Two weeks into the season, Cincinnati looked like a team on the rise— until a single play left Joe Burrow limping off the field, all because of a toe. Most people might think it’s just a minor tweak: tape it up and get back on the field. But for a quarterback, a Grade 3 turf toe is far from simple. As Burrow prepares for surgery in Birmingham with renowned foot-and-ankle specialist Dr. Norman Waldrop this Friday, Rams quarterback Matthew Stafford , who has battled the injury himself, stepped in this week to explain just how devastating it can be.

On the Let’s Go! podcast, Stafford broke down the situation in detail. “It’s really tough. And then there’s different degrees. Sometimes you’re getting turf toe and you have to go get it fixed, which, it sounds like, that’s what Joe m

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