Justin Herbert's High-Ankle Sprain: Will He Be Ready for Week 4?

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00:00the game.

00:06High ankle sprain and a low ankle sprain, how is that

00:08treated when you're coming up to a game?

00:10Is the taping the same as it would be for low ankle sprain

00:13for high ankle sprain?

00:14Or do you do something completely different?

00:17Well, I mean, it's a misnomer to say all low ankle sprains

00:21are better than high ankle sprains.

00:23A very severe low ankle sprain is worse than a

00:25mild high ankle sprain.

00:27Inversion low ankle sprains, the basketball type, are easier to tape or stabilize.

00:33High ankle sprains are very hard to fully tape.

00:37Sometimes you can inject them, etc.

00:39So it's not surprising they flare up or act up again, as in Justin Herbert's case.

00:45They've got the Chiefs this week.

00:47Now, it was interesting that they brought in Taylor Heineke, who just got there.

00:52I think he's more Jim Harbaugh's guy than Easton Stick.

00:57And maybe this cracks the door open to resting Justin Herbert again, or resting him this week.

01:04This is definitely going to be a coaching decision.

01:08There's no way Herbert will be 100%.

01:11And would you rather have a less than 100% Herbert, or go with the newly acquired Taylor Heineke?