Final Injury Updates Ahead of Week 16 with Dr. David Chao

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00:00There's Chabano every Friday on Pharrell Coast to Coast.

00:03Here he is, Dr. David Chow, of course,

00:06from sixscore.com, Sports Injury Central in San Diego.

00:10You can follow him on X at Pro Football, Doc.

00:13All right, Doc, Merry Christmas.

00:16They were saying that Montgomery

00:17was gonna have knee surgery

00:19and he was done for the season.

00:20What happened between then and now

00:23where they're saying that he's gonna rehab

00:25and still try to play?

00:27I'm not 100% sure, Scott,

00:29but this is why I don't delete tweets.

00:31From the war room, we said it didn't look serious,

00:34it was an MCL, no surgery.

00:37Then we were surprised when the announcement of surgery

00:39came out at end of season and now it's reverted back.

00:44Our information never changed

00:46because all we had to go on was the video of the injury

00:49and for us, it wasn't season ending.

00:51So let's hope for the lion's sake

00:52and David Montgomery's sake, he can indeed come back.

00:56Do you expect him to be effective with that knee injury?

01:02Let's say he tore it

01:03and he's gonna try to play football.

01:05I'm not buying it.

01:07Well, it depends on when.

01:10I have a lot more faith in David Montgomery

01:13being able to come back and be effective

01:15than Aiden Hutchinson coming back and being effective.

01:19I do think Alex Anzalone's gonna come back

01:21from his arm fracture and play, Carlton Davis might,

01:24but the lions right now are beat up.

01:27Their goal is to get healthier

01:28because you know they're in the playoffs, they know that.

01:31So they just gotta get healthier for the playoffs.

01:34Hutchinson with the leg fracture and everything

01:37expects to be able to play if they make the Super Bowl.

01:40I have a hard time believing he'll be effective

01:44off of that injury in the Super Bowl

01:47or any other game for that matter.

01:50Well, I think he can be quite effective

01:52for the game in 2025,

01:55but it'll be a regular season game 2025,

01:58not a playoff or Super Bowl game 2025.

02:01I am with you.

02:02It's one thing to be functional back and running.

02:05It's another to get around the edge.

02:07Look, a 10th of a second difference getting around the edge

02:10means you're a guy on the bench versus a pro bowler, right?

02:13I mean, and it's just not realistic

02:15to think that he can make it,

02:17but at least Montgomery maybe has a chance.

02:19We'll see.

02:21All right, let's talk about Mahomes.

02:22How did he go from a high ankle sprain

02:25to practicing fully this week

02:28and you know he's gonna go tomorrow?

02:31Well, I've said it for a while.

02:32He's, and I hope I'm not dating myself.

02:34He's Gumby, like that cartoon character,

02:37stretchable and made out of clay.

02:40In all seriousness, his collagen is built differently.

02:43This is why his arm is a slingshot.

02:46You remember when he dislocated his kneecap,

02:48never had surgery because nothing tore it.

02:51Things just stretched.

02:52Now this is not the first time in 2022

02:55in the playoffs against Jacksonville divisional round.

02:58He had a high ankle sprain, finished the game,

03:00played the next week in the conference championships

03:02and then won the Super Bowl against the Eagles in 2023.

03:06And he says this high ankle is not as bad

03:09as the one in 2022.

03:11So we call it a high ankle from the war room here.

03:14And we thought if it were as bad as 2022,

03:18Andy Reid might sit him to get him healthy for the playoffs

03:22but he looks like a go.

03:24Nelson Aguilar is out.

03:26Will Rashad Bateman be okay for the Ravens tomorrow

03:29or are they gonna be having to throw to tight ends

03:31all day against the Steelers?

03:34Well, the good news is they got

03:35some pretty good tight ends, right?

03:37Between Mark Andrews and Isaiah Likely.

03:39But here's the thing, Aguilar's out for concussion.

03:43Rashad Bateman got in a limited practice

03:45but it is hard to go from a boot midweek

03:49to playing on Saturday, not even Sunday.

03:53But this is an all hands on deck game for both sides.

03:56The Ravens will take over first place

03:58based on tiebreaker if they can win

04:01and the Steelers clinched the division with a win.

04:03So, you know, it's big for both sides.

04:06What's the Bills health grade going into the game

04:09against the Pats?

04:12Well, you know, they've got some defensive issues

04:14and that's what you're referring to there, Scott.

04:16Matt Milano with the groin, the sideline,

04:18the sideline guy, Taylor Rapp,

04:20which with what we think is more of a stinger type issue

04:24that's recurring.

04:25They have Damar Hamlin with some issues.

04:27So there are some issues up the middle

04:30for the Buffalo Bills at linebacker and in the secondary.

04:34So Burrow and Higgins a little banged up

04:37coming off the last week's game,

04:38missed some practice time.

04:40Can fantasy owners depend on them

04:43in their playoffs tomorrow

04:45or should they go with someone else?

04:48Well, if you have Joe Burrow and you're in the playoffs

04:52and you have someone else that you could put in

04:54for Joe Burrow,

04:55then you have one heck of a fantasy football team, right?

04:58I mean, yeah, I think you have to ride the horse

05:01that got you there.

05:01I mean, I wouldn't have had that embarrassment

05:04of Richards in my fantasy Joe Burrow

05:06and someone else that good.

05:08So no, I think you can trust Joe Burrow

05:10and Tee Higgins.

05:11Look, you gotta go with the one that got you

05:13to the dance, et cetera.

05:14And I would trust them both at this point in time.

05:17And the Bengals are in the catbird seat.

05:19They basically almost control their own destiny

05:22almost to make the playoffs, almost.

05:25If they win out, they can make the playoffs.

05:28Hollywood Brown's gonna go tomorrow.

05:30I don't think it's that big of a story.

05:32We already know he's gonna play.

05:34The Dolphins, Tua Hill and Waddle

05:35all on the sidelines this week in practice.

05:38What's their sixth score?

05:41Well, we don't think Waddle's gonna play.

05:43He's got an MCL.

05:44Hill should play through.

05:46They're still in the playoffs

05:47and Tua should play through.

05:49They're about 90s.

05:50Waddle's at about 50.

05:51He's not playing through.

05:53And Marquise Brown, his shoulder as SC20 is 100% fine.

05:57It's just acclimation

05:58because this is his first game of the season.

06:01Kamara, should he be shut down

06:04and will Valdez scantling play Monday night?

06:08Well, you know, it's a Monday game.

06:10So Valdez, MBS is still trying to play.

06:12Look, if the Saints are out of it,

06:14Kamara will get shut down.

06:16He is not playing on Monday with the groin.

06:20And if the Saints are mathematically eliminated

06:22and they're close to that,

06:24he will end up having to shut it down.

06:27The Bucs have a bunch of guys

06:28that didn't practice this week, including four safeties.

06:31Who's out?

06:32Who's in for the Bucs?

06:34Well, the two starting safeties are out.

06:37The two backup safeties have a chance.

06:39That's where the Bucs are with Baker Mayfield.

06:41So in that Tampa game with Baker and his weapons,

06:45maybe there's a high scoring game on both sides of the ball.

06:49Will Pollard play for the Titans

06:50or will Spears see increased workload

06:53and will Folk be there to kick for them?

06:58We're talking kickers.

06:59This is awesome, yes.

07:01Yeah, Folk can't be there to kick.

07:03But the thing with kickers is if you're not 100%,

07:06they don't want to use you because there's no backup.

07:09You really need to be 100%.

07:10Pollard's pattern has been playing through the ankle.

07:12He's been DMP, DMP, a lot of DMPs

07:14and all just played through on Sunday.

07:16He seems to do the same here.

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