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When Eli suffered a shoulder separation in 2007

Anakim : 9/19/2023 10:35 am

I remember when Eli suffered a shoulder separation in 2007, he was expected to miss at least a month. Nevertheless, Eli took the field the following week and played. We got our shit kicked in by the Packers in an utterly embarrassing performance (I was at the game), but it spoke volumes on the type of competitor Eli was.

Not all injuries are created alike, but could you imagine that happening these days? Could you imagine a QB or any positional player playing the following week after suffering an injury like that?

Remember when he played through plantar fasciitis?

Giantology : 9/19/2023 10:41 am : link

I know there were some questions about Saquon

Chris684 : 9/19/2023 10:43 am : link

on his pinned injury thread but I was thinking….with a 3 week injury, could Saquon surprise us and play in 2 weeks which is arguably one of the most important games of the season at home against Seattle given how the NFC and wildcards stack up?

Single-handedly ruined Christ Mortensen's credibility

j_rud : 9/19/2023 10:46 am : link

Of course I'm overstating it. But Mortensen reported the injury and the typical timetable for return, which IIRC was 2-4 weeks. Eli played with it and BBI mocked Mortensen mercilessly.

I swear my autocorrect is off the rails

j_rud : 9/19/2023 10:47 am : link

Christ Mortensen?

RE: I swear my autocorrect is off the rails

Giantology : 9/19/2023 10:51 am : link

In comment 16212693 j_rud said:

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Christ Mortensen?

The T is silen(t)

No one loves Eli more than I do,

exiled : 9/19/2023 10:55 am : link

he was warrior. But I wonder sometimes if playing injured is worse for the team. The backup could perform better than an injured starter.

Eli is the

Spiciest Memelord : 9/19/2023 10:55 am : link

toughest Giant. You don't set a decade spanning consecutive playing steak record in the NFL if you're not. You have to go back a while to find someone as tough.

Thanks turd Mcadoo!

RE: Single-handedly ruined Christ Mortensen's credibility

AZ Blue : 9/19/2023 10:57 am : link

In comment 16212692 j_rud said:

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Of course I'm overstating it. But Mortensen reported the injury and the typical timetable for return, which IIRC was 2-4 weeks. Eli played with it and BBI mocked Mortensen mercilessly.

This is when I stopped listening to ESPN. I swear Mort said it could’ve been longer, but I can’t recall

Mortensen actually said he would be out for the year if I remember

Victor in CT : 9/19/2023 11:05 am : link

correctly. OOPS!

call me crazy

djm : 9/19/2023 11:22 am : link

and there are some exceptions but I think more often than not we overstate a player's so called heroic response to injury. Yes, even Eli Manning. I think Eli had a shoulder injury but it wasn't THAT bad. If it was that bad he aint playing. IF he could throw, he could throw and he could play. If the shoulder was proper fucked and he cannot throw a football he ain't doing shit on the football field. I don't care how tough he was.

LT was an exception and his heroic moments while injured likely shortened his career by a few years. Or maybe it didn't.

Most guys want to play. This talk that players are softer and don't care as much as guys did 15 years ago is highly speculative. If a guy can play he's going to play.

There are probably more injuries today. Maybe guys are just getting injured more frequently? MAybe some players sit out more because they know which way the wind blows, I am looking at you mr NFL RB. Can you blame them? Other than maybe that, I think guys will play if they are allowed to play.

That's another thing, leave the concussion thing out of this debate entirely. We know that whole element has changed things dramatically.

The guy with the shoulder injury who can suck it up? He did it 20 years ago and he's doing it today.

Not sure it was a shoulder

section125 : 9/19/2023 11:23 am : link

separation...

RE: Single-handedly ruined Christ Mortensen's credibility

BrettNYG10 : 9/19/2023 11:27 am : link

In comment 16212692 j_rud said:

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Of course I'm overstating it. But Mortensen reported the injury and the typical timetable for return, which IIRC was 2-4 weeks. Eli played with it and BBI mocked Mortensen mercilessly.

Didn't it come out later that he heard it from Archie Manning? Or am I misremembering?

RE: Not sure it was a shoulder

Victor in CT : 9/19/2023 11:53 am : link

In comment 16212744 section125 said:

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separation...

I think you're right. It was an elbow injury I think.

ChrisRick : 9/19/2023 11:57 am : link

Eli’s shoulder injury
SI - Eli shoulder injury - ( New Window )

These threads are so absurd to me

bhill410 : 9/19/2023 2:22 pm : link

These guys still play with absurd injuries. Quick question, when was last player you can think of playing on a high ankle sprain on one weeks rest? Because that’s what Mahomes did last year. I am not saying the characters are still around to cut off the tips of their fingers like in the 80s, but these folks still very much care.