lot, to the point that it's fair to speculate on whether his toughness ironically leads to more injuries. Steve Smith, Steve McNair (RIP), Steve Young- any Steve, really- Lott, Polamalu, Bo... and countless others. All tough as nails. All found it hard to stay on the field.
It's not easy to say whether it's a fragile body, "overtoughness" or simply bad luck. Probably some combo. But I started to wonder about him last year with the appendix. I had it back in the day so I thought I could relate. Then I heard that his burst. I was like, "How long did you wait before telling someone, bro?!" They would never disclose the true story through the media so there's no way to know the details. For that matter, there's no way to know whether his actually burst or they were just looking for an excuse to be extra vigilant with his recovery and avoid playing pointless preseason football. I don't know. I could only judge them on what they were saying and it was kinda weird. This guy has world class medical facilities at his disposal 24/7/365 (I certainly didn't) and yet he still suffered the worst case scenario. Questions naturally abound.
Anyway, it's a horrible topic. Who knows if there's a common thread between his injuries or whether I'm just drawing a link for peace of mind. I do know he'll be back as soon as he possibly can and he's 1000000x times tougher than I ever was or will be. And I still wouldn't trade him for anyone in the league because he's Joe freaking Burrow and I love him.
