Injuries are a way of life in sports. That truth is drilled into us early, as athletes and fans both. The human body can endure a lot of things. It can shake free of much potential trauma. But when you play the game at such a high level, against other athletes of equal skill …
Well, your leg can snap like a twig, like Joe Theismann’s did in 1985.
Your arm can be reduced to dust, the way Cliff Floyd’s was during one awful Shea Stadium collision early in his career, when he was a Montreal Expo.