4 NFL QB’s go down with injuries in week 2, why is protecting them an issue?

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00:00Aside from some great action in week two of the NFL season, the biggest headlines so far

00:05revolve around quarterbacks. Unfortunately, a slew of injuries at the position once again

00:10raises the question of how to better protect the most important players in the league.

00:18Four starting quarterbacks went down in week two and some will miss significant time.

00:24Cincinnati's Joe Burrow suffered a toe injury in the second quarter of the Bengals' win over

00:28Jacksonville and he will have to have surgery. The MVP candidate will miss at least three months if

00:35not the entire regular season. Head coach Zach Taylor defended the play of his offensive line

00:40Monday. It's unfortunate that this happened but again that's just that's part of football and

00:46that's what's going to happen. Guys are in the pocket, guys are moving around. I don't know how

00:50a turf toe injury fully happens, how you got to get hit or stepped on. I know that potentially he could

00:56have been cleaned for 99% of the game and the one play is where this happens and so I get it. I

01:03understand where people are going to come from. It's going to be very attacking of us and our style

01:06of play. Is the offensive line to blame? A common theory suggests that linemen coming out of college

01:13are used to a different style of football and are not fully prepared for the NFL game. Vikings second

01:20year quarterback J.J. McCarthy was sacked six times in Minnesota's loss to Atlanta Sunday night. He will

01:26miss between two and four weeks with a high ankle sprain suffered in just his second career game.

01:32McCarthy had a rough time against the Falcons with three turnovers. The NFL's 2024 Offensive Rookie of

01:38the Year, Jaden Daniels, could miss the Washington Commanders' next start with a sprained knee. Daniels was

01:44hurt in Thursday's 27-18 loss in Green Bay. His mobility is a key factor in his success and he

01:52won't play unless he can be himself, said head coach Dan Quinn. On the field, the change of direction,

01:57the pivoting, the moving, all of those would be the things to go. So we'll just take it as it goes

02:03through the week, but he'd have to see all of the steps along this week to hit those marks,

02:10the speed, the stopping, the change of direction, all of it. New York Jets quarterback Justin Fields

02:15suffered a concussion in their blowout loss to the Bills. He was sacked four times. San Francisco

02:21quarterback Brock Purdy has the same toe injury as Joe Burrow, but he won't require surgery. He

02:27missed the Niners' win over New Orleans and will likely be out again Sunday against Arizona.

02:32So it's next man up for those five teams. Jake Browning, Carson Wentz, Marcus Mariota,

02:38Tyrod Taylor, and Mack Jones are all going to have an opportunity to show what they can do

02:43in week three and possibly beyond. For Straight Arrow News, I'm Chris Francis.