Insights on NFL Week 1 Injuries & Predictions from Dr. David Chao

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00:00You know him as pro football doc on X and we also know him professionally as Dr. David

00:09Chow, longtime NFL doctor, and he runs Sports Injury Central out in So Cali Cal, and it's

00:17always great to have you back on C2C doc, and we start with the game in Brazil tonight.

00:22Now what is this international travel, different surroundings, threats, lots of cops, you got

00:31a lot of guys with hamstring problems, does all this add up to problems for teams tonight?

00:39Well it's kind of ironic right, I guess you're not supposed to wear green and the two teams

00:43with the most green in the uniforms are playing in Brazil, I don't know how that works out,

00:47but it's all good.

00:49The interesting thing to watch is they're playing on a soccer field, and a soccer field

00:55in the grass is usually made for 160 pound players, right?

00:59It's not made for football, let's see how the field holds up, but we already know there

01:03are lots of injuries in the Green Bay Packers backfield, running back injuries, running

01:09back two and three, so Josh Jacobs may get all the load this week, or tonight, he may

01:14get it all.

01:16Well, I mean that's what they got him for, right?

01:19Yeah, I think he's looking forward to it, so yeah, it should be an interesting game

01:24there.

01:25Alright, so Christian McCaffrey, everyone's top pick, even though he sat out the entire

01:31preseason with his calf, you guys have him at a 92-6 score at Sports Injury Central,

01:38you're not worried about his lingering calf problems?

01:42Not really, he played through one last year, didn't miss much time, he sat, we sense right

01:48now the NFL, just like last night, they said point of emphasis, illegal formation, you

01:55gotta line up on the line of scrimmage with the offensive linemen, and they called that

01:59a bunch.

02:00But if you look at it, Justin Herbert got added late to the injury report, Joe Burrow

02:04got added, CMC got added, they want everyone on the injury report just to be listed, Joe

02:10Burrow, full practice with his wrist, got added to the injury report.

02:13I think that's the same thing with CMC, they want to be very proactive with all their partnerships

02:18now with FanDuel and DraftKings and BetMGM and all these different places, that they're

02:22really paying attention to the injury report, and if you're a star player, and you have

02:26anything, they just want to see it on there, and it creates a lot of angst, at least that's

02:30what we see so far.

02:32The big exception, of course, is Tee Higgins, who went LP to DNP, and he's likely outlisted

02:37as doubtful.

02:38Okay, so he tweaked his hammy yesterday and was not out there today, and you guys have

02:44him knocked down to a 71, so you don't think he's going to be worth a damn?

02:50I think he's, I think Jamar Chase is closer to a 71 because of limited usage, because

02:56he just really started practice.

02:59They can't play him for 70 plays and risk a preseason muscle, early season muscle acclimation

03:05injury.

03:06At this point, Tee Higgins is very unlikely to play this week, and maybe even next week.

03:12It seemed like he has a new hamstring strain that happened yesterday, which is why he was

03:17limited practice.

03:18He was practicing fine until it happened, and then out of practice today, so this may

03:22be beyond a one-week injury for his partner, Tee Higgins.

03:28But Chase is actually going to play, but not full snaps.

03:31Well, I mean, that's unbelievable to me.

03:34So they're top two guys.

03:36One's barely going to play.

03:37The other one can't play.

03:38That changes that game significantly, if you ask me.

03:42What about Russell Wilson of the Steelers with his calf problem?

03:47Of course, Tomlin is downplayed like it doesn't even matter.

03:51We'll go with fields, but it does matter when you're old and you're starting to look washed

03:57and you're going down the other side of the mountain and you're already having calf problems

04:03throughout the preseason, and now it's tweaked again.

04:06I wouldn't play him.

04:08What's the point?

04:09Well, Russell Wilson says he's going to do everything possible to play, so I'm joking

04:14that maybe he's doing high knees on the airplane down to Atlanta this weekend.

04:18The bottom line is he's not going to be 100%.

04:20It's a coaching decision.

04:22If Mike Tomlin really wants to play Russell Wilson, remember, he's the one and only offensive

04:26captain for the Steelers, Russell Wilson is available to play.

04:30If he wants to go with a healthier guy, it's Justin Field, so it's going to be up to Coach

04:35Mike Tomlin and how he feels about it.

04:38Jalen Ramsey got paid today, but that doesn't help his sore hamstring.

04:43Do you think the Jags should go after him?

04:46Well, you know, look, Miami's got a lot of health issues, the latest one being Jalen

04:51Ramsey.

04:52Clearly, this wasn't a contract hamstring, right?

04:55He got paid, and he still has got the hamstring issue, but Miami has one of the lower

05:01six-scores from our preseason injury preview.

05:03They've got a lot of edge rusher and linebacker problems that linger from last year, now problems

05:09at corner, and they have a couple of offensive line issues as well, and Jacksonville is relatively

05:15healthy, the team that they're playing.

05:18So the Bills defense has some issues going into this game in Orchard Park against Arizona.

05:26No question.

05:27There's Delano.

05:28There's sideline-to-sideline linebacker back out after this fracture last year, new injury

05:33now.

05:34Remember, the Bills moved on from their two veteran safeties, and DeMar Hamlin, good on

05:39him.

05:40He's starting, but he's starting week one maybe because of injury to the guy ahead of

05:44him.

05:45So Buffalo has some defensive issues as they host the Arizona Cardinals, which are a lot

05:50healthier this season on the offensive line, and this is year two coming off the ACL for

05:55Kyler Murray.

05:56So expecting a much bigger year for him this year.

06:00What about the Cowboys?

06:01Corners have some injuries.

06:03Can the Browns go after them?

06:05Well, if the Browns tackles hold up, right tackle and left tackle, they can go after

06:11them with Amari Cooper, Jerry Judy.

06:13Duran Blands out with a foot injury.

06:15Trayvon Diggs, it's his first game back after an ACL last year, and he's nowhere near 100%.

06:22That is definitely an area of vulnerability for the Cowboys.

06:26How about this?

06:27Josh Wiley going to wear the Guardian cap for the Titans.

06:29What do you think of that procedure, that helmet thing that they wear?

06:34Well, you know, they experimented with it in the preseason.

06:38More power to him that he wants to wear it.

06:40The other guy who's going to wear it is another backup tight end, Kyle Granderson for the

06:44Colts.

06:45Those two are the only two that have declared wearing it.

06:50Good on them if they want to wear it.

06:52All right.

06:53Kyle Van Noy, that orbital bone he fractured, how long's he going to have to deal with that?

06:59Depends on how it affects his vision.

07:01Very unusual injury when you have a helmet, right?

07:03I mean, because that's usually protected.

07:06Very unusual.

07:07Yeah, you can wear a visor and get protected, but it all depends on his vision.

07:10If he's got vision issues, it'll be a little bit.

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