X-rays on McLaurin’s injured toe taken during Monday night’s game against the Ravens were negative and Ian Rapoport of NFL Media reports that the initial diagnosis is the type of sprain known as turf toe. He adds that McLaurin will have an MRI on Tuesday in order to rule out any other injuries.
The injury is not thought to be a major one at this point, but McLaurin will likely be taking it easy for the next couple of weeks in order to given him as good a chance as possible of playing in the regular season opener against the Cardinals.
Terry McLaurin #HTTC
‘Sprained big toe’ = turf toe
– on average WRs tend to miss 3.4 weeks (s/o @TheRealAdam_H )
– depends on the severity
– very mild, think JJ in 2022, minimal concerns
– grade 1, impact for 3-4 weeks
– grade 2, think 6-7 weeks
– Treylon Burks took 7 weeks… pic.twitter.com/TPxrWSn5iB— Jesse Morse, MD (@DrJesseMorse) August 22, 2023
We have zero expertise on this subject but this seems a little bit of a bigger deal than initially thought last night after the x-rays came back negative. If McLaurin has turf toe there is a chance this could something that bothers him for the rest of the year. Let’s hope this is minor and doesn’t impact his season.
