The Baltimore Ravens have seen wide receiver Rashod Bateman deal with a plethora of injuries over the course of his two-year NFL career. He missed time in training camp of his rookie season after undergoing core muscle surgery, and underwent season-ending foot surgery in the middle of his second professional season.
Bateman didn’t participate in mandatory minicamp due to a cortisone injection in his foot, causing worry among many as to what his status could be moving forward. On Wednesday, Baltimore head coach John Harbaugh gave a much-needed follow up injury update on Bateman, saying that the receiver had a second surgery to remove the hardware from his foot, and the shot was used to ease discomfort.
Good insight here from Harbaugh on Rashod Bateman and eases some concern:
He has already had a 2nd surgery to remove hardware and his recent aggravation was from that.
When hardware is removed, bone growth occurs to fill the hole and the bone is temporarily in a weakened state… https://t.co/6hXV80j6bz pic.twitter.com/gArQvEI5V2— Jeff Mueller, PT, DPT (@jmthrivept) June 14, 2023