This writer is green. Convincinly enough this writer added an Ian Rapoport intro to this half
article. This is what gets me. Does a big toe injury require a boot? Its’ not like his leg was mangled or broken. I think this is a bait article. Big toe injury? Ha Did he kick his bed post in the early morning waking up to take a leak? Not buying it. This article is not reliable. He will play.
Especially for a big man, a big toe injury can be very hard to rehab quickly as it's a joint and you can't rehab it the same as a larger joint. Moreover, the normal bit of putting weight on it only makes it worse. THAT is compounded by the fact that walking on one's heal in a walking boot that feels like a ski boot is super uncomfortable and stresses other muscles and joints in awkward ways means that he really is out 4 weeks or longer.
There have been guys who had better times playing on a badly sprained ankle (low ankle sprain) than a big toe injury. You may not realize how much of one's balance is entirely reliant on the big toe.
On a steep pivot, a bigger player could easily put more than 500 lbs on that joint, so once it's injured, whether surgery is required or not, it has to rest.
Davenport really is going to be out a month, maybe more, although with him being so young, he should respond quickly to rehab.
