Sports Injury Central Podcast featuring Pro Football Doc NFL Week 2 Reactions: Joe Burrow & Justin Fields Injury Updates + Early Look at MNF & Week 3
Sep 15, 2025
The podcast dives into the latest injury updates from the NFL, highlighting Joe Burrow's turf toe and its implications for the Bengals. Brock Purdy's and Justin Fields' injuries are scrutinized, revealing their possible impacts on team strategies. The challenges posed by the Miami heat on player performance are also examined. Insightful analysis on injuries affecting players like T.J. Edwards and Patrick Surtain reveals the physical toll on athletes. Finally, there’s a look ahead to the Monday Night Football matchups, including betting strategies.
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Turf Toe Severity Can Vary Greatly
- Turf toe is ligament damage in the toe and can vary from short-term to surgery depending on plantar plate and sesamoid involvement.
- Joe Burrow's left turf toe looks multi-week and could realistically be a 4–6 week issue rather than just 1–2 weeks.
Assess Plantar Plate Before Choosing Treatment
- Evaluate plantar plate and sesamoid retraction to decide between conservative care and surgery for turf toe.
- Use boot, taping, possible injection or plate-in-shoe strategies based on MRI findings.
Bengals' Stadium MRI Is A Public Facility
- David Chao described the Bengals' stadium MRI as a public, revenue-generating facility located inside Paycor Stadium.
- He recounted using on-site MRIs as a visiting-team option and explained teams shut it down for games to allow use.