Steelers QB Kenny Pickett to Miss Some Time With Ankle Injury

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00:05 Kenny Pickett suffers an ankle injury early on in that game for the Steelers.

00:10 Dr. Chow, how much time do you expect Pittsburgh's starting quarterback to

00:14 potentially miss?

00:16 Well, he came into the game with a right ankle injury and on the plant and

00:20 cut before he got towards the goal line, re-injures that right ankle and

00:25 it's said to potentially be surgery.

00:27 I don't think it's a tightrope surgery.

00:29 It wasn't that high ankle, but he's likely going to undergo an ankle scope

00:33 and cleanup.

00:34 So it's a couple weeks at least.

00:36 Hopefully he can avoid injured reserve, but the Steelers really need him there

00:39 and Trubisky didn't fare so well coming in as the backup.

00:44 Doc, let's keep it with quarterbacks here and particularly in the Keystone

00:47 State, the Philadelphia Eagles.

00:49 They say, like, well, yesterday Brock Purdy came in, played extremely well,

00:52 was healthy, and Jalen Hurst for most of that game.

00:54 Here's what I need to know from you.

00:56 The concussion check here.

00:57 A lot of times we see the quarterback go into the blue tent, he gets checked

01:00 out and runs back onto the football field.

01:02 They did that check, but then also ran Jalen Hurst off the field into the

01:06 locker room.

01:07 What is that sort of sequence here and is it a two-tester giving out and how

01:10 did they get him cleared to come back into a game?

01:13 Well, it is a little bit unusual to not pass the screen in the blue medical

01:20 tent, go into the locker room to get the full evaluation, and come back.

01:26 It's not impossible.

01:27 It's not against the rules.

01:29 It's just typically if there's enough worry on the screen that you get the

01:33 full test, the results are not always positive or most times are negative,

01:38 you know, err on the side of caution, et cetera.

01:40 I'm not saying there was any funny business there.

01:42 There's a red hat there that's not affiliated with the Eagles even though

01:45 it's in the Philly area, and that person has to agree with the return.

01:52 So you screen, you can't do the full check in the blue tent.

01:56 That's just the screening.

01:58 So there was enough concern on the screening to get the full test, but he

02:01 came back, so I guess that's good news.

02:04 Staying with the quarterback position, Dr. Challey, great nursery rhyme,

02:08 head, shoulders, knees, and toes, but you never want to add up all of that

02:12 on the injury report.

02:14 That's the story for New Orleans quarterback Derek Carr, also entering

02:18 the freshman season, not only with some protocol, but injuries as well to the

02:22 shoulder and the back.

02:24 What is your main area of concern, Dr. Chal, when it pertains to Derek Carr,

02:28 the quarterback for the Saints?

02:30 Well, it's going to be his head because that's the unpredictable.

02:34 It was a big hit to his chest, ribs, upper back, shoulder, but as I tweeted

02:40 and we put out in game, it looks like he's very much more hurt than injured

02:45 there.

02:46 Painful, I'm not calling him soft, but it's very painful.

02:49 A lot of things to deal with, stiffness, soreness, but it's the concussion that

02:53 will prevent him from playing potentially next week.

02:56 22% chance of clearance.

02:58 He did have an issue earlier this season, so you have to think there's going to

03:02 be more caution here where it's going to be Jameis Winston next week.

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