NFL Injury Update: Conference Championship Implications

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00:00We welcome you back to the Early Line Live right here on this Monday all across the SportsGrid

00:06Network.

00:07A Monday after the divisional round of the NFL postseason with two more games upcoming

00:13this weekend in conference championships at stake.

00:17So with the significance of those matchups, of course, it is incredibly important to get

00:22the injury analysis and insight.

00:24So we welcome on Dr. David Chow, the pro football doc, to this Monday on TEL.

00:29Dr. Chow, as always, thanks for your time.

00:32Thanks for being here bright and early.

00:35Thanks for having me.

00:36Last season, wildcard round was the health advantages and we were hot.

00:41This year is actually the divisional round.

00:43We were the missed extra point away from sweeping the weekend with that Eagles two extra point

00:51misses.

00:53Yeah, six and a half point spread, the Rams did end up covering, but the Eagles do outlast

00:58L.A. to get back to the NFC Championship for a second time in the last three years.

01:04And Dr. Chow, anytime there is an injury to a quarterback that is going to start and get

01:10a ton of our attention.

01:12Jalen Hurts did exit the game yesterday against L.A. with a knee injury, came back with a

01:18rather large knee brace on that left knee, said after the game when asked how he was

01:23feeling, I finished the game.

01:26When asked in his postgame press conference if he would be ready to go for that NFC title

01:30against the Commanders, he said simply, yes.

01:35What do you believe the status is for Jalen Hurts entering the NFC Championship game next

01:40Sunday?

01:41I think he's telling the truth.

01:43He finished the game and yes, he'll be ready.

01:46But how ready and how effective?

01:48I think you saw in the second half of the game or after that knee injury, he didn't

01:54keep the ball and run very much.

01:56It sort of changed early on.

01:57He was very effective.

01:58Of course, it helped that Saquon was being very effective too.

02:03But hopefully there's no structural damage.

02:07It's not like a PCL injury.

02:09It's a knee contusion, bursa injury.

02:12Hopefully the MRI will show nothing else inside his knee.

02:16He'll be hobbled, but he will play is sort of our opinion right now.

02:21Doc, take us through the week here.

02:23When you do bang up or let's just say have a knee injury on a Sunday with the thoughts

02:26of playing next week, is there physical therapy that goes on or is it just more about rest

02:30and recovery at this point?

02:33Definitely both physical therapy, rest and recovery, different modalities, pressure wraps,

02:40different pumps, different things, medications, all sorts of things.

02:47This is what the athletic trainers are there.

02:49You can literally get quote physical therapy three times a day, whereas the rest of the

02:54world gets it at most three times a week.

02:59You will be able to find the actual six score of Jalen Hurts out of 100 at Sports Injury

03:05Central.

03:06It's important, of course, to keep an eye on that all week long.

03:09On the other side of the football doc for the birds, the outstanding rookie cornerback

03:14Quinion Mitchell exited the game with a shoulder injury.

03:18You want to be at your healthiest, of course, with a conference title at stake.

03:23What is his prognosis entering conference championship Sunday?

03:27Well, by video, it didn't look significant or major, but yes, it is something that may

03:33affect him.

03:35He is someone who will be limited in practice this week, but can play with an injection

03:41in the right shoulder, maybe the AC joint.

03:44Let's go to that Buffalo Bills game once again, played in a cold environment.

03:47Taylor Rapp has been banged up for the majority of this season, comes back to play and it

03:51looks like he might be out there with a hip injury, doc.

03:54Based on the tape, what did you see and how might that injury impact him for this year

03:58and maybe even to the offseason?

04:01Well, we didn't see much on the tape.

04:03He did not go down on the field.

04:05He came out of the game without going down and then got evaluated.

04:09It was on that strip sack fumble that he left the game, apparently went for x-rays, but

04:16did not return.

04:18He has been dealing with a hip issue before, so this one is a little more iffy in that

04:25don't know what it is, but he's dealt with it before.

04:28It's cropped up again and so he may miss.

04:31Had to be carted off the field last night as well, at least from the sideline, doc.

04:36Back to the NFC Championship game outlook.

04:39One of the anchors of the O-line for the commander, Sam Cosby, a torn ACL in the victory Saturday

04:45night in Detroit.

04:46Of course, he is out for the remainder of this postseason.

04:49Doc, you've been a part of NFL organizations having to deal with significant injuries at

04:54significant times of the year and with your work at Sports Injury Central, you see the

05:00field view.

05:01You know how impactful these injuries can be.

05:04How does it change that outlook for the commanders offensively entering this upcoming weekend?

05:10Well, certainly unfortunate he got rolled up on.

05:13We knew there was an MCL, there was worry for Moore, and now that Moore is the ACL,

05:17which is certainly a big deal.

05:19Surgery is over.

05:20Depends on how the commanders will deal with it in terms of the shuffle.

05:24That's what we do with the field view.

05:26Is now the center moving to guard?

05:29Is it just the backup being plugged in and their rating, etc.?

05:34That's how we deal with it.

05:35And look, Detroit Lions had a great season, but we've been saying for a long time they've

05:41been doing it with mirrors defensively.

05:43And here we go with the mobile quarterback that got up with all the defensive injuries.

05:48They just finally all came to roost in this divisional round game.

05:52No punts for the Washington commanders and 41 points.

05:57Now we took the plus nine and a half.

05:59We didn't think it was muddy line, but that should have been the better way to go.

06:03But the defensive injuries did come home to roost.

06:07Doc, playing out this weekend, there are obviously major matchups in the AFC and the NFC.

06:11If we are looking at Jalen Hurts and Quinion Mitchell, what are the steps that you take

06:15here to try to provide them with maybe a shoulder harness and or what sort of knee brace that

06:20Jalen Hurts might be comfortable with?

06:22Yeah, the knee brace that's on Jalen Hurts is more of a knee sleeve wrap.

06:28I don't think it's structural.

06:30I don't think there's metal stays.

06:32It's more of a heavy wrap for swelling.

06:34So hopefully that leaves him fairly functional.

06:38In terms of Mitchell's shoulder injury, that's not a stability issue.

06:44That's more of a pain tolerance and AC joint issue.

06:48That's what we talk about injection.

06:50But we haven't talked about yet, Teron Johnson, he went down on his left shoulder.

06:54He may have subluxed his shoulder there.

06:56He might wear a harness as he continues on.

06:59Yep, Teron Johnson did leave the game for a little bit and came back against the Baltimore Ravens.

07:05The Chiefs not mentioned because despite missing a lot of players throughout the year, at least

07:11relatively healthy, entering yet another AFC championship game.

07:15Dr. Chow, as always, we thank you.

07:17More on the early line up next.

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