Two months for Turf Toe?

[Timm Rosenbach]

Whose idea was it to shelf Wells for two months for turf toe? I thought that this was an injury which was painful, but could not cause any long-term damage if one plays with it. I guarantee Wells would be more effective in pain than any guy the Cardinals picked up off the street; Who made this decision and who decided that eight weeks was the appropriate length of time to recover? It seems very arbitrary and it was very foreseeable that LSH and Williams could get injured behind this line

 

[Crazy Canuck]

Whose idea was it to shelf Wells for two months for turf toe? I thought that this was an injury which was painful, but could not cause any long-term damage if one plays with it. I guarantee Wells would be more effective in pain than any guy the Cardinals picked up off the street; Who made this decision and who decided that eight weeks was the appropriate length of time to recover? It seems very arbitrary and it was very foreseeable that LSH and Williams could get injured behind this line

THE TEAM DOCTORS!!!

(and you can damage, perhaps permanently, the tendons below the big toe if you don't let it rest.)

 

[Timm Rosenbach]

THE TEAM DOCTORS!!!

(and you can damage, perhaps permanently, the tendons below the big toe if you don't let it rest.)

These same team Doctors allowed Kolb to play through it for the Cardinals near-win over Baltimore last year. I guess some guys can play through the pain

http://www.nfl.com/news/story/09000...olb-played-through-turf-toe-in-loss-to-ravens

 

[Shane]

It's not just a simple case of turf toe apparently. He has a torn iigament. Heal time is 6 weeks. He falls down enough without an injury much less with one. Shelving him was the right thing.

 

[Buckybird]

It's not just a simple case of turf toe apparently. He has a torn iigament. Heal time is 6 weeks. He falls down enough without an injury much less with one. Shelving him was the right thing.

Maybe they can just cut it off since Williams is now on the the shelf...Ronnie Lott would

I heard turf toe really does hurt like a ****.

 

[82CardsGrad]

It's not just a simple case of turf toe apparently. He has a torn iigament. Heal time is 6 weeks. He falls down enough without an injury much less with one. Shelving him was the right thing.

Especially due to his micro-fracture surgery from earlier this year...

 

[anks106]

The problem with turf toe is that it is not a specific term, it just refers to injuries of the 1st MTP joint. Kolb likely had a partial tear of his ligament, Beanie had a complete tear. Same "turf toe", totally different injury.

 

[Brian in Mesa]

He falls down enough without an injury much less with one. Shelving him was the right thing.

THIS !!

 

[Timm Rosenbach]

THIS !!

My frustration with the guy exceeds reason. I know what he can do and it keeps me awake at night knowing that he isn't doing it. The fact that we need him to do it right now for a potential wild card spot keeps me awake at night. Hopefully he pulls it all together at the VERY end like Calvin Pace did or he will be out of the league soon

 

[Goldfield]

My frustration with the guy exceeds reason. I know what he can do and it keeps me awake at night knowing that he isn't doing it. The fact that we need him to do it right now for a potential wild card spot keeps me awake at night. Hopefully he pulls it all together at the VERY end like Calvin Pace did or he will be out of the league soon

Pace switched positions.

 

[joko4]

Ask Stump Mitchell about turf toe....being a Rb you cannot cut and cutting is the life of a RB, turf toe, one of the worst injuries a RB can get...and as I remember this diagnosed as severe.

 

[Chopper0080]

Whose idea was it to shelf Wells for two months for turf toe? I thought that this was an injury which was painful, but could not cause any long-term damage if one plays with it. I guarantee Wells would be more effective in pain than any guy the Cardinals picked up off the street; Who made this decision and who decided that eight weeks was the appropriate length of time to recover? It seems very arbitrary and it was very foreseeable that LSH and Williams could get injured behind this line

We got off to a hot start, our schedule is more difficult at the end, and you want him full strength, not just limping around.

 

[CardsSunsDbacks]

"Turf toe" sounds like a weak injury, but I have heard that it hurts like hell. Also even if Kolb and Beanie have the exact same injury it would affect Beanie more because he is a RB who has to make sharp cuts and drive through tacklers.

 

[CardsFan88]

It was obvious that his toe was killing him, if possible watch the last few carries he had, he just couldn't do it. Beanie was really slow, like he was stuck in 1st gear.

I thought I remember him having a toe issue in some past season but forget the specifics.

Either way as long as his toe makes him run like that, you wouldn't want him out there.

 

[Vermont Maverick]

I don't think Beanie is completely recovered from that knee injury, either. This hopefully buys him the time to be (mostly) healthy. I think I've given up on "full" health out of him, that never seems to be the case.

 

[Vermont Maverick]

My frustration with the guy exceeds reason. I know what he can do and it keeps me awake at night knowing that he isn't doing it. The fact that we need him to do it right now for a potential wild card spot keeps me awake at night. Hopefully he pulls it all together at the VERY end like Calvin Pace did or he will be out of the league soon

I would say it does...questioning someone's injuries when you are not in their shoes exceeds reason.

 

[Jetstream Green]

I ran with turf toe once in college track and even though I was not making short cuts, it hurt like hell. One can laugh, but turf toe is not a constant pain you can adapt to but seems to come in very sharp doses and it makes cutting and other movements almost unbearable. It basically will go away on its own but it can linger and gets frustrating. I would question no one playing a skills position in football if they could not go. I once ran with a bone fracture in my shin for two weeks till the doctor made me shut it down, I would rather have a fracture than turf toe.