By now you might have heard that Bills wide receiver Cole Beasley has some serious level of pain tolerance. He broke a bone in his leg and played in three playoff games on it.
That is… something special in terms of a gritty effort.
Beasley, 31, downplayed that during his end of season press conference. He said he took some pain meds and went on with his life, essentially.
Next time you have a hangover or something, just keep Cole in mind.
But in all seriousness, Beasley casually mentioned this week that he broke his fibula in Week 16 against the Patriots. His team was up big and he was playing late in the game. Trainers were spotted looking at him on the sideline after he took a hit that… looked like it could’ve been worse:
Beasley injury thread:
This broadcast view doesn’t tell much, looks like he gets his knee hit from the outside and could be a contusion.
This would support the trainers looking at his knee on the sideline and the one trainer pointing to the outside of the knee. 1/? #Bills pic.twitter.com/5WGMrjmL4U
— Banged Up Bills (@BangedUpBills) December 29, 2020
For the remainder of the Bills’ season, Beasley was listed to have a knee issue. All things considered, it’s kind of a weird situation, right? Beasley broke his leg and played on it? Even if Beasley described it as a “partial” break… How?
Well according to Dr. Kyle Trimble, better known as Banged Up Bills on his social media account via Twitter (video above), Beasley’s broken bone in his leg was about a four-to-six week injury. Considering that, Beasley took one week off then started playing on it in the postseason which is still super impressive.
Again, the name of the bone broken was his fibula. For further reference, here’s a diagram of the lower leg bones for those of us who are not experts like Dr. Trimble:
So here’s how to make sense of what happened in the wide receiver’s left leg: As the smaller lower-leg bone, the fibula doesn’t hold the bulk of body weight, assisting in Beasley’s ability to play as long as he had a high-pain tolerance. One could also suspect that the issue was near the top of the fibula considering the Bills did list Beasley to have a knee injury, not a leg issue.
According to Beasley, he won’t require surgery on this issue. But again, regardless, what a crazy medical subject or almost anomaly was Beasley for playing through that? He earned his months-worth of rest in the coming weeks which should allow his leg to get back to full health.
For further insight on end of season injuries to Bills players or general updates on bumps and bruises suffered by guys like Zack Moss or Josh Allen in 2020, visit www.bangedupbills.com.
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