Apologies if this was already posted:


 

http://www.espn.com/nfl/story/_/id/18395...t-shoulder

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<p style="margin-left:40px;">"Bortles told ESPN he suffered a Grade 1 sprain to his AC joint against Tennessee on Oct. 27 and then aggravated the injury against Detroit on Nov. 20. A Grade 1 sprain is the mildest form of a separated shoulder, and Bortles said he will not need offseason surgery.

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<p style="margin-left:40px;">He also said the right wrist tendinitis that developed late in the season was more of a hindrance than the shoulder injury."

 

Let's not dive off the deep end and act like his arm fell off, or that he or the club were hiding major injuries.


 

He also didn't visit a voodoo healer to get it "fixed" for the final two games of the season where he played better, either.  In fact, the more pronounced injury of the two happened "late in the season."  So, it doesn't appear to be a clear correlation between the injuries and his play.  He played better late in the season after the tendinitis developed.


 

It's safe to say injuries weren't the sole reason for his bad play this season.  Sounds like he was just eager to throw that out as an epilogue, to soften up the ending of what was a bad season for him.

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