Analyzing Key NFL Injuries and Playoff Implications

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00:05Live right here on the early

00:07line on Sports Green. What a

00:09Monday it has been. What a week

00:11it has been. It's Monday at 1014

00:14AM. We'll continue to preview

00:16Monday night football to

00:18conclude week number sixteen

00:20around the National Football

00:22League. No, because we have to

00:24Donnie. We have to. We have to

00:26Oh, let's be Doc. Come on.

00:29That's like, let's take a look

00:30at segment idea. Yeah, if we

00:33don't have the pro football

00:34doc. Yeah, we go to Dr. Donnie

00:37and we say that with the very

00:39big caveat and make sure that we

00:41put this out there. In fact, we

00:43should have a disclaimer

00:44probably running across the

00:45screen. Not an actual dog. I am

00:47a doctor, Dr. Donnie. All right.

00:51So here we go. I'm going to ask

00:53for your injury insight and

00:55analysis. DRS, I do just want

00:58to say, as we talked about

00:59earlier, really unfortunate,

01:01scary and significant injury to

01:03Tank Dell, who was having a

01:05great game for Houston in his

01:07second year, six grabs, 98

01:09yards and a touchdown that made

01:11it a one possession game in the

01:13second half against KC, but on

01:16the touchdown grab collided with

01:18his teammate. It is a

01:19dislocated kneecap. It's about

01:21as significant of a knee injury

01:23as one can suffer. It is

01:26gruesome. It is significant.

01:28The setback is a big one and a

01:31large and long recovery process

01:34is now starting for Tank Dell,

01:36who remained in a hospital in

01:37Kansas City in the 24 hours or

01:40so after suffering the injury.

01:42So our thoughts with Dell and

01:44his long road to recovery. And

01:46also like as a Houston fan,

01:48like you're getting robbed this

01:49season. Like how much fun did we

01:51think Houston would be picking

01:53them to win the division? I

01:54thought they would do that and

01:55say, wow, look at that

01:56three-headed monster at wide

01:58receiver. You add Joe Mixon in

02:00the backfield. You had almost a

02:02rookie of the year slash MVP

02:04last year in CJ Stroud. What

02:06could they do? What type of

02:08damage could they inflict if

02:09they got into the playoffs? Now

02:10you're down to Nico Collins, who

02:12is sensational and you saw Joe

02:13Mixon, but does anybody think

02:15that round one game now is like,

02:16Hey, if Houston wins, they might

02:18be lucky even though they were

02:19at home. If you had digs out

02:21there and Nico Collins and a

02:22healthy matchy and a tank Dell

02:24and adult and Schultz and a

02:25Mixon boy, that's a fun lineup

02:27here. And you're left with just

02:28Nico Collins. That's the first

02:30part that I look at where it's

02:31a shame where I thought they

02:32might be so much fun to watch

02:34in the playoffs. Now it looks

02:35like a one and done in this

02:36point and it's not their fault.

02:38It's not from bad play. It's

02:39just a war of attrition that

02:40they're losing bed. Yeah. It's

02:42really unfortunate. Nine and

02:44six is the outright record for

02:46Texas, for the Texans. They can

02:48move up the AFC playoff

02:50standings, but they would need

02:51some help really to move off of

02:53that four line. They will host

02:55the opening round more than

02:57likely. They will get the top at

02:58large wild card team that at

03:01this current moment is

03:02Baltimore. They played each

03:03other last year, albeit in the

03:05charm city, the Ravens won that

03:07game comfortably in the

03:09divisional round. But here is

03:10really where dr Donnie excels

03:13when it comes to injuries around

03:15the calf muscle and any

03:17hamstring issues that might be

03:19out there. Donnie, Chris Jones,

03:21of course, one of the best

03:22interior defensive lineman in

03:23the sport for Kansas City calf

03:26injury on Saturday afternoon,

03:28Marshawn Latimer, a great game

03:30yesterday against the

03:32Philadelphia Eagles, hamstring

03:34injury, Drake London, hamstring

03:37injury that Atlanta did say he

03:39could have returned if it was

03:41even remotely close against the

03:43New York Giants, the RS calves,

03:46hamstrings, it's your time to

03:48shine. What's the outlook for

03:49Chris Jones, Marshawn Latimer

03:51and Drake London? You can pick

03:53one or talk about all three

03:54whenever you want. Yeah, we're

03:55going to talk about all three.

03:56Let's start here with Chris

03:57Jones. You got a big man who

03:58absolutely when the game is on

04:00the line, maybe the most

04:01dominant defensive lineman in

04:02football as it stands right now.

04:04If he has a calf injury, the

04:06perfect scenario for the Kansas

04:07City Chiefs. Hey, look, two

04:08games to play, got to win one

04:10and we're going to be the

04:10number one seed. How does he

04:12have a calf injury on a

04:12Saturday and then play again on

04:14a Wednesday? That can't happen.

04:15I don't think Chris Jones is

04:16going to be there, but I use

04:17this caveat. Do we actually get

04:19accurate reports on who's

04:21injured and how they're injured

04:22for Kansas City? So that one's

04:24a little bit more murky, but

04:25for me, I don't think we see

04:26him on Christmas Day. Let's get

04:28to the next one here, which we

04:29marched on Lattimore. This is

04:30the tough one where you look at

04:32Ben. This guy has fought

04:33hamstring injuries the entire

04:35way through the season, comes

04:36back and immediately hurts that

04:38hamstring again. There's a

04:39chance we don't see him for the

04:41rest of the regular season

04:42because Washington is probably

04:44going to get in. The last thing

04:45you need to do is your number

04:46one cornerback acquisition is

04:48put him out there in a spot that

04:49he could harm again. And also

04:50keep in mind, it's not as if

04:52you're playing in Hawaii or

04:53Miami where it's 80 degrees and

04:54you can get that hamstring

04:55loosened up. You're in a cold

04:57weather environment. I expect

04:58him to miss this week and next

05:00week, Ben, and hopefully try to

05:02get back for the playoff run.

05:03Same thing with Drake London.

05:05The one thing I love about wide

05:06receivers and skill position

05:07players is unless they've had a

05:09hamstring injury, they don't

05:10understand it because

05:11technically it's not all that

05:13painful, but the inability to

05:15run and make cuts and damage it

05:17further, they always think they

05:18can play through like you can

05:19play through an ankle sprain or

05:21you know, a banged up shoulder.

05:22You can't do that. So I don't

05:24care if they said, hey, look, he

05:25hurt his hamstring but couldn't

05:26come back here. You know what?

05:27I put the odds on Drake London

05:29playing next week, 50 50. And if

05:31he does play, Ben, he's not

05:33going to finish that football

05:34game. How about that?

05:36Wow. The hamstring prognosis for

05:39Drake London, that might have

05:40been the matchup DRS for our

05:42Sunday night football game in

05:44Landover, Drake London against

05:46Marshawn Lattimore. We shall

05:48see. Now I wasn't here again. I

05:50was out buying Christmas gifts

05:51as Donnie was breaking down

05:52Michael Pennix Jr. And his

05:54debut as a starter for Atlanta.

05:57It wasn't overwhelmingly great,

05:59but he didn't have to do all

06:01that much in the interception on

06:04that final box score and stat

06:05line was so much more on Kyle

06:07Pitts. That might've been

06:09Michael Pennix, his first NFL

06:11passing touchdown than it was on

06:14Pennix. It's a four and a half

06:15point spread in favor of the

06:17commanders for Sunday night,

06:20Washington tried to improve its

06:21stock in the seed line around

06:23the NFC and even still has a

06:26shot. I guess probably by that

06:28time, they will know if they can

06:30win the NFC East as

06:31Philadelphia just needs to beat

06:33Dallas earlier on Sunday to

06:35clinch that division. But I

06:37still look at the commanders,

06:39maybe humbling the Falcons, if

06:41you will, in that spot, at

06:43least that is my estimation. We

06:46don't have the doc. Unfortunately,

06:48we did have Dr. Donnie, should

06:50we still take a look at the

06:51field views? Oh, we are awesome.

06:52All right, here's the field

06:54views on sports and central

06:55score.com. That is SIC score.com

06:59six score.com looks pretty green.

07:03Looks like a big Christmas tree

07:05out there. Yeah, big edge here,

07:07by the way, based on it, you

07:08have the you have the damaged

07:09New Orleans Saints coming in at

07:11a 68.4 rating, but then you have

07:13the 97 radio and often 11

07:16point advantage toward the

07:17Packers tonight. Go back go.

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