The true cost of Joe Burrows Injury

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So I see debates on if he'll be back to start the year or not. To me that is irrelevant. I mean, I'd love for him to start the year, but there is a bigger consideration. Generally injuries like he has either heal at a normal pace or slower. (Sorry there are no superhuman healers to knee surgery.) With the rehab experts he is surrounded by, I'd guess he'll heal at the normal pace which would be the lower end of the 9-12 month mark.

So Burrow was great on intermediate throws and shorter. But, he was pretty bad on deep throws. Now we can blame receivers, etc. but some of it is on him. Maybe timing was off because of covid offseason.

I have no doubt that he would have worked on arm strength and mechanics over the offseason and came back much better. (A lot of QB's have a jump in performance between years 1 and 2.) But, due to this injury, he won't have that chance to work with throwing specialists and work with his receivers to develop timing as much as he would if he were healthy.

Because of this injury, Burrow will likely come back hopefully at the same level he ended this year on and not get that jump.

IF this is the only injury like this of his career, maybe not a big deal. But, look at guys injured a lot like Wentz who regress.

I'm not extremely concerned about 1 injury, but this is the 1st step to ruining a QB. It will take A LOT more to ruin him though. Burrow just has a ton of talent and with the right coaching staff, he could be really special.