Sports Injury Central Podcast featuring Pro Football Doc

Dr. Chao goes in depth on Tua Tagovailoa's hip injury and how it will affect his career and whether he can come back. He also talks about a way to expand the NFL schedule to more than 16 games before talking to Geoff Schwartz about some of the injuries he played through and how the offensive line positions have evolved and become more complex prior to giving the injury rundown and a beast of the week!

Dr. Chao looks at how injuries and whether or not a team has a timeout can alter the end of a game and his proposal to make an unfortunate injury not be insult to that team as well. NFL Network reporter Tom Pelissero talks about how he goes about reporting injuries before Dr. Chao gives this week's injury rundown and awards a beast of the week!

Dr, Chao gives an in-depth breakdown on the Trent Williams situation, talks to ESPN's Damien Woody about the Jets, Patriots and a player's mindset on front office ordeals. Dr. Chao looks at the key injuries an updates from the week before awarding a beast of the week!

Dr. Chao looks at why more players should use eye shields and why the NFL's restrictions on them is bogus and how a player like Patrick Mahomes having loose limbs gets both advantages and disadvantages from it. All-Pro linebacker Shawne Merriman talks about his career including playing through injuries nobody ever knew until he shared them with Dr. Chao in this interview and what happened that caused his positive drug test. Dr. Chao finishes things off by awarding a beast of the week and looking at the injuries from the past week around the NFL.

Dr. Chao looks at the various ankle injuries in the NFL and why Tua Tagovailoa having surgery is not normal. Former Chargers lineman turn radio & podcast host Nick Hardwick looks at the importance and fundamentals of line play, & Dr. Chao looks at the past week's injuries before awarding a Beast Of The Week!

Dr. Chao looks at the high amount of contusions from Week 6 and how some injuries use wording that make them seem different than they are. He also gets an NFL betting perspective from Todd Furhman of the "Bet The Board Podcast" & FS1's "Lock It In" show before giving the injury rundown and awarding a beast of the week!

Dr. Chao looks at the Pittsburgh Steelers cart fiasco with Mason Rudolph with his own interesting cart story and why Jay Gruden may have been unfairly fired and has something most other coaches do not. Producer Greg is in studio along with special guest and former San Diego Charger head coach Mike McCoy to give a coach's perspective on how injuries are handled before Dr. Chao looks at all the injuries from the past week.

Dr. Chao looks at some of the helmet to helmet hits that were dished out and taken all week and how many of the quarterbacks this season that have been getting hurt have been in the pocket. FOX analyst and former quarterback Brady Quinn gives his experiences with playing in the NFL and what he's been seeing from the QBs this season before Dr. Chao gives the rundown of injuries from the week.

Dr. Chao talks about how his injury index breaks down the heath of a team by both position and overall, the Patriots baby boom, & chat with Adam Lefkoe of Bleacher Report about how he is different from traditional hosts and reporters before looking at this week's injury rundown and awarding a beast of the week.

Dr. Chao looks at the myriad of quarterback injuries and their causes from the past week before talking to FOX Sports' Clay Travis about the burning NFL news and the differences in NFL and college football. Dr. Chao also looks at all the injuries from week 2 and crowns a beast of the week.