Week 1 Injury Report : Delanie Walker Ankle, Jeremy Hill ACL, Greg Olsen Foot, Roughing the Passers, Tom Brady's New Helmet
After each week of NFL football games for the 2018- 2019 season, the Heads 'N Tales podcast will be posting an episode dedicated to injuries and health & safety topics surrounding the NFL. Specifically we will talk about possible prevention strategies, the rulebook, equipment and other injury buzz around the league.
The strategist for these episodes will be one of my closest friends, Josh Boyd. Josh and I grew up playing baseball together. Josh was a division-1 center fielder for Monmouth University and experienced his fair share of injuries throughout his career. Although Josh never played organized football, the dude flat-out knows the game of football and undoubtably knows more about the ins-and-outs of the sport better than I do from both a fan and x's & o's perspective.
Dr. Wazim Buksh "Waz" is the newest member to the Heads 'N Tales team and has been a long time friend of mine. Waz will serve as the medical expert in these recordings to give you the most realistic expectations for when your favorite players go down with an injury and what their road to recovery will look like. Dr. Buksh is board certified in both Internal and Sports Medicine. Waz completed his sports medicine fellowship with the New York Jets medical staff in 2014.
Our intention for these episodes is to spark conversations around topics that are usually brushed under the rug or only minimally covered in the hopes of making football and all sports safer for the athletes who play them.
You are currently looking at the show notes for Week 1 of the 2018 season!
Week 1 Injuries:
Tennessee Titans: TE Delanie Walker - dislocated ankle and associated fracture (OUT FOR SEASON)
WARNING:@Titans and #DelanieWalker fans are not going to want to see this or my article posting soon. pic.twitter.com/mTu3RJ32OW
— David J. Chao, MD (@ProFootballDoc) September 10, 2018
New England Patriots: RB Jeremy Hill - ACL (OUT FOR SEASON)
A knee isn’t supposed to move like this. Rough look for Jeremy Hill. pic.twitter.com/kVn80VULg8
— Brandon Share-Cohen (@BShareCohen) September 9, 2018
Carolina Panthers: TE Greg Olsen - Re-Fractures Foot (WILL MISS EXTENDED TIME)
Not what #Panthers fans were hoping to see today: #88 sidelined with a boot on the same injured foot from last year. We'll wait to hear on Greg Olson's status through the day. pic.twitter.com/X9eRnxp3be
— Greg Brzozowski (@GregABCColumbia) September 9, 2018
Dr. Waz provides explanation on Jones Fracture
Atlanta Falcons: S Keanu Neal S - ACL
Falcons’ Keanu Neal tore his ACL vs. Eagles, will be out for the season, per @AdamSchefter pic.twitter.com/ib2mywu0SF
— Bleacher Report NFL (@BR_NFL) September 7, 2018
Green Bay Packers: QB Aaron Rodgers - suffered a knee injury (CAME BACK for an epic come-from-behind win)
Uh oh... Aaron Rodgers gets hurt after a sack by the Bears... #NFL #CHIvsGB #SNF https://t.co/d35VoN3ljD pic.twitter.com/oV3rCMb7sQ
— SportsGossip.com (@sportsgossip) September 10, 2018
Tampa Bay Buccaneers: WR DeSean Jackson - Concussion
DeSean Jackson's status for next week's Eagles game is in jeopardy after leaving today's Bucs game with a concussion@6abc#eagles #deseanjackson pic.twitter.com/SnL8g5DUq8
— Jeff Skversky 6abc (@JeffSkversky) September 9, 2018
Seattle Seahawks: WR Doug Baldwin - MCL sprain
Jacksonville Jaguars: RB Leonard Fournette suffered a hamstring injury
#Jaguars RB Leonard Fournette (hamstring) tells me he feels he will play next week. pic.twitter.com/m3Yv4jUdS6
— ig: josinaanderson (@JosinaAnderson) September 9, 2018
Questionable Calls:
THIS is a personal foul? Explain this @NFL @Titans @MiamiDolphins #TENvsMIA pic.twitter.com/AZHuLDloqj
— Josh Reinbold (@JoshReinbold) September 9, 2018
The @NFL is all about player safety, especially with this new helmet rule. So then how does this not get called. Tony and Jim don't even acknowledge that Burkhead just got destroyed with a helmet to helmet hit. pic.twitter.com/YRpGvnkCEa
— Brady Rupp (@Bradyrupp) September 10, 2018
Roughing the passer:
Tennessee Titans: QB Marcus Mariota - elbow injury (DIRTY PLAY?)
Mariota injured on this DIRTY play by Williams Hayes. He had the ball out for more than a second and Hayes didn’t hold up pic.twitter.com/DetOOREOTz
— Abdul Memon (@abdulamemon) September 9, 2018
Marcus Mariota on his injury: pic.twitter.com/jpiE1cN0ej
— Erik Bacharach (@ErikBacharach) September 10, 2018
Hit on Big Ben:
Roughing the passer call on Myles Garrett. Landed on Roethlisberger with his body weight. A fourth down stop turned into a touchdown the very next play. pic.twitter.com/fHGgRYTWSP
— Ollie Connolly (@OllieConnolly) September 9, 2018
The NFL admits refs blew it on Myles Garrett's bogus roughing the passer call: https://t.co/zNMiXADIBm pic.twitter.com/ViWm0T6er2
— Deadspin (@Deadspin) September 11, 2018
No Call’s:
Houston Texans: CB Kevin Johnson - Concussion https://twitter.com/matteweaver/status/1038874488438513669
Kevin Johnson with an obvious concussion. #Texans pic.twitter.com/XzsK3DOhaE
— Matt Weaver (@matteweaver) September 9, 2018
First Ejection of the Season:
Hit on Andrew Luck
What a trash hit pic.twitter.com/0BAGWXO5IO
— Pete Blackburn (@PeteBlackburn) September 9, 2018
First ejection of the new helmet rule comes in the first quarter of the very first Sunday. pic.twitter.com/XFgEsXRZ2L
— Warren Sharp (@SharpFootball) September 9, 2018
It can be done:
Jamal Adams’ Clean hit:
Jamal Adams: Good at football. #NewJackCity pic.twitter.com/nM7r7a6xJ2
— Rob Taub (@RTaub_) September 11, 2018
Commentator said it was going to be an example of how to hit legally
Other topics of discussion:
Why such a big drop off in Helmet Rule Flags from thE preseason?
Brady’s New Helmet:
Live updates from Patriots-Texans: Tom Brady is wearing his new helmet https://t.co/iUXlIzaqAP pic.twitter.com/FkdMCMVKNu
— Boston.com Sports (@BDCSports) September 9, 2018
His old helmet (Riddell VSR-4) was prohibited by the NFL this year due to poor lab test results.
Brady now wears a Riddell Precision Fit Speedflex
