Im admittedly not an nfl commish and don’t understand a fair few of their myriad regulations, but can someone who may be able to clear it up and to answer this question:
Considering the Burrows/Bengals injury situation, where they are being investigated by the league for not reporting his wrist injury prior to the Ravens game, why are the eagles not being investigated for not listing Hurts knee injury?
The supporting evidence on investigation for Burrow, without knowing more (maybe he didn’t have full practice participation), seems to hinge on him wearing a wrist brace/soft cast before the game. Considering Hurts has been in a knee brace for weeks, and not listed as injured, why are the Eagles not in violation?
As I understand it, it seems to be the fact that Burrow was unable to complete the game that would possibly make them run foul of the injury report policy, but there does seem to be a higher standard for key players ie QB or kicker, and caveats about affecting performance. Surely though if the bengals thought he was going to be fine then it wouldn’t need to be reported, like Hurts knee.
Is it because Burrow didn’t seem to be hit or tackled in a way to injure his wrist, and instead the simple act of playing the game exacerbated his injury to a point he couldn’t complete the game?
There are different types of knee injuries. Some injuries are only likely to cause pain. Other injuries, however, may lead to more serious injury and loss of use. For example, if the issue is a bone bruise, water on the knee, arthritis, or even shin splints/bone spurs/fragments, I don’t think it would be considered a required injury to list. If it’s a moderate sprain, partially torn ligament, torn muscle, or proper fracture of any sort, that’s likely what they’re looking for on the list.