A colleague brought up a point this morning that we hadn't considered: Brett Favre is saying that his elbow tendinitis impacted his accuracy Monday night. Velocity-wise, however, he appeared to be fine. We're not medical experts. But why would this impact accuracy but not velocity? Here's a description of elbow tendinits from healthscout.com:
Elbow tendinitis affects the lateral epicondyle and the medial epicondyle. The lateral epicondyle is the outside bony portion of the elbow where the large tendons attach to the elbow from the muscles of the forearm. When strained, this is called lateral epicondylitis or "tennis elbow." Tennis elbow results in pain over the outside of the elbow with flexion (bending down) or extension (bending up) of the wrist and tenderness, warmth and swelling of the affected area. The medial epicondyle is the point when the tendons of the forearm attach to the bony prominence of the inner elbow. Straining of this tendon is called medial epicondylitis or "golfer's elbow". Symptoms of golfer's elbow include local pain and tenderness over the inner elbow.
Again, no specific mention of "makes you throw wild, but not slow." Thankfully, we've never had any type of tendinitis that we know of. And we're certainly not saying Favre is making this up. Mostly, we're looking for some clarity from folks out there who might have experienced elbow tendinitis. Would it be likely to impact a QB's accuracy but not velocity?
And regardless, would it be a nice distraction from the sexting talk?
