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00:00There's Chabano every Friday on Pharrell Coast to Coast.
00:03Here he is, Dr. David Chow, of course,
00:06from sixscore.com, Sports Injury Central in San Diego.
00:10You can follow him on X at Pro Football, Doc.
00:13All right, Doc, Merry Christmas.
00:16They were saying that Montgomery
00:17was gonna have knee surgery
00:19and he was done for the season.
00:20What happened between then and now
00:23where they're saying that he's gonna rehab
00:25and still try to play?
00:27I'm not 100% sure, Scott,
00:29but this is why I don't delete tweets.
00:31From the war room, we said it didn't look serious,
00:34it was an MCL, no surgery.
00:37Then we were surprised when the announcement of surgery
00:39came out at end of season and now it's reverted back.
00:44Our information never changed
00:46because all we had to go on was the video of the injury
00:49and for us, it wasn't season ending.
00:51So let's hope for the lion's sake
00:52and David Montgomery's sake, he can indeed come back.
00:56Do you expect him to be effective with that knee injury?
01:02Let's say he tore it
01:03and he's gonna try to play football.
01:05I'm not buying it.
01:07Well, it depends on when.
01:10I have a lot more faith in David Montgomery
01:13being able to come back and be effective
01:15than Aiden Hutchinson coming back and being effective.
01:19I do think Alex Anzalone's gonna come back
01:21from his arm fracture and play, Carlton Davis might,
01:24but the lions right now are beat up.
01:27Their goal is to get healthier
01:28because you know they're in the playoffs, they know that.
01:31So they just gotta get healthier for the playoffs.
01:34Hutchinson with the leg fracture and everything
01:37expects to be able to play if they make the Super Bowl.
01:40I have a hard time believing he'll be effective
01:44off of that injury in the Super Bowl
01:47or any other game for that matter.
01:50Well, I think he can be quite effective
01:52for the game in 2025,
01:55but it'll be a regular season game 2025,
01:58not a playoff or Super Bowl game 2025.
02:01I am with you.
02:02It's one thing to be functional back and running.
02:05It's another to get around the edge.
02:07Look, a 10th of a second difference getting around the edge
02:10means you're a guy on the bench versus a pro bowler, right?
02:13I mean, and it's just not realistic
02:15to think that he can make it,
02:17but at least Montgomery maybe has a chance.
02:19We'll see.
02:21All right, let's talk about Mahomes.
02:22How did he go from a high ankle sprain
02:25to practicing fully this week
02:28and you know he's gonna go tomorrow?
02:31Well, I've said it for a while.
02:32He's, and I hope I'm not dating myself.
02:34He's Gumby, like that cartoon character,
02:37stretchable and made out of clay.
02:40In all seriousness, his collagen is built differently.
02:43This is why his arm is a slingshot.
02:46You remember when he dislocated his kneecap,
02:48never had surgery because nothing tore it.
02:51Things just stretched.
02:52Now this is not the first time in 2022
02:55in the playoffs against Jacksonville divisional round.
02:58He had a high ankle sprain, finished the game,
03:00played the next week in the conference championships
03:02and then won the Super Bowl against the Eagles in 2023.
03:06And he says this high ankle is not as bad
03:09as the one in 2022.
03:11So we call it a high ankle from the war room here.
03:14And we thought if it were as bad as 2022,
03:18Andy Reid might sit him to get him healthy for the playoffs
03:22but he looks like a go.
03:24Nelson Aguilar is out.
03:26Will Rashad Bateman be okay for the Ravens tomorrow
03:29or are they gonna be having to throw to tight ends
03:31all day against the Steelers?
03:34Well, the good news is they got
03:35some pretty good tight ends, right?
03:37Between Mark Andrews and Isaiah Likely.
03:39But here's the thing, Aguilar's out for concussion.
03:43Rashad Bateman got in a limited practice
03:45but it is hard to go from a boot midweek
03:49to playing on Saturday, not even Sunday.
03:53But this is an all hands on deck game for both sides.
03:56The Ravens will take over first place
03:58based on tiebreaker if they can win
04:01and the Steelers clinched the division with a win.
04:03So, you know, it's big for both sides.
04:06What's the Bills health grade going into the game
04:09against the Pats?
04:12Well, you know, they've got some defensive issues
04:14and that's what you're referring to there, Scott.
04:16Matt Milano with the groin, the sideline,
04:18the sideline guy, Taylor Rapp,
04:20which with what we think is more of a stinger type issue
04:24that's recurring.
04:25They have Damar Hamlin with some issues.
04:27So there are some issues up the middle
04:30for the Buffalo Bills at linebacker and in the secondary.
04:34So Burrow and Higgins a little banged up
04:37coming off the last week's game,
04:38missed some practice time.
04:40Can fantasy owners depend on them
04:43in their playoffs tomorrow
04:45or should they go with someone else?
04:48Well, if you have Joe Burrow and you're in the playoffs
04:52and you have someone else that you could put in
04:54for Joe Burrow,
04:55then you have one heck of a fantasy football team, right?
04:58I mean, yeah, I think you have to ride the horse
05:01that got you there.
05:01I mean, I wouldn't have had that embarrassment
05:04of Richards in my fantasy Joe Burrow
05:06and someone else that good.
05:08So no, I think you can trust Joe Burrow
05:10and Tee Higgins.
05:11Look, you gotta go with the one that got you
05:13to the dance, et cetera.
05:14And I would trust them both at this point in time.
05:17And the Bengals are in the catbird seat.
05:19They basically almost control their own destiny
05:22almost to make the playoffs, almost.
05:25If they win out, they can make the playoffs.
05:28Hollywood Brown's gonna go tomorrow.
05:30I don't think it's that big of a story.
05:32We already know he's gonna play.
05:34The Dolphins, Tua Hill and Waddle
05:35all on the sidelines this week in practice.
05:38What's their sixth score?
05:41Well, we don't think Waddle's gonna play.
05:43He's got an MCL.
05:44Hill should play through.
05:46They're still in the playoffs
05:47and Tua should play through.
05:49They're about 90s.
05:50Waddle's at about 50.
05:51He's not playing through.
05:53And Marquise Brown, his shoulder as SC20 is 100% fine.
05:57It's just acclimation
05:58because this is his first game of the season.
06:01Kamara, should he be shut down
06:04and will Valdez scantling play Monday night?
06:08Well, you know, it's a Monday game.
06:10So Valdez, MBS is still trying to play.
06:12Look, if the Saints are out of it,
06:14Kamara will get shut down.
06:16He is not playing on Monday with the groin.
06:20And if the Saints are mathematically eliminated
06:22and they're close to that,
06:24he will end up having to shut it down.
06:27The Bucs have a bunch of guys
06:28that didn't practice this week, including four safeties.
06:31Who's out?
06:32Who's in for the Bucs?
06:34Well, the two starting safeties are out.
06:37The two backup safeties have a chance.
06:39That's where the Bucs are with Baker Mayfield.
06:41So in that Tampa game with Baker and his weapons,
06:45maybe there's a high scoring game on both sides of the ball.
06:49Will Pollard play for the Titans
06:50or will Spears see increased workload
06:53and will Folk be there to kick for them?
06:58We're talking kickers.
06:59This is awesome, yes.
07:01Yeah, Folk can't be there to kick.
07:03But the thing with kickers is if you're not 100%,
07:06they don't want to use you because there's no backup.
07:09You really need to be 100%.
07:10Pollard's pattern has been playing through the ankle.
07:12He's been DMP, DMP, a lot of DMPs
07:14and all just played through on Sunday.
07:16He seems to do the same here.