The Achilles tendon connects the calf muscle to the heel bone. Many of us have been fortunate to be able to say that we’ve never torn ours, but we could probably also agree that any damage to this particular tendon would wreck someone’s chances of playing football. On January 13th of 2019, the Philadelphia Eagles and their fans had to watch helplessly as their All-Pro right guard Brandon Brooks was carted off of the field at the Mercedes-Benz Superdome in New Orleans during the NFC Divisional Round Playoffs after tearing his.
Philly’s hopes of a second straight appearance in the NFC Championship Game died on that day as they lost by six points, but the major story that came out of that one was whether or not Brooks would be okay.