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ESPN NFL Brett Favre has 2 fractures in ankle
EDEN PRAIRIE, Minn. -- Brett Favre's ironman streak is in jeopardy.
The 41-year-old Minnesota quarterback has a stress fracture in his left ankle that could end his NFL-record run at 291 consecutive games started -- 315 including the playoffs.
Vikings coach Brad Childress said Monday an MRI on Favre's foot revealed the stress fracture as well as an "avulsion" fracture in the heel bone. An avulsion fracture occurs when a fragment of bone is torn away by a tendon or ligament.
"He's got great pain threshold and also great competitive zeal," Childress said, succinctly summing up Favre's legacy of durability.
ESPN medical analyst Dr. Michael Kaplan, who has not examined Favre, told ESPN NFL Insider Adam Schefter that the quarterback's injury is serious.
"Every other mortal would be out, but with [Favre], it's a longshot he could play," Kaplan told Schefter.
Kaplan said Favre could inject a long-acting anesthetic in and around the ankle to help him play. It would take away the pain for the game, but it could affect Favre's throwing.
Childress said neither injury requires surgery, but Kaplan said Favre may need an operation at some point after his playing career to either fuse or replace his injured ankle.
EDEN PRAIRIE, Minn. -- Brett Favre's ironman streak is in jeopardy.
The 41-year-old Minnesota quarterback has a stress fracture in his left ankle that could end his NFL-record run at 291 consecutive games started -- 315 including the playoffs.
Vikings coach Brad Childress said Monday an MRI on Favre's foot revealed the stress fracture as well as an "avulsion" fracture in the heel bone. An avulsion fracture occurs when a fragment of bone is torn away by a tendon or ligament.
"He's got great pain threshold and also great competitive zeal," Childress said, succinctly summing up Favre's legacy of durability.
ESPN medical analyst Dr. Michael Kaplan, who has not examined Favre, told ESPN NFL Insider Adam Schefter that the quarterback's injury is serious.
"Every other mortal would be out, but with [Favre], it's a longshot he could play," Kaplan told Schefter.
Kaplan said Favre could inject a long-acting anesthetic in and around the ankle to help him play. It would take away the pain for the game, but it could affect Favre's throwing.
Childress said neither injury requires surgery, but Kaplan said Favre may need an operation at some point after his playing career to either fuse or replace his injured ankle.
