Will Bernard Berrian Signing Be Bad for the Vikings?

by WCG on Aug 19, 2008 2:00 PM CDT Comment 15 comments

This coming from Fanball.

Bernard Berrian told KFAN's Dan Barreiro Monday that the toe injury that kept him out of last week's preseason game is similar to turf toe and is something he dealt with last season while with the Bears, according to the Minneapolis Star-Tribune. The receiver said he isn't sure if he'll play this Saturday in the Vikings' third preseason game and that he and the team are taking things "day-to-day." Berrian said he is receiving "a lot of treatment" for the injury and that he spent much of last season undergoing similar treatments.

I know two of the injuries that seem to linger for a long time are turf toe and high ankle sprains. They seem minor, but players seem to have a significatly hard time getting over them. I recall Deion Sanders missing about half a season with turf toe and he was not right for a few games after getting back.

Berrian has a second case of turf toe in the last two years. Could this lead to other related injuries that could slow him down. Did the Bears get rid of him before they were stuck with the headache?

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Did anyone hear reports

of turf toe last season? At all? Angelo said something about Rex looking poor last season due to his ankle injury which I assumed meant from years past, but maybe not. How the hell am I supposed to know which players we ought to keep if we don’t know if they’re hurt?

Seriously, does anyone remember a single article mentioning Berrian having a turf toe injury last season?

by mikebdot on Aug 19, 2008 2:47 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs

Are you implying

that Berrian is using as an excuse for something?

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by WCG on Aug 19, 2008 2:54 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

well...

… it isn’t your job to know who the Bears should keep, it is the Bears’ job.

They know about injuries, and there is little incentive to communicate fully about those injuries to the public.

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by big_lowitzki on Aug 19, 2008 2:58 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

I'd also think the Vikings did a physical

but if this is the second time.

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by WCG on Aug 19, 2008 3:07 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

That was kind of my point...

we are very insulated from the decisions that are actually being made. Maybe that factored into their reasoning about letting him go, especially for that price. In which case, kudos to JA.

by mikebdot on Aug 20, 2008 8:36 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

In that case

I was just backing you up.

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by WCG on Aug 20, 2008 5:40 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

I don't recall that

But I have read that real bad turf toe can end a career. No doubt there has to be some level of concern for the Vikes but until he misses a regular season game, it’s not an issue.

Bold Prediction: Orton will be the starter in week 1.

by GallopingGhost on Aug 19, 2008 2:51 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs

Didn't Orlando Pace

miss like all of last year with turf toe? That’s gotta suck, especially for an injury that may not sound like much when you first find out about it.

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by thecoolest on Aug 19, 2008 3:31 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

Not sure about Pace

but Jonathan Ogden had a case of turf toe that he said lasted about 9 months.

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by WCG on Aug 19, 2008 3:57 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

FYI

Info on Turf Toe

It also verifies Pace having it.

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by WCG on Aug 19, 2008 3:59 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs

I believe Berrian had turf toe in 2005….or some injury for much of the season.

by scy3000 on Aug 19, 2008 4:24 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs

i look at this story and laugh

the vikings paid wayyy to much money for berrian (they could have gotten randy moss for that much) i hope berrian folds like a cheap ass lawn chair

and for the record he missed time in 2005 and 2008 for turf toe

by SamuraiMike50 on Aug 19, 2008 4:32 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs

*2007

by SamuraiMike50 on Aug 19, 2008 4:32 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs

Actually...

Bernard has toe jam… He needs to change his socks every day. Actually, he’s probably just trying to lower expectations in MN. Gotta protect himself now that he’s getting the big bucks.

by BigGeorgeTX on Aug 19, 2008 6:37 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs