A specialist says Burrow's injury is career altering
 

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Joe Burrow <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/Bengals?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#Bengals</a> injury update <br><br>Burrow suffered a season-ending right scapholunate ligament tear in his throwing wrist on November 16, 2023 against the Baltimore Ravens. <br><br>Initially it was speculated that it was a TFCC complex tear, but unfortunately it was worse, the dreaded… <a href="https://t.co/QlNIsTvtme">pic.twitter.com/QlNIsTvtme</a></p>&mdash; Jesse Morse, MD (@DrJesseMorse) <a href="https://twitter.com/DrJesseMorse/status/1764437248131354667?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">March 3, 2024</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

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Joe Burrow #Bengals injury update

Burrow suffered a season-ending right scapholunate ligament tear in his throwing wrist on November 16, 2023 against the Baltimore Ravens.

Initially it was speculated that it was a TFCC complex tear, but unfortunately it was worse, the dreaded scapholunate ligament complex tear.

This ligament is very important for the stability of the wrist, and since this/most ligaments have a poor blood supply it needed to be repaired.

I asked an orthopedic hand surgeon colleague his thoughts on this injury as it pertains to Burrow and here was his response:

“It’s a bad injury to have, invariably always lead to some instability over time and arthritis at an earlier age.

80% of normal strength and range of motion is common.

Hard to do ‘dart throwers motion,’ which is important for snapping the wrist in the follow through when throwing.

But these guys are super human, so I’m sure he’ll be fine.”

Did this injury change his career forever?

“Yes, for sure.

For context, he’s the only pro qb I’ve heard of with this, so it’s hard to gauge.”

Use this information as you wish.

He should be cleared to throw by mid-May, on par with OTAs, which is on track assuming no setbacks.

Will he ever be the same QB he was before the injury? Unfortunately we don’t know, although I can say he is at increased risk for new compensating injuries.

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Curse of the OBJ

That backup they had played well.

Good thing they have Browning.

Might have another Andrew Luck on our hands.

It would absolutely suck to have your favorite team dig their way out of the basement with a pretty damn good QB only to have this happen.

Interesting

deep ball will never be the same, is what i read

Colonel Steve Austin does not approve this thread. :)

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It sucks for him as a human, butt **** the bungles

You mean getting sacked 50 times a year is bad?

"Our window is my entire career"

Pink wearing dick humping fraud

He’ll go his entire career without a fourth quarter TD pass.

So he's likely not going to be able to fulfill his obligation of single handedly ending our dynasty and riding off into downtown New Orleans next year with the Super Bowl MVP and a cig hanging out of his mouth while simultaneously being named the new king of the football universe like Bengals fans have been telling me is going to happen for 6 months now?