Burrow hurt UPDATE: Per Taylor: It’s a calf strain; will be out “several” weeks

[Airseven]

Injuries suck the life out of this sport. Nobody wants an asterisk win over a team without their best player. The attrition is so deflating.

[dollars 2 donuts]

1 hour ago, Dablitzkrieg said:

Tis only a cramp

 

Agree, but at the absolute worst a high ankle Spring and he still starts day 1. 

[Mikie2times]

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[SCBills]

1 minute ago, Airseven said:

Injuries suck the life out of this sport. Nobody wants an asterisk win over a team without their best player. The attrition is so deflating.

Yup … but no one gives af that we entered the post-season mentally drained and with:

 

-Allen, torn UCL

-Phillips injured 

-Poyer injured 

-Davis injured 

-Von OUT

-Jones OUT

-Hyde OUT

-Hamlin OUT

All anyone remembers is that we didn’t even bother showing up in the Divisional Round and KC was able to beat a Bengals squad with a decimated OL to get to, yet another, Super Bowl. 

[The Wiz]

2 hours ago, NewEra said:

You don’t even play fantasy football….. 

 

if you did- I think you would realize how much no one cares.  
 

 

With how many leagues people are in all at once, I feel like they do.  That's all I'm saying.  We can agree to disagree.

[Don Otreply]

9 minutes ago, Airseven said:

Injuries suck the life out of this sport. Nobody wants an asterisk win over a team without their best player. The attrition is so deflating.

Only misguided fans feel that way, a win is a win is a win, the rest is just rationalization of a fans emotional state,

[wjag]

So what is a calf strain?  Is it analogous to a hamstring on the front of the leg?  And do they linger like hammys?

[Dopey]

Definitely a torn rotator. 

[Success]

40 minutes ago, SCBills said:

Yup … but no one gives af that we entered the post-season mentally drained and with:

 

-Allen, torn UCL

-Phillips injured 

-Poyer injured 

-Davis injured 

-Von OUT

-Jones OUT

-Hyde OUT

-Hamlin OUT

All anyone remembers is that we didn’t even bother showing up in the Divisional Round and KC was able to beat a Bengals squad with a decimated OL to get to, yet another, Super Bowl. 

 

100%.

 

The only comment I've ever heard about the 2023 playoffs is "The Bills choked again."

 

I don't wish injury on anyone, I don't celebrate it - but I also don't care if other teams are set back by it.  

[Beck Water]

Ugh.  I hope he's all right.  Burrow seems like a good guy.

 

1 hour ago, wjag said:

So what is a calf strain?  Is it analogous to a hamstring on the front of the leg?  And do they linger like hammys?

 

I think it's usually a couple of weeks during the season.  For example, Dak Prescott missed 2 weeks with a strained calf.

For OL or DL who have to anchor and push their weight and another guy's around, it can linger and impact them for longer

 

I would expect for Burrow they take their time bringing him back.

Edited July 28, 2023 by Beck Water

[Mikie2times]

1 hour ago, Don Otreply said:

Only misguided fans feel that way, a win is a win is a win, the rest is just rationalization of a fans emotional state,

Agree, history doesn't consider circumstance just outcomes

Edited July 28, 2023 by Mikie2times

[90sBills]

1 hour ago, SCBills said:

Yup … but no one gives af that we entered the post-season mentally drained and with:

 

-Allen, torn UCL

-Phillips injured 

-Poyer injured 

-Davis injured 

-Von OUT

-Jones OUT

-Hyde OUT

-Hamlin OUT

All anyone remembers is that we didn’t even bother showing up in the Divisional Round and KC was able to beat a Bengals squad with a decimated OL to get to, yet another, Super Bowl. 

You’re right. No gives af if a team was injured during an important game. Only results matter.

 

The Bengals, as you noted, beat up on us with a decimated OL. Then the following week got beat by a team with a hobbled qb and decimated wr corp. But no one remembers that about KC. I guess that’s why players don’t use injuries as excuses. They get the job done with who’s available or they don’t. Us fans on the other hand…

[JakeFrommStateFarm]

1 hour ago, wjag said:

So what is a calf strain?  Is it analogous to a hamstring on the front of the leg?  And do they linger like hammys?

I think its a minor tear in the calf.

 

Another QB had a calf strain, was it Derek Carr?

 

He was out for 6 weeks

[Airseven]

1 hour ago, Don Otreply said:

Only misguided fans feel that way, a win is a win is a win, the rest is just rationalization of a fans emotional state,

Odd to call it “misguided.” That pang of regret would be personal, perhaps selfish. I wouldn’t want the Bills to win their first Super Bowl in an empty pandemic stadium nor against a team whose QB goes down in the first quarter. That long-anticipated payoff needs to be righteous. But that’s just me.

[chongli]

1 hour ago, Airseven said:

Injuries suck the life out of this sport. Nobody wants an asterisk win over a team without their best player. The attrition is so deflating.

 

True, except for Kansas City. They gladly took the win, 13-7, over Green Bay without Aaron Rodgers in 2021. This enabled them to get the #2 seed over us, and they got to host us in the infamous 13-seconds game.

Edited July 28, 2023 by chongli

[Airseven]

18 minutes ago, chongli said:

 

True, except for Kansas City. They gladly took the win, 13-7, over Green Bay without Aaron Rodgers in 2021. This enabled them to get the #2 seed over us, and they got to host us in the infamous 13-seconds game.

Kill shot! I’m not sure their dynasty can withstand that kind of critique.

[Beast]

1 hour ago, BUFFALOBART said:

F'in Baby..

Strength, & Conditioning, does play somewhat of a role, here. (IMO)

Then explain the year prior when the Bills were one of the healthiest teams in the league.

[Chicken Boo]

Is it really his calf?  They were calling Durant's injury a "calf injury" until it ended up being his achilles.

Edited July 28, 2023 by Chicken Boo

[WyoAZBillfan]

Remove the spleen now!!

[John from Riverside]

Well, it’s definitely not cramps they would know that it was by now