A specialist says Burrow's injury is career altering

[Mecca]

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… pic.twitter.com/QlNIsTvtme

— Jesse Morse, MD (@DrJesseMorse) March 3, 2024

I'm going to copy past all the text because it's a lot.

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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[The Franchise]

Originally Posted by Hammock Parties

7th or 8th pick in the draft - look at the value chart and tell i'm wrong

Just because it adds up in numbers doesn't mean shit. What team in the top 10 is moving back down to 32 and getting low picks everywhere else? Especially for a LT prospect like Alt?

[cabletech94]

im no expert, but with hippa (sorry, spelling) laws, im not so sure we should be reporting on grown Kevin McCallistors' ultimate demise so fast.
if it's just some talking heads' attempt at clicks, we're just jumping teh gun and all.
if this is actual facts then carry on, what the hell do i know......

[Buehler445]

Meh. These twitter docs have been super wrong before. Unless it's coming from his or the Bengals camp, I'm not putting a lot of stock into it.

[ROYC75]

Originally Posted by Hammock Parties

two 1s, a 2 and a 3 oughta do it

FOR WHO?

[hawkchief]

Looked like the writer is taking an opportunity to let to potential buyers of his business know it's for sale:

"Well I am happy to announce that we have decided to put The Fantasy Doctors up for sale."

Wouldn't put much, if any, stock in it.

[TomBarndtsTwin]

Luckily, they have Browning, who played just about as well as Burrow did while he was out.

They'll be fine. Not much drop off.

[Darien25]

Originally Posted by T-post Tom

Colonel Steve Austin does not approve this thread.

I've often wondered what would have happened had the Colonel hit an icy patch or slipped on a banana peel doing about 60 mph...

[Jerm]

Originally Posted by Hammock Parties

two 1s, a 2 and a 3 oughta do it

I'm never giving up that much to move up for a Left Tackle...there's enough serviceable guys out there that can get the job done until you're in the position to draft one.

Now you want to talk about giving that up to move up to get an elite playmaker? Different conversation...

[St. Patty's Fire]

carson palmer 2.0

[Hammock Parties]

Originally Posted by Jerm

I'm never giving up that much to move up for a Left Tackle....

Chiefs Kingdumb is just begging for a Mahomes injury

[IowaHawkeyeChief]

Originally Posted by Gary Cooper

He will retire 3-1 all-time against Mahomes.

with no Superbowls...

[IowaHawkeyeChief]

Originally Posted by hawkchief

Looked like the writer is taking an opportunity to let to potential buyers of his business know it's for sale:

"Well I am happy to announce that we have decided to put The Fantasy Doctors up for sale."

Wouldn't put much, if any, stock in it.

Although he's not the first to discuss. I shared several post in the Bengals forum that are worried about this over a month ago.

[Pepe Silvia]

He will bounce back, the Bengals are lucky since he joined the team.

[Jerm]

Originally Posted by Hammock Parties

Chiefs Kingdumb is just begging for a Mahomes injury

We won Super Bowls with Eric Fisher, Orlando Brown Jr., and Donovan Smith as our LTs....but yeah, let's mortgage the future because you're scared of something that literally can happen on any play by anyone being beat.

Brilliant.

[Tribal Warfare]

Originally Posted by Hammock Parties

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

Grip strength is gone and fumbles are more likely