Originally Posted by DaFace:
You have to be a little concerned about bone strength in general though. How the hell does a femur just snap when running down the field?
Well, I believe it has to do with force and mass of going a certain direction that may have placed too much stress on the bone, which would had caused it to crack.
I'm more curious to see if the femur is just a hairline fracture or if it's a complete snap. I'm betting it's more on the former. [Reply]
Originally Posted by Coach:
Well, I believe it has to do with force and mass of going a certain direction that may have placed too much stress on the bone, which would had caused it to crack.
I'm more curious to see if the femur is just a hairline fracture or if it's a complete snap. I'm betting it's more on the former.
His leg did unnatural things. It didn't look like a hairline fracture. [Reply]
Originally Posted by DaFace:
You have to be a little concerned about bone strength in general though. How the hell does a femur just snap when running down the field?
It doesn’t unless there’s an underlying issue. [Reply]
Baker looked impressive today in his first game. Not just the sack but his overall coverage. Hopefully he will be good to go starting next season. [Reply]
So when players have devastatingly painful injuries like this, do they shoot them up with painkillers immediately on the field? Because if they didn't inject him with anything, he was either in total shock or a tough SOB. I say that because he appeared totally calm when they were wheeling him off. [Reply]
I watched the film in stop motion and it looks like his weight shifted forward suddenly (like his legs were out-running his upper body or vice versa) and it looked like his knee bent backwards like 90 degrees, but that was his femur breaking. Just the force of his bodyweight against the forward inertia, when his leg locked it just snapped it. [Reply]
Originally Posted by lcarus:
So when players have devastatingly painful injuries like this, do they shoot them up with painkillers immediately on the field? Because if they didn't inject him with anything, he was either in total shock or a tough SOB. I say that because he appeared totally calm when they were wheeling him off.
And he gave the thumbs up to the fans as they were putting him in the wagon. [Reply]
Originally Posted by lcarus:
So when players have devastatingly painful injuries like this, do they shoot them up with painkillers immediately on the field? Because if they didn't inject him with anything, he was either in total shock or a tough SOB. I say that because he appeared totally calm when they were wheeling him off.
Bone breaks often aren't as painful as they look. You don't have a ton of nerve endings inside your body. Not saying that it would be fun, but there are probably worse pains one can feel. [Reply]
I wonder if he could have been injured on a previous play with contact and tried to push through. Don't know if that's realistic but I'm just hoping for an explanation that doesn't include a scary underlying health condition. [Reply]
Per coach Andy Reid, #Chiefs CB Deandre Baker underwent successful surgery and he can even put weight on his leg today after suffering a broken left femur.