J.J. McCarthy's Injury: A Deep Analysis From Dr. David Chao

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00:00And then, Doc, just of, I don't know if it's a similar situation,

00:05but I would say a muddier QB injury, Minnesota's J.J. McCarthy,

00:11where, you know, I feel as if, I'll say this,

00:17sixscore.com has been the best place to go for analysis on J.J. McCarthy's injury, Doc.

00:24Okay, so here's what we do at Sports Injury Central.

00:27We do not pretend to know all, but what we do differently

00:32is we do not do what Schefter does, who I love.

00:37We do not do what the beat reporters and national reporters do,

00:41which is injury reporting.

00:43They take a source and they report it, and that often does very well,

00:49but you have to consider the source.

00:51We don't take sources.

00:52We don't do injury reporting.

00:54We do injury analysis.

00:57And with our own eyes, ears, and what we see.

01:00From the get-go, we never thought J.J. McCarthy's high ankle sprain

01:06was a severe type, warranting four-week IR or anything like that.

01:11That's what we have based it off of.

01:13I have never criticized Kevin O'Connell, who I know well and love

01:18and think he's brilliant.

01:19I think he did the smart thing by giving his young quarterback a chance

01:24to not get worse and play through an ankle and even, you know, ruin his confidence.

01:30And guess what?

01:30Put his team in the best chance to win.

01:32I never said J.J. McCarthy is not injured, okay?

01:35If I told you a number of times Phillip Rivers, a jersey right here behind me,

01:39played injured but still played, it'd be ridiculous.

01:4285% is a good week in week eight of the NFL.

01:45He just felt that with J.J. McCarthy's injury, I'm not saying they faked an injury,

01:50that it was best if he didn't play through right now.

01:54It's a smart decision.

01:56I'm not saying J.J. McCarthy is soft and not injured.

01:59We all saw him jump and avoid Justin Jefferson, right, at the thing.

02:03And look, he's been the emergency quarterback for two weeks,

02:05which means he's been medically cleared to put on a uniform and play.

02:08He's playing this next week.

02:11Controversy over.

02:12And is he 100% this week?

02:14Next week?

02:15Probably not, but neither is anyone else, but he's in the 90s.

02:19Doc, let's dive into the 1 o'clock games.

02:23You have a significant six score right here.

02:25Houston 84, San Francisco 68.

02:30The Niners enter this battle beat up on both sides of the football.

02:34No question.

02:35They came into the game beat up last week, and they're more beat up now,

02:39but they pulled off a victory.

02:41I mean, Shanahan's doing it with mirrors.

02:43Can he do it again?

02:44I get it.

02:45Houston's got wide receiver issues, and Houston hasn't been playing well.

02:49You know, what we do at Sports Injury Central, we blind ourselves to the team names.

02:53We look at the injury stuff and try and work it out.

02:56By health, it's Houston all the way.

02:59Another game by health is New Orleans all the way against Tampa.

03:02Now, I get it, Spencer Rattler versus, you know, Baker Mayfield.

03:08But that's what the injuries say, and that's what we try and go by.

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