Falcons teammates praise Chris Lindstrom for playing almost entire series on broken foot

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Falcons praise OL for playing with broken foot

VAUGHN MCCLUREESPN Staff Writer7:01 PM ET2 Minute Read

FLOWERY BRANCH, Ga. -- Atlanta Falcons rookie right guard Chris Lindstrom received high praise from his teammates for playing eight or nine offensive snaps with a broken right foot in last Sunday's 28-12 loss to the Minnesota Vikings.

Lindstrom, the first-round draft pick from Boston College, suffered the injury around the 10-minute mark of the third quarter but stayed in the game. He was noticeably hobbled but remained stout in pass protection and even got out in space to run block. On one play after the injury, Lindstrom blocked linebacker Anthony Barr to the ground. Then on another, he stood up the rush of defensive tackle Jaleel Johnson.

Lindstrom did surrender one pressure to defensive tackle Hercules Mata'afa before exiting. Wes Schweitzer replaced him as the Falcons reached a goal-line situation at around the four-minute mark. Lindstrom told folks he had planned to finish the game before the pain became too intense.

The team obviously didn't know it was broken or Lindstrom would have been pulled. The fracture was not confirmed until after testing on Monday.

"That's pretty impressive," quarterback Matt Ryansaid of Lindstrom playing with the broken foot. "Chris is one tough dude.''

Said right tackle Jake Matthews, "He told us he played on it after the game. He's a tough dude, so I'm not surprised he did that. It shows the character he has and how much he cares about the team and how well he wants to do. Obviously, it sucks he's going to be out for a little bit.''

The Falcons placed Lindstrom on injured reserve Monday and moved veteran Jamon Brown from left guard to right guard to replace him in the starting lineup in preparation for Sunday night's home opener against Philadelphia. Lindstrom, who had surgery scheduled for Wednesday morning, is expected to be in a walking boot for eight weeks. He would be eligible to return to game action for the Week 10 contest at New Orleans provided everything heals correctly.

"He's tough, and I don't know what else you can say about the man,'' said fellow rookie first-rounder Kaleb McGary, the starting right tackle. "That's a **** of thing to play nine snaps on a busted foot. I wouldn't want to. And I don't imagine Chris really wanted to. But Chris is just so tough. He's a **** of player. We're lucky to have him, that's for **** sure.''

Lindstrom playing on the broken foot didn't go unnoticed by his defensive teammates.

"That means a lot because you can tell he's a fighter,'' said free safety and captain Ricardo Allen. "Other people put in that situation, a lot of them would have pulled themselves out. For him to keep going, it shows you the man that he is. He's a true football player, a true baller. He's trying to get it.

"I've been watching him since he got here, so he's been a good dude anyway. I didn't even know he broke his foot until my wife told me yesterday. He's going to be a good, good player for a long time.''

Lindstrom played 45 snaps total in his NFL debut.

[Norwood all the way! 357]

I wonder then if the added snaps with the broken foot may have made it worse? Idk. I've never had a broken foot.

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3 minutes ago, Norwood all the way! said:

I wonder then if the added snaps with the broken foot may have made it worse? Idk. I've never had a broken foot.

Probably not. Many people with this type of break walk on it too much without their boot/cast on and delay healing because hey they have to walk, but Dr just says stay off of it as much as possible.

Depending on location of the break or how many places it broke can cause it to require surgery. It may be that surgery was proactive to make sure it healed properly.

Even without surgery it’s a 8 week window. Sometimes sooner but likely not 100%. Takes a long time for the little bones to fully heal.

5th metatarsal bone break:

 

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Jake is RT now? LoL 

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31 minutes ago, Norwood all the way! said:

I wonder then if the added snaps with the broken foot may have made it worse? Idk. I've never had a broken foot.

Not really how it works. If anything an injury like that would leave him vulnerable to another completely separate injury, but a fracture is a fracture. It’s not gonna break again. 

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[Lowndesfalc 2,340]

I remember watching Jack Youngblood play two games with a broken fibula in 79. AN absolute Hammer!!!

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^No one? 

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13 hours ago, Ergo Proxy said:

Falcon fans are such an embarrassment. I only hope he left some words out and that this isn't what he actually meant

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Impressive but didn't Mack play with a broken leg in LI?

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15 hours ago, Lowndesfalc said:

I remember watching Jack Youngblood play two games with a broken fibula in 79. AN absolute Hammer!!!

Jack Youngblood was the tits!

Rams back then would beat Falcons like 63-0 and 49-0.....some serious beatdowns in late 70's and when I was a child