Sunday Aftermath: Jayden Daniels’ bad break, the Bears’ about-face, and more – NBC Sports

Sunday Aftermath: Jayden Daniels’ bad break, the Bears’ about-face, and more  NBC Sports

Breaking down all of the NFL's biggest Week 2 storylines, including Jayden Daniel's elbow issue, Saquon Barkley's injury and the Bears' stunning 180. Meet the new injury. Same as the old injury. In a vacuum, a dislocated elbow is not the worst thing that could happen to an NFL player. This is, after all, the league of torn achilles’ and patellar tendons. But if you had asked Jayden Daniels heading into Week 2 which potential injury would be lowest on his list, he might say a re-dislocation of his left, non-throwing elbow. Well here we are. It’s unclear where to go. Although Daniels is slated for Monday testing, the TwitterDoctors™ say a recurrence of such an issue will probably necessitate the surgery Daniels avoided the first time around.

If your elbow keeps dislocating, you have to strengthen it. That means not only missed time, but time on injured reserve. And if Daniels heads back to injured reserve, that’s… about the last thing anyone wanted coming out of this situation in 2025. It puts a player who has made only seven starts over the past calendar year at a career crossroads. This is especially true since none of the injuries Daniels have suffered could be classified as “the big one.” He has mercifully avoided the aforementioned torn tendons of the knee