Rico Dowdle Survives the Medical Cart of Doom with a Day-to-Day Toe Injury
Ian Rapoport reported Dowdle checked out 'relatively OK' following tests.
Getting carted off the football field usually means your season is over, your leg is in a cast, or you are about to star in a very sad medical documentary. For , it apparently just meant his toe needed a dramatic ride to the locker room.
According to NFL insider Ian Rapoport, the running back checked out "relatively OK" following tests on his injured toe. He is officially considered day-to-day moving forward.
This is a massive sigh of relief for a Steelers offense that just got completely suffocated in a brutal 20-3 loss to the on Sunday. took the dreaded cart ride during the game, sending fantasy managers and live bettors into an absolute tailspin.
Seeing the medical cart come out is the universal sports signal for a catastrophe. You immediately start doing the math on injured reserve timelines and waiver wire pickups. Instead, just needed a quick lift to the back to find out his toe was simply having a bad afternoon.
For anyone holding futures or relying on 's rushing props, this is the best possible news you can get on a Monday. A day-to-day designation means the sky is not falling, even if the offense looked completely broken against .
Now the watch begins for the practice reports later this week. If can log some limited sessions, he might not even miss a game, turning the scariest cart ride of the weekend into nothing more than a minor detour.